CIL celebrated the third anniversary of its official launch on 30 October 2012 with a lively seminar by CIL’s overseas interns who had returned from their attachments to international institutions and monitoring missions in Geneva, Phnom Penh and Bangkok. Director of CIL Robert Beckman welcomed the participants and hosted a tea reception following the seminar.
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has recognized CIL’s home, the NUS Bukit Timah Campus, with the URA Architectural Heritage Award (AHA).
The Corruption and Economic Crime Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), based in Vienna, Austria, is seeking interns for up to 6 months.
The final session of the CIL Fireside Chat Series for 2012 was held on 12 October 2012. It brought together leading international lawyers and diplomats to share their experiences as Singapore’s negotiators for key bilateral and multilateral agreements. The discussion provided a unique insight into how Singapore, as a small State, advances its national interests in bilateral or multilateral negotiations and can play a role in the development of international law.
CIL was pleased to a host a visit to the Centre by Andrew Cayley QC, the United Nations Chief International Co-Prosecutor of the ECCC, the Khmer Rouge Tribunal on 5 October 2012.
CIL’s 3rd Annual Singapore International Arbitration Conference, which will be held in conjunction with the Centre’s inaugural run of the Singapore International Arbitration Academy (SIAA), has been accredited with 5.5. CPD points by the Singapore Institute of Legal Education (SILE).
