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.

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CIL and the Faculty of Law for the first time co-organised an International Law Week (ILW) at the Bukit Timah Campus from 23 to 27 Aug 2013.

CIL is pleased to announce its partnership with Malaysia’s CIMB ASEAN Research Institute (CARI) to research into and present a report on lifting the barriers for ASEAN’s aviation industry. The report, authored by Prof. Alan Tan, Head of CIL’s Air Law and Policy programme, is to be presented at the inaugural Network ASEAN Forum (NAF) …

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On Thursday 15 August 2013, Professors Joseph Weiler and Michael Ewing-Chow, CIL colleagues and some of the World Trade Law class from the Faculty of Law visited PSA International and were shown around the Port of Singapore.

The Centre for International Law (CIL) and Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH) organised the 2nd Plenary of the ASEAN Integration Through Law Project on 29 July 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia. This session focused on the theme "ASEAN Governance, Management and External Relations" which is deemed to be critical for the success of the ASEAN integration efforts.

CIL Researchers Ms. Ranyta Yusran and Ms. Harpreet Kaur Dhillon attended the Hague Academy of International Law’s Summer Programme on Public International Law, held at the Peace Palace from 8 July 2013 to 26 July 2013.

CIL is pleased to announce that our Research Fellow Dr. Hao Duy Phan has won the Best Oralist Award at the 18th session of the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy, which took place from 30 June -20 July 2013 in Rhodes, Greece.

CIL launched the findings of one of its flagship research projects "ASEAN Integration Through Law: The ASEAN Way in a Comparative Context" on 4 July 2013. This Plenary on "The General Architecture of ASEAN" focused on the political and economic aspirations of ASEAN and the domestic and regional institutions which play a part in the region's community-building.

Students from the Graduate School of Politics, Government and Communication, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), South Korea, visited CIL on 26 June 2013.

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Mr Youri van Logchem, a PhD Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS), received the 2013 ICPC-Rhodes Academy Writing Competition on Submarine Cables and International Law award from the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy and the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC).

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CIL hosted a visit by Mr Evan Rogerson, Director of Agriculture and Commodities Division of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on 19 June 2013.

The NUS Centre for International Law is pleased to announce that it has been accepted as a full sponsor of the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy.

CIL is pleased to announce that one of its Researchers, Ms. Harpreet Kaur Dhillon, is the recipient of the first prize in an essay competition jointly organised by the Singapore branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Thirty Nine Essex Street Chambers. The competition targets young practitioners working or resident in Singapore, giving them an opportunity to air their views on a critical issue which has arisen in the developing field of international arbitration.

CIL hosted a visit by the students and lecturers of Udayana University, Faculty of Law, Bali, Indonesia on 23 May 2013.

Senior Principal Research Fellow Mr. Christopher Thomas, QC, was invited by Thailand’s Department of International Economic Affairs to participate in a panel discussion on 27 March 2013 organised by the Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the Royal Thai Embassy in Brussels and the Mission of Thailand to the European Union, on the issue of investor-state dispute settlement under the current EU investment regime.

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A 20-member delegation from Office of the Council of State of Thailand headed by Deputy Secretary-General Mr Chukiert Ratanachaichan visited CIL on 23 April 2013.

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Prof Surya Subedi, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Cambodia, visited CIL on 8 April 2013.

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The January 2013 edition of the prestigious American Journal of International Law (AJIL) features an Agora on the South China Sea Disputes. One of the articles in the Agora is by CIL Director, Professor Beckman, entitled "The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Maritime Disputes in the South China Sea".

The second installment in the 2013 CIL Fireside Chat Series focused on the topic of "The Practice of International Law by Government Officials".

CIL was honoured to welcome members of its International Advisory Panel (IAP) from 17-19 February 2013.

CIL has prepared a Report on the Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Singapore International Investment Arbitration Conference, highlighting the relevant issues raised in each session, and the discussion it generated.

Assoc Prof Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade and Investment Programme was interviewed on Laos' competitiveness in the global economy with Haslinda Amin on Bloomberg Television's "On The Move Asia".

Assoc Prof Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade and Investment Programme was interviewed on Laos’ competitiveness in the global economy with Haslinda Amin on Bloomberg Television’s “On The Move Asia” on 8 February 2013.

The CIL Fireside Chat Series continues in 2013 with an installment on "The South China Sea Disputes: A Role for International Law?".

CIL would like to extend its congratulations and best wishes to the newly-appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court, Mr Lionel Yee SC. The appointment which begins on 1 February 2013 was announced by the Prime Minister’s Office. Mr Yee is currently the Second Solicitor-General at the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC). Early this year, he was …

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CIL and British Institute of International & Comparative Law (the Institute) are engaged on a joint project to carry out training and research on treaty law and practice.Based on the discussions at the Workshop, CIL and the Institute issued a Workshop Report which provides a summary of the proceedings and discussions at the Workshop as well as a set of recommendations designed to improve treaty practices in the region.

CIL congratulates Mr. Lionel Yee, Second Solicitor-General and the former Director-General of the International Affairs Division of the Attorney-General’s Chambers, on his appointment as Senior Counsel. Mr Yee has been a friend and supporter of CIL since it was established at NUS in 2009.

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The Centre for International Law's 3rd Annual Singapore International Investment Arbitration Conference was held on 12 December 2012 at the Shangri-La, Singapore. This is the 3rd in a successful run of Arbitration Conferences that the Centre for International Law has organized.

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On 23 November 2012, CIL Director Prof Robert Beckman met with H. E. Mr Bagas Hapsoro, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs, with their respective staff to discuss future cooperation and collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC).

The inaugural Singapore International Arbitration Academy was launched on Monday, 26 November 2012 as the National University of Singapore's Centre for International Law (CIL) opened its doors to private sector and public sector lawyers and officials from Singapore, the ASEAN member states, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, New Zealand, Spain, and Tanzania.

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CIL and the Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI), also an NUS research centre, together signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) on 7 November 2012. This unprecedented collaboration with UTP of Malaysia is designed to foster joint and multi-disciplinary research encompassing engineering, marine sciences and ocean law and policy.

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The International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) is pleased to announce that the 2013 Rhodes Academy Submarine Cables Award is open for applications.