The incident of the Abominable movie having scenes depicting China’s controversial nine-dash line map caused strong reactions from Southeast Asian countries. How can international companies doing business in the region avoid getting entangled in similar incidents in the future?
Recent communications by the governments of Malaysia and China to the United Nations Secretary-General with respect to Malaysia’s submission regarding an ‘extended continental shelf’ in the South China Sea have once again focused attention on the legal and maritime disputes in the South China Sea. On 12 December last year, the Malaysian government advised the …
This special issue, edited by CIL researchers Amber Rose Maggio and Millicent McCreath, contains contributions from many highly regarded scholars researching law of the sea in the era of climate change, including incoming CIL Director Dr Nilufer Oral. The special issue was conceived from CIL’s 2018 International Conference on Climate Change and Law of the …
Southeast Asia is a region where regional cooperation for the protection of the marine environment faces some unique challenges. This paper explores the current regional cooperation landscape in this area and then draws on other regions (Arctic, Caribbean, Mediterranean and the Baltic) experience to seek out inspiration and possible best practices for Southeast Asia. Each …
Evolution of the marine protected area discourse into an area-based management tool may provide an avenue for a more progressive approach to protection of the Spratly seamounts. A first step could be the recognition of the Spratlys as an ecologically or biologically significant area (EBSA) under the Convention on Biological Diversity. This purely scientific recognition …
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[For prior and future CIL-led work by NUS on this topic, see https://cil.nus.edu.sg/publication/a-review-of-research-on-marine-plastics-in-southeast-asia-who-does-what/] SEA of Solutions, 11–14 Nov 2019—United Nations Headquarters, Bangkok, Thailand: http://sos2019.sea-circular.org/ Session 1 State of the Science: How does scientific research support action to combat marine plastics in South East Asia? http://sos2019.sea-circular.org/parallel-session-1-state-of-the-science-how-does-scientific-research-support-action-to-combat-marine-plastics-in-south-east-asia/ Discussion of the methodology, scientific findings and policy recommendations of …
CIL hosted a two-day workshop entitled ‘Decoding the Paris Rulebook for Southeast Asia: Implementation and Its Challenges’ from 1 to 2 Oct 2019. The workshop was attended by nearly 80 policy makers, legal practitioners, academics and civil society from ASEAN countries. The workshop discussed the common challenges and opportunities presented to ASEAN member states in …
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Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are in the news lately. For example, India decided not to sign the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP). The RCEP had been negotiated, for seven years, by 16 countries. It would have created the world’s biggest free trade area. India’s decision not to join the agreement was very disappointing to …
The ESI-CIL Nuclear Governance Project organised a two-day workshop titled ‘Regional Cooperation to Enhance Transboundary Consultation on Nuclear Power Development in Southeast Asia’, which was held on 8 and 9 May in Singapore. The main objective of the workshop was to discuss what ASEAN Member States could and/or should do to promote transboundary consultation on …
