University of Tehran Public Law Studies Quarterly 2423-8120 51 4 2021 12 22 The Principle of Cooperation in the Use of International Watercourses, with Emphasis on Iran-Iraq International Watercourses The Principle of Cooperation in the Use of International Watercourses, with Emphasis on Iran-Iraq International Watercourses 1459 1486 83629 10.22059/jplsq.2020.291848.2218 FA Sangar Dawood Muhammed Associate Prof, Department of Public and International Law , Faculty of Law, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq Azad Abdulqader Salih Waladbagi MA. in Public International Law, Faculty of Law, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq Journal Article 2019 11 02 Nowadays, the increased use of international watercourses for non-navigational purposes, such as agricultural, industrial, and trade use has put them in the spotlight. Meanwhile, global weather change, droughts, excessive uses of water resources, scarcity of water resources, and population growth have increased the conflicts over international waterways. One of the common principles in public international law is the principle of cooperation between the countries emphasized in the UN charter and a number of bilateral and multilateral agreements, including the 1977 Convention on the Law of Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses. In recent years debates between Iran and Iraq over the use of international waters have intensified and it seems without cooperation between both countries these debates cannot be resolved. Therefore, the principle of cooperation regarding international watercourses has been chosen as the subject of this research. This research has applied descriptive and analytic methodology. The purpose of this study is to show to what extent the principle of cooperation is reflected or indeed implemented in the international and bilateral agreements on watercourses between Iran and Iraq. Nowadays, the increased use of international watercourses for non-navigational purposes, such as agricultural, industrial, and trade use has put them in the spotlight. Meanwhile, global weather change, droughts, excessive uses of water resources, scarcity of water resources, and population growth have increased the conflicts over international waterways. One of the common principles in public international law is the principle of cooperation between the countries emphasized in the UN charter and a number of bilateral and multilateral agreements, including the 1977 Convention on the Law of Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses. In recent years debates between Iran and Iraq over the use of international waters have intensified and it seems without cooperation between both countries these debates cannot be resolved. Therefore, the principle of cooperation regarding international watercourses has been chosen as the subject of this research. This research has applied descriptive and analytic methodology. The purpose of this study is to show to what extent the principle of cooperation is reflected or indeed implemented in the international and bilateral agreements on watercourses between Iran and Iraq. https://jplsq.ut.ac.ir/article_83629_ddcfd2faa20821be7188d2a1ef43d343.pdf