Dispute Settlement under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Part 2: Is Article 19.18’s Special and Differential Treatment Necessary? by Yvette Foo Following Part 1 which examined key procedural provisions of Chapter 19, Part 2 now discusses Article 19.18 of RCEP, which purports to provide special and differential treatment (SDT) to Least Developed Country Parties (LCDP(s)) at …

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Dispute Settlement under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Part 1: An Overview of Chapter 19 by Yvette Foo The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) is a mega-free trade agreement (FTA) between fifteen countries that has recently entered into force. What makes the agreement remarkable is its sheer size and coverage, and concomitant impact as a …

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Reflecting on ASEAN Members’ Disputes at the World Trade Organisation Part 4: The Impact of the WTO on ASEAN’s Dispute Settlement Mechanisms by Yvette Foo Introduction Over the past three instalments of this series, it was argued that the ASEAN Member States have become more committed to relying on dispute settlement to resolve trade-related conflicts. …

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Professor Antony Anghie, CIL Head of TRILA (Teaching and Researching International Law in Asia), was elected on 27 August 2019 as a member of the Institut de Droit International (Institute of International Law). The Institute is comprised of the world’s leading international lawyers, and considered the most authoritative academy of international law. The Institut de …

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The annual Rosalyn Higgins Prize awards EUR 1000 of Brill book vouchers and a LPICT subscription to the author of the best article on the law and practice of the International Court of Justice, either focussing on the ICJ or with the ICJ as one of the dispute settlement mechanisms under consideration. The winning article …

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The international investment law clinic run by Research Associate Professor (CIL) Jansen Calamita and Dr Ayelet Berman was happy to host NUS law alumnus Mr Darren Tay, winner of the World Championship of Public Speaking and Managing Director of Public Speaking Academy. Mr Tay spoke with the students about the development of skills for effective …

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Our Director, Professor Lucy Reed, will be stepping down at the end of her term in June 2019. Before joining CIL and the NUS Faculty of Law, she led the international arbitration group of the international law firm Freshfields, practised in the Legal Adviser’s Office of the US Department of State, and served as the …

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CIL  warmly welcomes Ms Christine Tham, who joins the Centre on 20 March 2018 as Events Management Executive.

CIL warmly welcomes Mr Eugenio Gomez-Chico, who joins the Centre on 19 March 2018 as Research Associate in the Investment Law and Policy team.

The National University of Singapore (NUS), through the Centre for International Law (CIL), is delighted to co-operate with the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to hold the seventh session of the International Nuclear Law Essentials (INLE) Course. This international nuclear law course is being held for the …

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Please join me in extending a warm welcome to our new colleague, Mr John Roy Robert G REAL, who will be joining us from 16 October 2017 as a Research Assistant. Robert will be assisting Professor Tony Anghie with the Centre’s new Teaching of International Law in Asia Programme. Robert’s email address is ciljrrgr@nus.edu.sg and contact number …

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