The American Society of International Law, April 22, 2010 by Cymie R. Payne
http://www.asil.org/insights100422.cfm
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced its judgment in a high-stakes environmental dispute between Argentina and Uruguay…. This judgment is a significant step forward in the ICJ’s jurisprudence on environmental law and on shared watercourses. The Court recognized environmental impact assessment as a practice that has become an obligation of general international law in these situations. It further found that general international law does not prescribe the scope or content of such assessments.