Ocean Law and Policy

The Law of the Sea and Disruptive Protests Against Deep Seabed Mining: The MV Coco Events

Research Associate Eduardo Cavalcanti de Mello Filho published a piece in Opinio Juris titled “The Law of the Sea and Disruptive Protests against Deep Seabed Mining: The MV Coco events.” He covered the recent events concerning Greenpeace protests on the high seas against the MV Coco, a research ship that was exploring the international seabed …

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NUS Student Visit to MPA Port Operations Control Centre, MPA POCC, 3 Apr 2024

Graciously hosted by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), on 3 April 2024, Prof Beckman and Joel Ong organized a visit of NUS Faculty of Law students in his International Regulation of Shipping class to the MPA Port Operations Control Centre. CIL researchers from the Ocean Law & Policy team also participated in …

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Joel Ong’s blog on ‘Decarbonization of International Shipping: Importance of Alternative ‘Green’ Fuels’ with GNHRE

Joel Ong published a blog post on ‘Decarbonization of International Shipping: Importance of Alternative ‘Green’ Fuels’ with the Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) on 1 April 2024. It examines how the International Maritime Organization (IMO) – the United Nations specialized agency responsible for safe, secure and efficient shipping …

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Liu Yulu participated in the third workshop on Biogeographic Regionalisation for the Indian Ocean at the Australian High Commission in Singapore

Liu Yulu from the CIL Ocean Law and Policy Programme participated in the third workshop on Biogeographic Regionalisation for the Indian Ocean from 25 to 27 March 2024 at the Australian High Commission in Singapore. The workshop was organised by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) as the lead coordinator, in collaboration with …

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Dark Ships Conference

Safety and Marine Environmental Challenges from the Dark Fleet in Southeast Asia: How should States respond? 14:00 – 18:30, 16 May 2024 The Four Points by Sheraton, Singapore This Workshop is being organized pursuant to the 2023 MPA-CIL Oceans Governance Research Programme, which is generously funded by the Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI-2023-MA-03) Post-Event On 16 May …

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Dita Liliansa at the Inaugural Meeting of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on Protection of People at Sea, and the ‘Conference on Jurisdiction and Its Contribution to the Protection of Human Rights at Sea

CIL Research Fellow, Dita Liliansa, participated in the Inaugural Meeting of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on Protection of People at Sea, and the ‘Conference on Jurisdiction and Its Contribution to the Protection of Human Rights at Sea,’ held in Milan, Italy, from March 7th to 8th, 2024. As a member of the Committee …

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