Symposium: The Second World War in Asia: Justice Efforts, War Memory, and Reparations The Tokyo Trial and its Legacy by Professor Neil Boister, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Published on 26 September 2022 Introduction The Tokyo Judgment was handed down by majority on the 12th November 1948, nearly three quarters of a century ago. After …

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Symposium Introductory Blog The Second World War in Asia: Justice Efforts, War Memory, and Reparations by Associate Professor Cheah W.L. (National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law) Published on 26 September 2022  This symposium on the Second World War in Asia is co-organized by CIL Dialogues and the International Criminal Law Interest Group of the …

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Symposium: Climate Change in an Unequal World: Does International Law Matter? Addressing Loss and Damage: The Unanswered Call for Climate Reparations by Julia Dehm Published on 21 September 2022 The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) has been raising the issue of compensation for climate impacts since at least 1991 while the United Nations Framework …

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Symposium: Climate Change in an Unequal World: Does International Law Matter? The Configurations of Latin American Climate Law by Juan Auz[1] Published on 19 September 2022 Law and Climate Vulnerability in Latin America: An Introduction Alongside the contingencies of human spatial settlement, the law co-creates and perpetuates vulnerability. As a social technology, law dictates the …

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Symposium: Climate Change in an Unequal World: Does International Law Matter? Climate Change Litigation: A View from ASEAN by Jolene Lin Published on 16 September 2022 Frustrated by governmental inaction and threatened by the impacts of climate change on their homes and livelihoods, citizens and environmental groups around the world have taken the quest for …

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Symposium: Climate Change in an Unequal World: Does International Law Matter? Climate Change in an Unequal World: Do International Courts and Tribunals Matter? by Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh* Published on 15 September 2022 Climate change is widely seen as the defining challenge of our time. It is already having devastating impacts on people, biodiversity and ecosystems around …

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Symposium: Climate Change in an Unequal World: Does International Law Matter? Climate Justice Demands a World Beyond International Law Dylan Asafo* Published on 12 September 2022 To Indigenous peoples across Te Moana Nui a Kiwa (more commonly and colonially known as the Pacific Ocean), the answer to the big question ‘does international law matter?’ lies …

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Symposium Introductory Blog Climate Change in an Unequal World: Does International Law Matter? by Dr Nilüfer Oral (NUS Centre for International Law) and Dr Ntina Tzouvala (ANU College of Law) Published on 12 September 2022 The adverse impacts of anthropogenic climate change, while global, have disproportionate consequences for many states and peoples that have contributed …

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Climate Change and Fashion Supply Chains: Translating Aspirations into Meaningful Corporate Climate Action? by Danielle Yeow and Brian Chang This is the second blog post of a two-part series, which discusses efforts to galvanise industry to take action to reduce carbon emissions in their supply chain. Our first[1] blog post focused on ESG and carbon …

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Dispute Settlement under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Part 4: Panel Appointment Strategies by Yvette Foo The final post for this RCEP series continues to look beyond the roles of the Complainant and Respondent, by assessing how panel members are appointed. It briefly goes through the different ways that a panel can be composed under Article …

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Carbon Reporting and Science-based Targets: Precursors to Effective Corporate Climate Action? by Danielle Yeow and Brian Chang The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has reported that, to meet the Paris Agreement’s ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, the world, including businesses, has to collectively act to reduce absolute carbon emissions by 45% by …

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Dispute Settlement under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Part 3: Third Parties under Chapter 19 by Yvette Foo Thus far, this blog series focused on provisions pertaining to the Complainant and Respondent parties disputing under RCEP. Part 1 analysed specific procedural issues, while Part 2 focused on the rights/benefits that Least Developed Country Parties have under …

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