On 13 July 2021, Dr Nilüfer Oral contributed to the Straits Times on “As sea levels rise, what happens to maritime rights?: Opinion” Click here for the full article.
This year’s theme for the Conference was “Inertia or Innovation? Reshaping International Law for a Complex Future”. How can we reshape international law in order to respond to and engage with our complex future? Recent developments have presented distinct challenges to the effectiveness and legitimacy of international law in the form of populism, polarisation …
In this panel session, the current and former women of the International Law Commission discussed their experiences in the Commission and their work on the progressive development of international law and its codification. The speakers were: Dr Nilüfer Oral is a member of the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) and Co-Chair of the …
The Kadir Has International Law of the Sea Academy is an international 2-week course on the law of the sea. Programme is available at https://lawoftheseaacademy.khas.edu.tr/3/program Dr Nilüfer Oral was invited to give the inaugural lecture: “Climate Change and an Evolving Law of the Sea”
ESIL IG Law of the Sea Webinar Series: ‘Current Issues in the Law of the Sea’ The series is primarily directed at their Interest Group members, but is open to the broader law of the sea community and everyone that is interested in the law of the sea. The webinar series consists of five seminars, …
This webinar was part of the webinar series “Women in International Law”, which GGS has launched this year and the series aimed at both reflecting on the role of women in the development of international law and bringing female researchers and practitioners to the front seat of discussions, in their different fields of specialty. …
The Indian Society of International Law (ISIL) was founded in 1959 at the initiative of Shri V. K. Krishna Menon and was inaugurated in the same year by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, with the objective to “foster nationwide the study and development of International Law and to encourage the …
Pursuant to a decision by the General Assembly, the twenty-first meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, to take place from 14 to 18 June 2021, will focus its deliberations on the topic “Sea-level Rise and its Impacts”. Sea-level rise as a result of …
To mark World Oceans Day on 8 June, the WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute welcomed the international community to a public Webinar – “Ocean and Climate Challenges: Seeking Sustainable Solutions”, with a special book launch of Frontiers in International Environmental Law: Oceans and Climate Challenges – Essays in Honour of David Freestone. As one of …
Moderator: Maria Gavouneli, Associate Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law & Athens PIL, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Speakers included: Jordan Diamond, Executive Director, Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) and Co-Director, Law of the Sea Institute, University of California Berkeley Non-States Parties and Settlement of Disputes Maurice K. Kamga, …
