ASEAN Law and Policy
The Centre for International Law (CIL) and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) jointly held a 3-day Workshop on Treaty Law and Practice from 16-19 January 2012.
The first in the Centre for International Law’s Fireside Chat Series on International Law and Diplomacy took place yesterday, 13 January 2012. Professor S. Jayakumar had a frank exchange with students on the topic “Diplomacy and International Law: A Singaporean Perspective”.
The S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) of the Nanyang Technological University and the Centre for International Law (CIL) jointly hosted the 4th meeting of the Ocean Policy Institute Network in the East Asian Region (OPINEAR) in Singapore.
CIL is pleased to announced that a Global Associate of our Centre, Ambassador Kriangsak Kittichaisaree of Thailand, has been elected to the International Law Commission (ILC) of the United Nations for a 5-year term.
Assoc Prof Michael Ewing-Chow and Research Fellow Geraldine Fischer were consulted by Prof Sophia Listrani of Syiah Kuala University in Aceh about developing the first course on International Investment Law to be taught in English in Indonesia.
Mr Bilahari Kausikan, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore, delivered a motivating career talk on 19 October 2011 as a CIL Distinguished Speaker.
CIL is proud to announce that its own Head of Trade and Investment Law and Policy, Assoc Prof Michael Ewing-Chow, was selected to represent Singapore as a World Trade Organisation (WTO) chair, one of only 15 WTO chairs in the world.
CIL welcomed its first United Nations Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Fellow on the Law of the Sea, Ms Sri Asih Roza Nova of Indonesia, in September 2011. The Fellowship is intended to advance the proficiency and capability of government officials, research fellows or academics from developing countries who are involved in the law of the sea or ocean affairs.
CIL and the International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU) of Durham University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 19 September 2011. The MOU enabled CIL to bring IBRU’s celebrated training workshop on International Maritime Boundaries Delimitation to Asia and Singapore for the first time this year with another run planned for next year.
We are pleased to announce that former Senior Minister Professor S Jayakumar, who has returned to the NUS Faculty of Law upon his retirement from politics, has agreed to provide guidance and advice to the Centre for International Law (CIL).
