Full Session: Prof. Gabriel Eckstein argues for Bolivia's water rights at the International Court of Justice

Full first round of the Oral Argument of Bolivia, including counter-claims, in the Dispute over the Status and Use of the Waters of the Silala (Chile v. Bolivia) public hearings on April 4, 2022.

Texas A&M School of Law Professor Gabriel Eckstein, Director of the Texas A&M Energy, Environmental, and Natural Resource Systems Law Program (EENRSLP) and an expert in international and transboundary water law, represents Bolivia as Opening Counsel during the first round of Oral Argument at the International Court of Justice public hearings in the case concerning the Dispute over the Status and Use of the Waters of the Silala (Chile v. Bolivia).

Learn more at law.tamu.edu/eckstein-icj

Session held at the Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands. President Donoghue presiding.

at 0:02:22: Agent of Bolivia: H.E. Mr. Roberto Calzadilla Sarmiento, Ambassador of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands

at 0:27:05: Mr. Gabriel Eckstein, Professor of Law, Texas A&M University, member of the Bar of the State of New York and the District of Columbia Bar

at 1:13:43: Mr. Mathias Forteau, Professor, University Paris Nanterre, member of the International Law Commission

Learn more about the Texas A&M Energy, Environmental, and Natural Resource Systems Law Program (EENRSLP) at law.tamu.edu/nrs