Ocean Law and Policy

5–7 December 2018: Senior Research Fellow Youna Lyons Delivers Keynote Speech to International Conference on Plastics in the Marine Environment (ICPME) 2018

Senior Research Fellow Youna Lyons was invited as a keynote speaker to the International Conference on Plastics in the Marine Environment (ICPME) 2018, hosted by the National University of Singapore on 5–7 December 2018. The programme of the conference provided a comprehensive discussion of issues related to the introduction of plastic in the marine environment …

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27 November 2018: CIL Sponsors Panel on Legal and Institutional Marine Environmental Governance in Southeast Asia at EAS Congress

CIL sponsored a panel on ’Legal and Institutional Mechanisms to Manage the Marine Environment in the Seas of Southeast Asia: Status and Way Forward’ at the Sixth East Asian Seas Congress (EAS Congress) in Iloilo, Philippines on 27 November 2018. The theme of the EAS Congress this year was ‘25 Years of Partnerships for Healthy …

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21–22 November 2018: CIL Researchers Attend ICLOS Conference on Artificial Islands Beyond National Jurisdiction in Bandung, Indonesia

Youna Lyons and Dita Liliansa participated in the Indonesian Centre for the Law of the Sea (ICLOS)  Conference on Artificial Islands Beyond National Jurisdiction. The conference was organised by Universitas Padjadjaran in Bandung, Indonesia. Ms Lyons was invited as a speaker and gave a presentation on ‘Artificial Islands, Installations and Related Activities by Non-State Actors …

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21 November 2018: CIL Participates in NUS-Sweden Arctic Roundtable

Head of Ocean Law and Policy Robert Beckman and Research Associate Millicent McCreath participated in the NUS-Sweden Arctic Roundtable on 21 November 2018 at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The Roundtable was organised by the Embassy of Sweden and the NUS Energy Studies Institute. Speakers included the Swedish Ambassador for Arctic Affairs, the Director-General …

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Report of the Conference on Climate Change and the Law of the Sea: Adapting the Law of the Sea to Address the Challenges of Climate Change

This article summarises and discusses the main issues addressed at the conference hosted by the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore in March 2018 on ‘Climate Change and the Law of the Sea: Adapting the Law of the Sea to Address the Challenges of Climate Change‘. The conference covered topics including …

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7–9 November 2018: A/P Robert Beckman Participates in 10th South China Sea International Conference Organised by Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Ocean Law and Policy Programme Head Robert Beckman participated in the 10th South China Sea International Conference organised by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. The conference was held from 7 to 9 November 2018 in Da Nang, Vietnam. The 10th conference in this series was attended by more than 200 participants from Vietnam, the region and …

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29–30 October 2018: Global Associate Tara Davenport Attends Second ISA- ICPC Workshop on Deep Seabed Mining and Submarine Cables

Dr Tara Davenport participated in the Second Workshop on ‘Developing Options for the Implementation of the Due Regard and Reasonable Regard Obligations under UNCLOS’ held in Bangkok, Thailand on 29–30 October 2018. The workshop was the second one organised by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) to address the …

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22–26 October 2018: Senior Research Fellow Youna Lyons Attends the 73rd Meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the IMO

Senior Research Fellow Youna Lyons attended the 73rd meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The meeting took place from 22 to 26 October 2018. Ms Lyons was head of delegation of the Advisory Committee for the Protection Sea, an NGO with a consultative status at the IMO. In …

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