The Legislative Framework for Water Resource Rrotection In Iraq

Abstract

The interest in water sources, despite its great importance, has not received much attention in legal thought, as it is the subject of legal philosophical discussions - both international and domestic. Signs of interest in it appeared in the last third of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century, although interest in it intensified at the beginning of this century, at the international level and at the level of the constitutional legislator                                                    .

Interest in water sources from a natural standpoint is of great importance in Iraq, which has become threatened by drought and desertification, despite having two great rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, whose sources are located outside Iraq, which is a large part of the problem in this area. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the state and its various authorities to secure this right for its citizens                                .