Research

ARTICLES

Devlaeminck, DJ. (2024). Perspectives and Prospects for International Water Law in the ASEAN Region: Is There an ASEAN Way to Transboundary Water Cooperation Under International Law? JOURNAL OF CURRENT SOUTHEAST ASIAN AFFAIRS. 

PK. Wouters & Devlaeminck, DJ. (2024). Comparing China and India’s Transboundary Water Governance: Insights from International Law. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT.

Wouters, P., Daza-Clark, AM. & Devlaeminck, DJ. (2024). China’s Transboundary Hydropower Development at Home and Abroad: Exploring the Regulatory Interface Between International Water Law and International Economic Law. FRONTIERS IN CLIMATE, 5.

Huang, X. & Devlaeminck, DJ. (2023). The Legal Components of Benefit Sharing in Transboundary Watercourses: An Analysis of China’s Approach. REVIEW OF EUROPEAN, COMPARATIVE & INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 32(1).

Devlaeminck, DJ. (2022). Softness in the Law of International Watercourses: The (E)merging Normativities of China’s Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, TRANSNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 11(2).

Spijkers, O. & Devlaeminck, DJ. (2021). Layers of Regulation in Transboundary Water Governance: Exploring the Role of Third States in the Lancang-Mekong, WATER INTERNATIONAL 47(1).

Middleton, C. & Devlaeminck, DJ. (2020). Reciprocity in Practice: The Hydropolitics of Equitable and Reasonable Utilization in the Lancang-Mekong Basin, INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS: POLITICS, LAW AND ECONOMICS 21(2).

Devlaeminck, DJ. & Huang, X. (2020). China and the Global Water Conventions in Light of Recent Developments: Time to take a second look?, REVIEW OF EUROPEAN, COMPARATIVE & INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 29(3).

Devlaeminck, DJ. (2020). Reassessing the Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers Through the Lens of Reciprocity, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT 37(1).

Devlaeminck, DJ. (2019). The Legal Principle of Reciprocity in the Peaceful Management of Transboundary Watercourses: Exploring the Duty to Cooperate, Rules of Procedure and Self-Help Measures, NATURAL RESOURCES JOURNAL 59(2).

Devlaeminck, DJ. (2018). The Legal Principle of Reciprocity and China’s Water Treaty Practice, CHINESE JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 2(2).

Devlaeminck, D. (2018). Revisiting the Substantive Rules of the Law of International Watercourses: An Analysis through the Lens of Reciprocity and the Interests of China, WATER POLICY 20(2).

Devlaeminck, D. (2016). Reciprocity and the Development of International Water Law, JOURNAL OF WATER LAW 25(2).

Devlaeminck, D. (2015). Transboundary Water Cooperation and the Responsibility to Protect, JOURNAL OF WATER LAW 24(3/4).

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Devlaeminck, DJ., The Role of International Water Law in the Management of Marine Plastic Pollution: The Case of China and its Transboundary Rivers, in Plastic Pollution: Nature Based Solutions and Effective Governance (Gail Krantzberg, Savitri Jetoo, Velma I Grover and Sandhya Babel eds., CRC Press 2023), 190-206.

Devlaeminck, DJ., River Basin Organizations, in Water Law – Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law (Joseph Dellapenna and Joyeeta Gupta eds., Edward Elgar 2021).

Devlaeminck, DJ., Reciprocity and China’s Transboundary Water Relations: The Law of International Watercourses (Routledge 2021).

Wouters P, Nickum, JE & Devlaeminck, D, Introduction, in Transboundary Water Cooperation: Principles, Practice and Prospects for China and its Neighbours (Patricia Wouters, et al. eds., Routledge 2018).

Wouters P, Nickum, JE & Devlaeminck, D., Conclusion, in Transboundary Water Cooperation: Principles, Practice and Prospects for China and its Neighbours (Patricia Wouters, et al. eds., Routledge 2018).

Devlaeminck, D., Adeel, Z. & Sandford, R., The Human Face of Water Security (Springer 2017).

BOOK REVIEWS

Devlaeminck, DJ., (2018). Review of Routledge Handbook of Water Law and Policy by Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Andrew Allan and Sarah Hendry (eds.), JOURNAL OF WATER LAW 25(4)

POLICY PIECES

Middleton, C., Widyasari, A., Manorom, K., Devlaeminck, DJ., Intralawan, A. Deeping Inclusive Water Diplomacy through Water Data Sharing on the Mekong-Lancang River. Cambodia Development Research Institute & Center for Social Development Studies, Chulalongkorn University (2023).

Middleton, C., Widyasari, A., Manorom, K., Devlaeminck, DJ., Intralawan, A. Strengthening Water Diplomacy Through Water Data Sharing and Inclusive Evidence-Based Transboundary Governance, Center for Social Development Studies, Chulalongkorn University & Cambodia Development Research Institute (2021).

Middleton, C., Devlaeminck, D.J., & Widyasari, A., (2019) Shaping the Future of Mekong Regional Architecture: Reinforcing Transboundary Water Governance Through Reciprocity, The Asia Foundation (2019).

Wouters, P.  & Devlaeminck, D.J. (Edited by James E. Nickum & Nick Griffin) (2018), China’s Upstream Dilemma: A Catalyst for Transboundary Cooperation?, International Water Resources Association – Water International Policy Brief #10 (2018).

RESEARCH FUNDING

2021-2023 – Research Grant – Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities – Upstream States Under International Water Law: Revisiting the Concept of the Foreclosure of Future Use (35 000 CNY, 2 years).

2019-2021 – Research Grant – Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities – Reciprocity, The Law of International Watercourses and its Future Development (50 000 CNY, 3 years).

SPECIAL ISSUES OF SCHOLARLY JOURNALS

Wouters, P., Devlaeminck DJ., & Daza-Clark AM. (2024 Forthcoming). Revisiting the Concept of “Community” in International Water Law, Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law.

Devlaeminck DJ. & Wouters, P. (2023). The Role of International Law in Tackling the World’s Transboundary Water Challenges: Voices from Emerging Scholars, Journal of Water Law 28(1-2), includes an editorial, six research articles and a book review.

Wouters, P., Devlaeminck DJ., Kong, L. & McIntyre, O. (2021). Contemporary Issues in International Water Law, Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law 29(3), includes an editorial and 12 research articles.

OTHER

Wouters, P. & Devlaeminck, DJ. (2024). Comparing China and India’s Transboundary Water Governance: Insights from International Law (Blog Post), Global Water Forum. 

Devlaeminck, DJ, Wouters, P & Rieu-Clarke, A. (eds.) (2022), Challenges for International Water Law: Voice from Emerging Scholars – Revisiting International Water Law on the Occasion of the Anniversaries of the Global Water Conventions (Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3), Global Water Forum.

Devlaeminck, DJ. (2022). Soft Law as an Alternative Path for Transboundary Water Cooperation? The Case of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (Blog Post), Global Water Forum.

Spijkers, O. & Devlaeminck, DJ. (2021). Layers of Regulation in Transboundary Water Governance: What Role for Non-Parties in the Lancang-Mekong? (Blog Post), Global Water Forum.

Wouters, P., Devlaeminck DJ., Kong, L. & McIntyre, O. (2021). Contemporary Challenges for International Water Law: Setting a New Course (Special Issue and Editorial), Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law 29(3).

Devlaeminck, DJ. (2019), China’s Water Sharing Treaties – Reciprocity In Practice? (Blog Post) China Water Risk.

Devlaeminck, DJ. (2019). Pan-Asia Capacity Development Training Workshop on Water Governance: International Water Law and Multi-Stakeholder Processes (Training Report), Global Water Partnership.

More information on these publications can be found below:

Academia: www.chongqing.academia.edu/DavidDevlaeminck
Research Gate: www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Devlaeminck