Consultancy

The Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law advises public and private entities on legal issues in the field of water law, law of the sea, spatial planning law and sustainability law, where necessary in interdisciplinary teams with other scientists.

Here you can find a selection of advices in English. View a complete list of advices on our Dutch page.

2018

Renewable energy projects and species protection. A comparison into the application of the EU species protection regulation with respect to renewable energy projects in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Belgium, Denmark and Germany, Chris Backes and Sanne Akerboom (editors), report commissioned by The Dutch ministries of Economic Affairs and Climate and Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. 

2014

The Political Economy of Water Management in Yemen: Conflict Analysis and Recommendations
van Rijswick, M., Misiedjan, D., van Steenbergen, F., Borgia, C., Evers, J., Tjen A Kwoei, A., Zang, T., Huntjes, P. & de Man, R. 2014 The Hague Institute for Global Justice. 220 p.

2013

Allocation of Roles and Responsibilities in Dutch Water Governance: Legitimacy, Accountability and Effectiveness from a Legal Perspective
Nehmelman, R., van Rijswick, H. F. M. W., Buijze, A. W. G. J., Ernst, W. W. P. & Gilissen, H. K. 2013 Universiteit Utrecht: OECD.

2012

The Legal Instruments for the control of emissions of medicines for human and veterinary use, advies in opdracht van het RIVM
van Rijswick, H. F. M. W., Keessen, A. M. & Freriks, A. A. 2012 RIVM.

2011

A comparison of Five Case Studies in Implementing the water Framework Directive
van Rijswick, H. F. M. W. 2009 Dealing with complexity and policy discretion, the implementation of the Water Framework directive in five Member States. Uitenboogaart, Y., van Kempen, J. H. J., Wiering, M. & van Rijswick, H. F. M. W. (eds.). Den Haag: SDU

State of the Art on the Legal and Policy Literature on Adaptation to Climate Change: Towards a Research Agenda
van Rijswick, H. F. M. W., de Gier, A. A. J. & Gupta, J. 2009 Knowledge for Climate. 63 p. (KfC report number; vol. KfC 001/09)

2004

Towards Integrated Water Legislation in the Netherlands, Lessons from other countries
van Rijswick, H. F. M. W. 2004 Den Haag.

Towards Integrated Water Legislation in the Netherlands, Lessons from other countries, Case study reports
van Rijswick, H. F. M. W. 2004 Den Haag.