On September 3-4, 2025, in Singapore, the American Society of International Law (ASIL) convened its second ASIL Abroad Meeting - the first having taken place in Geneva in 2024.

Across two days and fourteen panels, the 2025 ASIL Abroad Meeting brought together international legal scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to engage with a wide range of contemporary challenges, including developments in international criminal law, sea-level rise, climate governance, the future of multilateralism, and the evolving landscape of dispute resolution. Keynote sessions featured distinguished speakers Ambassador Tommy Koh, in conversation with ASIL President Mélida Hodgson, and Ambassador Rena Lee, who shared reflections on the Meeting’s theme: “Traditions and Transitions in International Law.”

The Centre for International Law is ASIL’s Academic Partner and was a sponsor of this event.

CIL Director Nilüfer Oral was part of the ASIL Abroad 2025 Host Committee, as well as Celine Lange, Lead, Programme Development, International Dispute Resolution at CIL.  Celine Lange was also one of the three ASIL Abroad 2025 Co-Chairs, together with Natalie Morris-Sharma (Government legal counsel, Singapore’s Attorney-General's Chambers) and Jarrod Wong (Professor at the University of the Pacific, Sacramento).

Several CIL researchers were engaged in a number of panels:

• Nilüfer Oral and Tara Davenport spoke on a panel entitled “Sinking Ground: Legal Responses to Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Development”
• Hélène Tigroudja and Rashmi Raman spoke on a panel entitled “The Arc and Future of International Criminal Law – From the Rome Statute to the Crimes against Humanity Treaty”
• Elena Pribytkova spoke on panel entitled “Technology and Human Rights: Between Individual Autonomy, Technological Sovereignty, and International Regulation”
• Danielle Yeow spoke on a panel entitled “Next Frontiers of International Law: Deep Seabed Mining, Outer Space and Cyber Governance”