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The International Conference on "Transboundary Pollution: Evolving Issues of International Law and Policy" took place on 27 – 28 February 2014 at Orchard Hotel, Singapore. The Conference was organized by the Centre for International Law (CIL) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and was chaired by Professor S Jayakumar and Professor Tommy Koh.

CIL Deputy Director Dr Navin met with Prof Dr H Faisal Santiago and his team from Universitas Borobudur on 17 February 2013.

CIL congratulates its researchers Dr Hao Duy Phan and Ms Ranyta Yusran for their promotion to Senior Research Fellow and Research Fellow respectively (effective 1 January 2014).

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We are pleased to announce that CIL contributed a chapter to the World Trade Organisation's 'WTO Chairs Book': Connecting to Global Markets.

Researchers from CIL had a rare opportunity to meet with and discuss ocean governance, policy and legal issues with Mr Michael Lodge, Deputy to the Secretary-General and Legal Counsel of the International Seabed Authority, on 23 January 2014.

The annual Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy will be held from 29 June – 18 July 2014 in Rhodes, Greece. CIL continues its fifth year of association with the prestigious Academy and has been a full member of the Academy since last year. CIL Director Robert C Beckman has been a member of the Rhodes Academy faculty since 2009 and currently serves as one of the Academy's six directors. For more information on the Academy, click here.

The annual Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy will be held from 29 June - 18 July 2014 in Rhodes, Greece. CIL continues its fifth year of association with the prestigious Academy and has been a full member of the Academy since last year.

CIL was honoured to host a visit by Mr Michael Lodge, Deputy to the Secretary-General and Legal Counsel for the International Seabed Authority (ISA).

We are pleased to announce that an Associate of CIL, Mr Diego German Mejia-Lemos, was awarded the NUS President’s Graduate Fellowship in January 2014.

CIL is pleased to announce a successful run of the 2013 Singapore International Arbitration Academy from 22 November to 3 December 2013 at the NUS Bukit Timah Campus and the Supreme Court of Singapore.

CIL is proud to announce that "Submarine Cables: The Handbook of Law and Policy" is now available. The book is edited by Douglas Burnett, the legal advisor of the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC), and two CIL staff members, Robert Beckman and Tara Davenport.

On 3 December 2013, 150 government lawyers, private practitioners, academics and students assembled in the Auditorium of the Supreme Court of Singapore to consider the topic of "Investment Treaty Arbitration in Asia: What Lies Ahead?".

Sir Christopher Greenwood CMG QC, Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), delivered a public lecture on 29 November 2013 on the timely topic, "The ICJ: A World Court for a New World".

Dr Peter Maurer, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), delivered a public lecture entitled “Global Humanitarian Action Today: The Red Cross Perspective” on 20 November 2013 at Orchard Parade Hotel. The talk, co-organised by the Centre for International Law, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Singapore Red Cross was …

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Jointly organised by the Centre for International Law (CIL), Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI), and the Centre for Offshore Engineering (CORE), this multi-disciplinary workshop on the prospects for Rigs-to-Reefs in Southeast Asia for fisheries, marine tourism and biodiversity took place on 12-13 November 2013.

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he final session of the 2013 CIL Fireside Chat Series took place on 8 November 2013 and considered "Syria and International Law".

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Organised by the NUS Centre for International Law (CIL), together with the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Singapore Cooperation Programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Second Singapore Trade Dialogue on 30 October 2013 gathered more than 55 participants, including senior officials from the WTO, government officials and trade and investment policy experts from Asia Pacific.

Professor S Jayakumar and Professor Tommy Koh hosted the penultimate session of the 2013 CIL Fireside Chat Series on 11 October 2013. Four distinguished panelists gave their views on the topic "ASEAN and Human Rights”.

CIL would like to congratulate our hardworking administrators Ms Sadhna Rai and Ms Jocelyn Cruz on their elevation to Executive & Professional status.

CIL extends its congratulations to Mr Chan Sek Keong, the former Chief Justice of Singapore, on his appointment as NUS Faculty of Law's first Distinguished Fellow.

CIL's publication "Beyond Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea: Legal Frameworks for Joint Development of Hydrocarbon Resources" was launched by the Chairman of CIL's International Advisory Panel Professor S Jayakumar on 27 September 2013.

CIL congratulates its Chairman, Professor Tommy Koh, on being named as the 2014 Great Negotiator by the Program on Negotiation, an inter-university consortium comprising Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University and the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard Kennedy School.

On 25-27 September 2013, the Centre for International Law (CIL) and the International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU) of Durham University organised the third annual run of the International Maritime Boundary Delimitation Workshop in Singapore.

The third installment of the 2013 CIL Fireside Chat Series on International Law & Diplomacy, focusing on "International Humanitarian Law: A Singapore Perspective", took place on 6 September 2013.

CIL Research Associate, Junianto James Losari, participated at the International Law Association Regional Conference 2013 held in Cape Sounion, Greece, on 29-31 August 2013. The conference was hosted by the Hellenic Branch of the ILA and was held at the premise of the European Public Law Organization. This year’s conference took the theme Imperium Juris: …

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Academics and officials from Thaksin University, Thailand, visited CIL on 28 August 2013. CIL Deputy Director, Dr R. Navin, received the delegation and briefed them about NUS, CIL and its activities.

On behalf of CIL, IPS and ST Press, CIL Deputy Director Dr R. Navin hosted the launch of the book "Malaysia and Singapore: The Land Reclamation Case – From Dispute to Settlement", by authors Ambassador-at-Large Professor Tommy Koh, Dr Cheong Koon Hean, CEO of Housing Development Board (HDB), and Judicial Commissioner Lionel Yee, and jointly published by the Centre for International Law, The Straits Times Press and the Institute of Policy Studies at NUS on 5 August 2013.

The Centre for International Law recently concluded the third Plenary of the ASEAN Integration Through Law Project with the theme "The ASEAN Way in a Comparative Context: Plenary on the Rule of Law in the ASEAN Community" on 25 August 2013.