Legal mechanisms for settling disputes arising from the use of international rivers between Iraq and neighbouring countries

Generally speaking, rivers have special importance in the life of states, in terms of human, economic, and navigation aspects. Their importance, in terms of international law, derive from the fact that either their tracks designate the borders between two or more states or because they cross international borders. Several treaties relating to international water resources have been held, most of which are concerned with navigation and demarcation of borders, turning the focus of the negotiations and treaties from the navigation to the use of water resources, their development, protection, and preservation. Under the development of public international law, customary rules and other international conventional ones organized the question of using these rivers, whether they were regarded as international borders between States or water streams crossing international borders in more than one State, especially those concerning how to resolve disputes arising from the use of these rivers.