Resolution of international boundary disputes involving African nations

1986 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-290
Author(s):  
Alec C. McEwen

The International Boundary Commission (IBC) is a permanent organization established by bilateral treaty to maintain an effective land and water boundary between Canada and the United States. It exercises regulatory powers under treaty and statute relating to boundary vista protection and transboundary construction. There have been boundary anomalies and ambiguous boundary descriptions. The peaceful resolution of several boundary disputes and uncertainties by the Commission has contributed to the preservation of national sovereignty. Its activities can be likened to those of an insurance underwriter.


1963 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 781-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guenter Weissberg

In determining the location of a boundary, international as well as national tribunals have in the past been reluctant to place much evidentiary value on maps, regardless of their number or designation.


2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels Andersen ◽  
Pieter Bekker ◽  
David Bishopp ◽  
Toufic Nassif ◽  
Sune Nordentoft-Lauridsen ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Miles Wendy

This chapter deals with international boundary disputes and natural resources. After providing an historical context to modern boundaries, the chapter describes how climate change directly impacts land, food, and water access because of increased extreme weather conditions. Thus, climate change can threaten peace and security in fragile regions due to conflicts over diminishing inhabitable territory and natural resources. The chapter assesses how international boundary disputes can be affected by changing demands for oil (eg in Kurdistan and South Sudan), and for renewable energy resources (eg the ownership, use, and control of rivers crossing multiple borders). It also reflects on a more global scope the effects that climate change-related migration has on the modern understanding of international borders.


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