30 June 2014

CIL Director Robert Beckman taught at the 19th Annual Session of the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy, which was held in in Rhodes, Greece. Professor Beckman delivered three lectures on the marine environment during the third week of the Academy and organised a 3-hour workshop on the legal regimes governing seafarers and fishers. He also judged the oral examination at the end of the course, together with three judges from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. In addition, he attended meetings with other members of the Board of Directors of the Academy. CIL sponsored three participants to the 2014 Rhodes Academy: Ms Lusitania Lopez of Timor Leste, Mr Dara In of Cambodia and Mr Chen Li of China. Two Singaporeans who attended the Academy, Luke Tang of the Attorney-General’s Chambers and Kenneth Kwa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, won prizes for being the top students in the written examination.