February 2014

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 by Professor S Jayakumar and Professor Tommy Koh.

CIL Deputy Director Dr Navin met with Prof Dr H Faisal Santiago and his team from Universitas Borobudur on 17 February 2013.

CIL congratulates its researchers Dr Hao Duy Phan and Ms Ranyta Yusran for their promotion to Senior Research Fellow and Research Fellow respectively (effective 1 January 2014).

We are pleased to announce that CIL contributed a chapter to the World Trade Organisation’s ‘WTO Chairs Book’: Connecting to Global Markets.

Researchers from CIL had a rare opportunity to meet with and discuss ocean governance, policy and legal issues with Mr Michael Lodge, Deputy to the Secretary-General and Legal Counsel of the International Seabed Authority, on 23 January 2014.

The annual Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy will be held from 29 June – 18 July 2014 in Rhodes, Greece. CIL continues its fifth year of association with the prestigious Academy and has been a full member of the Academy since last year. CIL Director Robert C Beckman has been a member of the Rhodes Academy faculty since 2009 and currently serves as one of the Academy’s six directors. For more information on the Academy, click here.