Journal Articles & Book Reviews

‘Decentralized Autonomous Organization and AI Legal Personhood’

Rafael Dean Brown, Andrew Dahdal, Imad Ibrahim, Jon Truby, ‘Decentralized Autonomous Organization and AI Legal Personhood’, in Philipp Hacker (ed.), Oxford Intersections: AI in Society (Oxford, online edn, Oxford Academic, 20 Mar. 2025), https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198945215.003.0051. CIL Visiting Associate Research Professor Jon Truby’s co-authored article entitled ‘Decentralized Autonomous Organization and AI Legal Personhood’ has been published in Oxford Intersections: AI in Society (Oxford University Press, 2025). The …

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Literature-based database to inform policy making on marine plastic pollution in ASEAN+3

CIL researchers Lim Cheng Ling (former Research Associate), Youna Lyons (Senior Global Fellow) and Liu Yulu, with other researchers from Southeast Asia, co-authored an article on the development of a database in the region on marine plastic pollution. The article first elaborated on metadata fields that were developed for this database, then highlighted the formation …

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Possible Actions by Coastal States to Protect Their Marine Environment from Oil Tankers in the Dark Fleet

Robert Beckman Trung Nguyen Joel Ong Prof Robert Beckman, Dr. Trung Nguyen and Joel Ong have co-authored an article titled: Possible Actions by Coastal States to Protect Their Marine Environment from Oil Tankers in the Dark Fleet https://brill.com/view/journals/estu/aop/article-10.1163-15718085-bja10219/article-10.1163-15718085-bja10219.xml The Article is published in The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (Brill) and is available …

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‘Sino-Arab Free Trade Agreements, AI Diplomacy, and the Realisation of AI and Sustainability Goals in the Middle East’, Asian Journal of Law and Society

CIL Visiting Research Associate Professor Jon Truby’s article entitled ‘Sino-Arab Free Trade Agreements, AI Diplomacy, and the Realisation of AI and Sustainability Goals in the Middle East’  has been published by the Asian Journal of Law and Society, (1 2025) In his article, Dr Truby examines the legal and policy obstacles and opportunities towards securing a Free …

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Puno, Railla Veronica. “Oceans and Climate Change: Synergy and Conflict in International Law.” Cambridge Journal of Climate Research, vol. 1, no. 2, Dec. 2024, pp. 127-139

Puno, Railla Veronica. “Oceans and Climate Change: Synergy and Conflict in International Law.” Cambridge Journal of Climate Research, vol. 1, no. 2, Dec. 2024, pp. 127-139. https://diamond-oa.lib.cam.ac.uk/handle/1812/192 The abstract of the paper is as follows: The science is clear that climate change has profound impacts on oceans and vice versa. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …

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Fukushima Daiichi ALPS-Treated Water Discharge: Bolstering Norms to Protect the Marine Environment, The Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law, 12(2), 250-269

Head of Energy Law and Policy Denise Cheong and Research Fellow Nivedita S have co-authored an article on “Fukushima Daiichi ALPS-Treated Water Discharge: Bolstering Norms to Protect the Marine Environment” that has just been published in Volume 12 (2024): Issue 2 (Dec 2024) of the Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law. Abstract The discharge of …

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UNCITRAL Code of Conduct for Arbitrators in International Investment Dispute Resolution, 7th December 2023, OXIO 766

CIL Research Associate Daniel Nicholas Pakpahan contributed a note article on the “UNCITRAL Code of Conduct for Arbitrators in International Investment Dispute Resolution, 7th December 2023, OXIO 766” published in Oxford International Organizations, Oxford University Press. This article reports on the background, content, and impact of the adoption of the UNCITRAL Code of Conduct for …

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The Protection of Submarine Cables in Southeast Asia: The Security Gap and Challenges and Opportunities for Regional Cooperation

Tara Davenport, “The Protection of Submarine Cables in Southeast Asia: The Security Gap and Challenges and Opportunities for Regional Cooperation,” (2024) 171 Marine Policy 1 – 10 (available online from 17 October 2024 at https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/marine-policy/vol/171/suppl/C CIL co-head of the Oceans Law and Policy Team, Dr. Tara Davenport published an article on the “The Protection of …

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Armed Attacks against Merchant Vessels: “Looking behind the Flag” to Find the Victim State

CIL Research Associate Eduardo Cavalcanti de Mello Filho had his article ‘Armed Attacks against Merchant Vessels: “Looking behind the Flag” to Find the Victim State’ published in the Journal of Conflict and Security Law, Oxford University Press. With a view to the ongoing Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, he defends that when a merchant …

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