The Legal Aspects of Helmand River Utilization

The Hirmand International River is a border river between Afghanistan and Iran, whose source originated on the territory of Afghanistan, and has been one of the legal-political subjects between Iran and Afghanistan since the signing of the Paris Convention of 1857. Afghanistan's goal is to provide water for drinking, agriculture, industry, hydroelectric power, flood control, and so on. However, the environmental impacts of these dam construction on the domestic and international levels are controversial. Reducing Iran's right to water leads to drought and desertification, reducing local food products, poverty of marginalized communities and migration, changing the livelihoods of some inhabitants of the region from agriculture, hunting and fishing to illegal activities such as Robbery, kidnapping, drug trafficking, goods and fuel. The paper uses a descriptive-analytical method to explain the international law of Afghanistan's international obligations regarding the use of Hirmand through the use of judicial and judicial procedures. It concludes that the Government of Afghanistan is committed to using its customary commitments to use the Hirmand River fairly and reasonably so that it does not seriously impair the downstream state (Iran), and in addition, solving this problem requires the cooperation of each Two countries.