Grant awarded to CIL Oceans Law and Policy Team by the Singapore Maritime Institute to fund research under the CIL-MPA Oceans Governance Research Programme for three years In 2016, the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) and Centre for International Law (CIL) Oceans Law and Policy Team partnered to establish the MPA-CIL Oceans Governance Research Programme …
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CIL congratulates Danielle Yeow, Lead of CIL Climate Change Law & Policy, on her appointment at Dentons Global Advisors-Albright Stonebridge Group (ASG) as Senior Advisor in the East Asia & Pacific practice.
The NUS Centre for International Law Supports the Establishment of Asian Health Law Association May 5, 2023 The National University of Singapore (NUS) Centre for International Law (CIL)’s Global Health Law and Governance Program is collaborating with the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, along with the University of Philippines …
Professor Antony Anghie has been awarded the 2023 Manley O Hudson Medal by the American Society of International Law. Professor Anghie is the Head of the Teaching and Researching International Law in Asia (TRILA) Programme of the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is also a Professor of Law …
On 1 December 2022, Professor Joseph Weiler received the Ratzinger Prize from Pope Francis at the Vatican. Professor Weiler is the first person of the Jewish faith to receive this prestigious award that honours scholars who demonstrate authentic and meaningful contributions to theology, Christianity, and human society. Professor Weiler has examined, inter alia, the relationship …
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Memorandum of Understanding for academic cooperation signed between the NUS Centre for International Law and the DU Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy From left to right: Dr. Joe Mulhern, Professor Petra Minnerop, Professor Karen O’Brian, Dr. Nilufer Oral, Professor Claire O’Malley, Ms Railla Puno, Mr Amiel Ian Valdez. The Director of CIL, Dr. …
CIL Governing Board Deputy Chairman, Professor Simon Chesterman appointed as David Marshall Professor of Law Congratulations Prof! Read more about his appointment here!
On 6 July 2022, the Chairman of CIL’s International Advisory Panel, Professor Tommy Koh was awarded Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by the National University of Singapore. Congratulations Prof! Photo above from Prof Koh’s Facebook Page Photos below are screengrabs from NUS Commencement 2022 Ceremony 1 Read Prof Koh’s Speech here
NUS CIL is extremely proud and pleased to announce that Ms Geraldine (Gerry) Ng is one of the recipients of The Commendation Medal, 2021. The Medal is one of the awards given out during Singapore’s National Day by the President. It is recognition of persons who have distinguished themselves through commendable performance and conduct, or …
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𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗔 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 TRILA team officially launches its Database of Asian Cases and Reading Materials. The Database can be accessed here: This Database was developed to address one of the struggles that teachers of international law in Asia face, that is, formulating a reading list that is relevant …
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The Professor Robert Beckman Jessup National Round The legendary 1982 Jessup team, made up of Justice Steven Chong, Mr V K Rajah SC, Mr Davinder Singh SC and Mr Jimmy Yim SC, acknowledges the profound difference that Emeritus Professor Robert Beckman made to their lives in his capacity as a teacher/mentor, by renaming the Singapore …
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Professor S Jayakumar, Chairman of CIL’s International Advisory Panel, has been appointed as NUS Pro-Chancellor. Congratulations Professor! https://news.nus.edu.sg/highlights/professor-s-jayakumar-appointed-nus-pro-chancellor
Robert C Beckman, Head of CIL’s Ocean Law and Policy Programme, has been made an Emeritus Professor of the National University of Singapore. Robert played a transformative role in the lives of virtually all of Singapore’s international lawyers and the many international students with whom he has had contact. His pioneering work on the Jessup …
We are pleased to share with you the warm exchange of letters between Mr Wang Chao, President of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs and Professor Tommy Koh on the cooperation between China and Singapore against COVID-19. A letter from the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs to Professor Tommy Koh (26 March 2020) …
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The NUS Centre for International Law mourns the passing of a special friend and a wonderful human being, Ambassador Satya Nandan of Fiji. He was a special friend of the Centre because of his deep friendship with Professor S Jayakumar, Professor Tommy Koh and Senior Judge Chao Hick Tin, a friendship forged from the early …
CIL is delighted to welcome Dr Nilüfer Oral as Director. Dr Oral brings invaluable experience as an academic, seasoned negotiator and international law practitioner. She is Turkey’s member of the International Law Commission (ILC), Second Vice-Chair of the ILC, and Co-Chair of the ILC Study Group on Sea-Level Rise in relation to International Law. She …
The CIL Governing Board and staff wish to record our deep and sincere appreciation to Professor Lucy Reed for her outstanding leadership of and contributions to the Centre for the past three and a half years. With her years of experience as an international lawyer and arbitrator, Lucy has brought about many changes to CIL …
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While the government is actively involved in shaping international law through negotiating global legal conventions, private practitioners and academics can also play their part, said Senior Minister of State for Finance and Law Indranee Rajah at CIL’s International Law Year in Review Conference.
CIL is pleased to welcome Professor Lucy Reed, an internationally renowned practitioner-scholar of international law, as the Centre’s new Director. She has also been appointed as the first Professor of Practice at the NUS Faculty of Law. Professor Reed was a partner from 2000-2016 with the international law firm of Freshfields, where she headed the …
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The Maritime Port & Authority of Singapore, organiser of the Singapore Maritime Week 2016, invited CIL to an Appreciation Reception held on 25 May 2016 at Raffles Hotel’s Halia Restaurant. The CIL-MPA Oceans Governance Research Programme was established to focus on three areas: Arctic shipping governance, transit passage regimes under UNCLOS and marine environmental governance. …
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Signing Ceremony The Centre for International Law (CIL) of the National University of Singapore (NUS) received a three-year research grant from the Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) supported by the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) to establish the CIL-MPA Oceans Governance Research Programme. Research activities under the programme will focus on three areas: Arctic shipping governance; …
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The Centre for International Law (CIL) of the National University of Singapore (NUS) received a three-year research grant from the Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) supported by the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) to establish the CIL-MPA Oceans Governance Research Programme. Research activities under the programme will focus on three areas: Arctic shipping governance; transit passage …
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CIL is delighted to announce that Ms Lucy Reed, an internationally renowned practitioner-scholar of international law, will join NUS in July 2016 as Director of CIL. She will also be appointed as the first Professor of Practice at the NUS Faculty of Law. Ms Reed holds degrees from Brown University and Chicago Law School and …
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