CIL was an Associate Sponsor of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Center for Oceans Law & Policy (COLP) of the University of Virginia, which was held at World Maritime University in Malmo, Sweden, from 15 to 16 May 2019. The title of the conference was Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Intractable Challenges …
Introduction At a conference in Beijing, in 2018, several Chinese scholars, including one from Singapore, made the surprising statement that the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was a product of the West. China was therefore not bound to comply with the Convention. The truth is that UNCLOS was negotiated by more …
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: A Revolutionary Treaty Read More »
CIL Seminar on Autonomous Shipping, Cybersecurity Threats and International Law by Mr Zaid Hamzah Click here to register.
CIL Ocean Law and Policy Programme Head, Robert Beckman, participated in a Submarine Cables Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 25 to 26 March 2019. The meeting was organised by the UNODC Global Maritime Crime Programme and the government of Sri Lanka. Associate Professor Beckman presented on causes of submarine cable faults and chaired a …
Dr Tara Davenport participated in the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) held in Washington DC from 27 to 29 March 2019. On a panel titled ‘Deep Seabed Mining in Crowded Oceans’, she engaged in a discussion on the various challenges facing deep seabed mining 25 years after the International Seabed …
CIL Seminar on Slipping Through the Net: IUU Fishing and Exploited Fishers in Southeast Asia by Dr Mi Zhou You may access the presentation slide here.
CIL Seminar on Environmental Impact Assessment in the Global Commons: Bringing Cooperation Back, by Assoc Prof Neil Craik
CIL-ANCORS Workshop on Resolving Complex Maritime Boundaries 25–27 June 2019, Singapore Following the success of its Workshop on Maritime Boundaries in 2017 and 2018, the Centre for International Law (CIL) of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) of the University of Wollongong are …
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On 11 April 2016, Timor-Leste initiated a compulsory non-binding conciliation proceeding against Australia under Annex V of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on its maritime boundary dispute with Australia in the Timor Sea. On 6 March 2018, the parties signed a settlement treaty on the basis of the proposal …
This article investigates the effect of dispute settlement decisions under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and whether and how states, particularly great powers, comply with these decisions. State practice suggests that an overwhelming majority of the decisions by UNCLOS dispute settlement bodies have been implemented. Significantly, not only …
International Courts and State Compliance: An Investigation of the Law of the Sea Cases Read More »
