Ocean Law and Policy

10 September 2020: CIL Director Nilüfer Oral Presents Paper at NYU’s UN Diplomacy Clinic

CIL Director Nilüfer Oral presented a paper titled ‘First Issues Paper on Sea Level Rise in Relation to International Law: Key Issues and Gaps’ at the online UN Diplomacy Clinic organised by New York University’s Law Faculty on 10 September 2020. Dr Oral is the Co-Chair of the International Law Commission’s Study Group on Sea …

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4–5 November 2020: CIL Director Nilüfer Oral Co-Chairs Informal BBNJ Intersessional High Seas Treaty Dialogue on Marine Genetic Resources

Dr Nilüfer Oral chaired the online Informal BBNJ Intersessional High Seas Treaty Dialogue on Marine Genetic Resources, with Ms Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, who is the ex-Director of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea under the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs. The topic of the November dialogue was marine genetic resources, …

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Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of IUU Fishing under International Law

The present brief contribution reflects on the evolution of IUU fishing, its current status, and possible future pathways to prevent, deter, and eliminate this practice. IUU fishing not only presents a question of management and conservation, but also entails serious human rights and transnational crime components. From these perspectives, this paper concludes that IUU fishing …

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26–27 August 2020: Senior Research Fellows Youna Lyons and Vu Hai Dang Invited to Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation Meeting Under UNEA Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group

Senior research fellows Youna Lyons and Vu Hai Dang were invited to participate in the Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation Meeting under the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group (AHEG) on marine litter and microplastics established by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). The consultation meeting was held online from 26 to 27 August 2020 and hosted by …

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6 August 2020: Emeritus Professor Robert Beckman Nominated by Vietnam as Arbitrator Under UNCLOS Annex VII

On 6 August 2020, the Embassy of Vietnam in Singapore held a ceremony to officially present the decision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam to nominate Emeritus Professor Robert Beckman, Head of Ocean Law and Policy of CIL, as an Arbitrator under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of …

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