CIL Dialogues

An International Law Blog

CIL Dialogues is the re-imagination of the existing blog of the Centre for International Law (CIL) of the National University of Singapore (NUS). The editorial team’s approach to CIL Dialogues reflects two shared commitments. First, we share a generalist perspective of international law, viewed as raising shared foundational questions across specialised fields, institutions, regions, and inquiries. Secondly, we are appreciative that CIL Dialogues is not based in (the virtual space of), or associated with institutions in the ‘Western European and Others States Group’. The blog will therefore be interested in international law broadly conceived and seek to be attentive to regional perspectives to questions of universal and general relevance, particularly relating to Asia Pacific, as well as the views and voices that may have been traditionally excluded. More...

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The 2023 IMO Assembly Resolution enables States to challenge the ‘Dark Fleet’ that threatens the marine environment

by Robert Beckman, Trung Nguyen and Joel Ong Jie Hao

At its thirty-third biennial meeting on 6 December 2023, the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (‘IMO’) adopted Resolution A.1192(33) urging Member States and all relevant stakeholders to promote actions to prevent illegal operations in the maritime sector by the ‘dark fleet’ or ‘shadow fleet’ (‘the 2023 Resolution’). Read on ...

Artificial Intelligence And Article 33.4 VCLT

by Tarcisio Gazzini

Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to radically change legal education and the legal profession. Suffice it to mention the administration of justice through machines. This comment focuses on a much more specific issue, namely the interpretation of multilingual treaties. Article 33.4 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, in particular, directs the interpreter in overcoming differences between equally authoritative texts. Read on ...

Does breaching UNCLOS invoke the right of self-defence?

by Shani Friedman

Since October 2023, as part of the Israeli-Hamas war following the October 7 massacre in Israel, the Houthis – an Iranian-backed Yemeni terrorist group – attacked commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea in support of Hamas. The attacks range from non-violent boarding and rerouting of ships to using missiles and drones. Read on

China’s engagement with the ITLOS climate change advisory proceedings and its strategic formalism in international law

by Ryan Martínez Mitchell

Several months ago, Beijing decided to take a stand against the expansion of advisory opinion jurisdiction to the full International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), as well as the potential use of such jurisdiction to define climate change obligations under the law of the sea. Read on ...

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ASEAN Law and Policy

CIL is pleased to welcome Ms Angela Lim as Personal Assistant to Director. Angela served as the Secretary to the Director at NUS Alumni Office from 2003-2009 before she joined the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Asia-Pacific as an Administrative Manager where she was also involved in organizing conferences and master classes …

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ASEAN Law and Policy

CIL is pleased to welcome Dr Ayelet Berman as Senior Research Fellow with the Investment Law and Policy team. Before joining CIL, Ayelet was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Trade and Economic Integration at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the NUS Faculty …

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ASEAN Law and Policy

A conference report on the CIL International Conference on High Seas Governance is now ready for download in PDF format. CIL Report HS Governance Conference 12 May Final For more information about the conference and conference presentations, please click here.

ASEAN Law and Policy

CIL is seeking students to serve as Student Research Assistants for two different projects. Shortlisted applicants will be called for an interview. For more information and for application procedure, please click here.

ASEAN Law and Policy

CIL is pleased to welcome Ms Dafina Atanasova as Research Associate with the Investment Law and Policy team. Dafina Atanasova holds an LLM in International Business Law from King’s College London, a master’s degree from the University of Versailles and a bachelor’s degree from Paris 2 University, Panthéon-Assas. She is currently completing her PhD at …

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ASEAN Law and Policy

The Centre for International Law held its inaugural staff retreat on 31 March 2017, Friday. The retreat was opened by CIL’s Director Professor Lucy Reed and attended by close to 30 members of the CIL family. The discussions focused on the Centre’s future plans and work programmes in its core areas of research, namely Oceans …

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ASEAN Law and Policy

CIL is pleased to welcome Miss Loo Jing Xi, Gloria as Research Associate with the ASEAN Law and Policy team at the Centre for International Law. Gloria Loo graduated in 2016 with an LLM (specialising in International & Comparative Law) from the National University of Singapore. At the graduate level, she studied a range of …

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ASEAN Law and Policy

CIL is pleased to welcome Miss Millicent McCreath as Research Associate with the Ocean Law and Policy team at the Centre for International Law. Millicent graduated in 2015 with an LLM in Law of the Sea from the University of Tromsø, Norway’s Arctic University. While at Tromsø, Millicent specialised in polar law and the protection …

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ASEAN Law and Policy

CIL is pleased to welcome Miss Soh Gek Han as Publications Manager at the Centre for International Law. Gek Han graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor degree in history and has worked in academic publishing since. She was previously the copyeditor of the Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography.

ASEAN Law and Policy

On 20 January 2017, CIL Governing Board Chairman Prof Tommy Koh delivered a speech at the SBF-Amcham Post-US Election Seminar, held at Keppel Towers, Singapore. To view Prof Koh’s speech in PDF, click here.

ASEAN Law and Policy

On 18 January 2017, CIL Governing Board Chairman Prof Tommy Koh delivered a speech at the occasion of the Conferment of the JC Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development on Dr Cheong Koon Hean, held at the Fullerton Hotel, Singapore. To view Prof Koh’s speech in PDF, click here.

ASEAN Law and Policy

The Centre for International Law (CIL) organised the 18th session of the Fireside Chat Series on International Law and Diplomacy on Friday, 10 February 2017. The hosts, Professor S Jayakumar and Professor Tommy Koh, and two guests, Professor Robert Beckman and Dr Hao Duy Phan, spoke about the conciliation between Timor-Leste and Australia under the …

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