Ocean Law and Policy

The Environmental Rule of Law for Oceans

Dr Dawoon Jung, a research fellow, published a book chapter entitled “An International Legal Framework for Marine Plastics Pollution: Time for a Change to Regulate the Lifecycle of Plastics” in Froukje Maria Platjouw and Alla Pozdnakova (eds), The Environmental Rule of Law for Oceans: Designing Legal Solutions (Cambridge University Press, 2023). This Chapter examines how …

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In Celebration of a new BBNJ Agreement: A Conversation with Ambassador Rena Lee and Ambassador Tommy Koh

  After 36 hours of non-stop negotiations to finalize what would be an historic agreement to protect the high seas and create a new regime for marine genetic resources, on 4 March 2023, President Rena Lee announced “The Ship Has Reached the Shore!” Just over 40 years ago, on 10 December 1982, President Tommy Koh …

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Offshore Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Prospects and Challenges

  NUS Centre for International Law and Innovation Norway are co-organising a webinar to explore prospects and challenges in the development of offshore Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) in Southeast Asia and outside. Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is now increasingly viewed as one of the essential technologies necessary to meet net-zero goals and is …

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Sea level rise may threaten Indonesia’s status as an archipelagic country by Dita Liliansa

Research Associate Dita Liliansa published a short commentary in The Conversation entitled “Sea level rise may threaten Indonesia’s status as an archipelagic country.” Her commentary responded to a new study that found 92 outermost islands of Indonesia have the potential to sink due to rising sea levels. She briefly analysed whether Indonesia can retain its …

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2022 Global Ocean Regime Conference – UNCLOS at 40 : Unsettled Issues

15-16 December 2022: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at the 2022 Global Ocean Regime Conference – UNCLOS at 40 : Unsettled Issues The Global Ocean Regime Conference is an annual international conference to establish a network with experts in marine policy and the maritime laws including United Nations Convention on the …

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