ASEAN Law and Policy

CIL participated in the Asian Society of International Law and Indonesian Society of International Law (ISIL) Conference, “International Law as a Political Instrument?” in Jakarta on 10 June 2010.

CIL co-organised the prestigious International Conference on Air Transport, Air Law and Regulation conference with McGill University’s Institute of Air & Space Law (IASL) and the Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA) from 24 to 26 May 2010.

The Protocol to the ASEAN Charter on Dispute Settlement Mechanisms (“Protocol”) was concluded by the Foreign Ministers of ASEAN in Ha Noi, Vietnam on 8 April, 2010. This is a significant step forward towards a rules based community.

CIL launched its Distinguished Speaker Series with Dr Patrick Low, Chief Economist of the World Trade Organization (WTO), as the Centre’s first CIL Distinguished Speaker.

CIL officially launched its Documents Database on 18 March 2010. The event was graced by His Excellency Mr Bagas Hapsoro, ASEAN’s Deputy Secretary-General, who specially made the journey from Jakarta to speak at the launch.

CIL has implemented a number of measures to help fight climate change and promote environmental sustainability.

On 11 January 2010, a CIL team led by Director Prof Robert Beckman made a day-trip to the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) in Jakarta to introduce the ASEAN component of the CIL Documents Database to key persons at ASEC and discuss possible collaboration between CIL and ASEC.

CIL organised a global conference on International Investment Arbitration on 20 January 2010 at the Supreme Court of Singapore. The conference brought together more than 160 international law experts and practitioners from Asia, Europe and the Americas.

On 14-15 December 2009, CIL organised and hosted a Workshop on Submarine Cables and the Law of the Sea in close cooperation with the International Cables Protection Committee (ICPC) and other co-sponsors.