Ocean Law and Policy
The International Seabed Authority as Claimant for Damage to the Marine Environment Resulting from Activities in the Area
Tara Davenport, ‘The International Seabed Authority as Claimant for Damage to the Marine Environment Resulting from Activities in the Area: Problems and Prospects, in Alfonso Ascensio-Herrera and Myron H. Nordquist, The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Part XI Regime and the International Seabed Authority: A Twenty-Five Year Journey, (Brill, 2022), 234 …
Youna Lyons, Cheng Ling Lim and Yulu Liu from CIL Ocean Law and Policy Programme presented at the COBSEA Regional Consultation Workshop on Marine Plastic Research Inventory.
Youna Lyons, Cheng Ling Lim and Yulu Liu from CIL Ocean Law and Policy Programme were invited by the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) to present the Regional Marine Plastic Research Inventory they coordinated. This regional consultation was organised on 20 April 2022 via Zoom by COBSEA as part of the …
Vu Hai Dang, Speaker at the Dialogue on Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI): Strengthening International Cooperation
Dr. Vu Hai Dang, Centre for International Law’s Ocean Law and Policy Senior Research Fellow, participated to the IPOI Scholars Connect – Rountable Conference of the Dialogue on Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI): Strengthening International Cooperation via Zoom. The Conference was organised by the Centre for Public Policy Research of India in collaboration with Monash University …
MPA Academy CIL Webinar on Seafarers Welfare During the Covid-19- Pandemic Including Crew Changes and Vaccinations
At the height of the crew change crisis in 2020, close to 600,000 seafarers worldwide were stranded on ships and serving for periods far longer than provided under their contracts and as allowed under the Maritime Labour Convention. While the situation has since improved, new and more contagion variants of the COVID-19 virus continue …
Maria Pia Benosa, Speaker at 2022 ASIL Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
Maria Pia Benosa of the CIL Ocean Law and Policy Team joined a panel discussion on legal and technological developments relating to unmanned vessels at the 2022 ASIL Annual Meeting in Washington, DC from 6-9 April, 2022 themed ‘Personalizing International Law’. Entitled “Uncharted Waters: Legal considerations involving unmanned vessels and autonomy at sea”, the panel considered …
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Dita Liliansa served as Chief Judge/President of the oral rounds of 2022 NILOS Moot Court Competition – Vietnam National Rounds
Dita Liliansa served as Chief Judge/President of the oral rounds of 2022 NILOS Moot Court Competition – Vietnam National Rounds. The competition took place virtually from 16 to 17 April 2022. The winning team will advance to the International Rounds. She was also invited to grade memorials submitted by the teams, which pleaded the RV Vilhelmina case before …
Successes and failures of UNCLOS
1 February 2022: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited as a Panelist to Webinar on “Successes and Failures of UNCLOS” Hosted by Volterra Fietta Law Firm. This was the inaugural seminar in Volterra Fietta’s seminar series to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (referred …
UNCLOS at 40: An Assessment
Recordings of the Sessions now Available! UNCLOS at 40: An Assessment 29 March 2022, 12.30pm – 6.30pm | 30 March 2022, 8.30am – 5.30pm Singapore Time | Hybrid Format | Programme | Speakers Profiles The 1982 United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea was adopted 40 years ago. Today it has 168 State Parties. Ambassador Tommy Koh, …