Maritime Boundary Delimitation Workshop 2014 On 24-26 September 2014, the Centre for International Law (CIL) and the International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU) of Durham University organised the fourth annual International Maritime Boundary Delimitation Workshop in Singapore. This year’s Workshop focused on the technical aspects and the theory and practice of negotiations of maritime boundaries, such …
9 October 2014 | CIL Seminar Series Defining EEZ Claims from Islands: A Potential South China Sea Change Introduction An article on the South China Sea disputes by Robert Beckman and Clive Schofield was recently published in The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 29 (2014) 193–243. In this Seminar the authors highlighted the …
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23 January 2014 | CIL Distinguished Speaker Series The Prospects of Mining the Deep Seabed: Law, Economics, Marine Science and Technology Introduction Just like the terrestrial environment, the seafloor is made up of mountain ranges, plateaus, and volcanic peaks, canyons and vast plains. It contains most of the same minerals we find on land, often …
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Transboundary Pollution: Evolving Issues of International Law and Policy The International Conference on “Transboundary Pollution: Evolving Issues of International Law and Policy” took place on 27 – 28 February 2014 at Orchard Hotel, Singapore. The Conference was organized by the Centre for International Law (CIL) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and was chaired …
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25 June 2013 | CIL Seminar Series Military Activities in the EEZ Introduction The topic of military activities at sea often generates more heat than light. Nowhere is this more true than in parts of Southeast Asia. A proper understanding of the subject requires careful consideration of the role of military activities in the system …
25 June 2013 | CIL Seminar Series Excessive Maritime Claims in Asia Introduction Drawing principally on the recently published third edition of his book, Excessive Maritime Claims (with Robert W. Smith, Nijhoff 2012), this lecture explored the maritime claims of the ASEAN + 3 countries. The lecture identified those maritime claims that do, and do …
27 – 28 June 2013 | International Conference CIL Roundtable on the South China Sea, International Law and UNCLOS Introduction The South China Sea has long been a source of tension and potential conflict in the Asia-Pacific region. The underlying source of the tension is the territorial sovereignty disputes over the Spratly Islands (claimed partially …
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4 October 2013 | CIL Seminar Series The Historical Development of the Laws of Piracy Introduction Pirates are often referred to as hostis humani generis, or enemies of all humanity. This language finds its origins with Cicero and has been used to justify the laws criminalising piracy and describe the basis of jurisdiction that states …
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Jointly organised by the Centre for International Law (CIL), Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI), and the Centre for Offshore Engineering (CORE), this multi-disciplinary workshop on the prospects for Rigs-to-Reefs in Southeast Asia for fisheries, marine tourism and biodiversity took place on 12-13 November 2013. More than 80 delegates from the government, offshore industry and academia …
27 September 2013 | CIL Book Launch Book Launch of “Beyond Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea” CIL’s publication “Beyond Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea: Legal Frameworks for Joint Development of Hydrocarbon Resources” was launched by the Chairman of CIL’s International Advisory Panel Professor S Jayakumar on 27 September 2013. Edited …
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