India Rejects Hague Court Order on Indus Water TreatyIndia’s rejection of The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)’s July 6 ruli...
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India’s rejection of The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)’s July 6 ruling declaring itself “competent” to consider and determine disputes raised by Pakistan against two hydroelectric projects in India’s Jammu and Kashmir did not come as a surprise to those following the case closely.
India had already decided to boycott proceedings at the PCA and gave enough indications in January that it wanted to escalate the water conflict with Pakistan over sharing of Indus Basin water resources, which is governed by the 63-year-old Indus Water Treaty (IWT).
India’s reiteration of its demand for modifying the treaty bilaterally, without involving any third party has at the same time also created a deadlock. Pakistan looks unlikely to accept India’s demand at this point.
The World Bank, which negotiated the shaping and signing of the IWT of 1960, has initiated two separate processes – a court of arbitration at Pakistan’s request and appointing a neutral expert at India’s request – as the two countries did not agree on the mode of negotiations. India said two simultaneous processes are not permissible.
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