The Centre for International Law is pleased to announce the selection of the first batch of CIL Overseas Interns. Law Year 3 and Year 4 students Ms Sadhana Rai, Mr Alvin Yap, Ms Dharshini Prasad and Mr Ramu Nachiappan have been given the opportunity to intern with leading international institutions.

CIL was pleased to host the visit of Judge Rudiger Wolfrum, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany. Judge Wolfrum delivered a talk on the dispute concerning the delimitation of the maritime boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal on 17 April 2012 as part of the CIL Distinguished Speaker Series.

Submissions from both junior and senior scholars are invited. An abstract of 150 - 500 words should be sent (in .pdf or .doc format) to Angelina Fisher (FisherA@exchange.law.nyu.edu) by May 15, 2012.

CIL held the 3rd Fireside Chat on "Territorial Disputes in Asia: Lessons from Pedra Branca" on 30 March 2012. The talk explored Singapore’s first experience in international litigation when Singapore and Malaysia agreed to submit their sovereignty dispute over Pedra Branca, Middle Rocks and South Ledge to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

CIL is pleased to announce the launch of the webpages of the Centre’s major research project: “ASEAN Integration through Law: The ASEAN Way in a Comparative Context” (ASEAN ITL). The ASEAN ITL research project examines the role of law and the rule of law in Asian legal integration.

Professor S Jayakumar hosted the second CIL Fireside Chat on International Law and Diplomacy on Friday, 2 March 2012. The topic was on “The Land Reclamation Case: Lessons in Law and Diplomacy”.

The second installment of CIL’s Fireside Chat Series on International Law and Diplomacy - "The Land Reclamation Case: Lessons in Law and Diplomacy" - took place on 2 March 2012.

The annual Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy will be held from 1-21 July 2012 in Rhodes, Greece. CIL continues its third year of association with the prestigious Academy in accordance with the CIL-Rhodes Academy MOU signed in 2009.

The Centre for International Law (CIL) and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) jointly held a 3-day Workshop on Treaty Law and Practice from 16-19 January 2012.

The first in the Centre for International Law’s Fireside Chat Series on International Law and Diplomacy took place yesterday, 13 January 2012. Professor S. Jayakumar had a frank exchange with students on the topic "Diplomacy and International Law: A Singaporean Perspective".

The S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) of the Nanyang Technological University and the Centre for International Law (CIL) jointly hosted the 4th meeting of the Ocean Policy Institute Network in the East Asian Region (OPINEAR) in Singapore.

CIL is pleased to announced that a Global Associate of our Centre, Ambassador Kriangsak Kittichaisaree of Thailand, has been elected to the International Law Commission (ILC) of the United Nations for a 5-year term.