Safeguarding Shared Interests Through Cross-Border Cooperation and Management

Since 2017, water-stressed Djibouti receives groundwater from a well-field in Ethiopia that may be part of a transboundary aquifer system. This report analyses the implications of the Ethio–Djibouti Transboundary Water Project in the light of international cooperation and human rights law. It finds that joint management to arrange and protect such water supplies are imperative in times of climate change and drought.