The Waters of Euphrates and Tigris: An International Law Perspective A Study by Adele J. Kirschner and Katrin Tiroch * A. von Bogdandy and R. Wolfrum, (eds.), Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Volume 16, 2012, p. 329-394. © 2012 Koninklijke Brill N.V. * This Study was written as part of the MPIL Global Knowledge Transfer project on “Water Conflicts in International Law” financed by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, see <www.mpil.de/red/water>. The authors would like to thank Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Rüdiger Wolfrum, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Beyerlin and Dr. Tilmann Röder for their invaluable comments on the article. Special thanks also go to Nicolas Bremer, Jie-Yoon Kim and David Reichwein for their kind assistance.