CIL in the news
NUS CIL is extremely proud and pleased to announce that Ms Geraldine (Gerry) Ng is one of the recipients of The Commendation Medal, 2021. The Medal is one of the awards given out during Singapore’s National Day by the President. It is recognition of persons who have distinguished themselves through commendable performance and conduct, or …
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Launch of TRILA Database of Asian Cases and Reading Materials TRILA team officially launches its Database of Asian Cases and Reading Materials. The Database can be accessed here: This Database was developed to address one of the struggles that teachers of international law in Asia face, that is, formulating a reading list that is relevant …
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The Professor Robert Beckman Jessup National Round The legendary 1982 Jessup team, made up of Justice Steven Chong, Mr V K Rajah SC, Mr Davinder Singh SC and Mr Jimmy Yim SC, acknowledges the profound difference that Emeritus Professor Robert Beckman made to their lives in his capacity as a teacher/mentor, by renaming the Singapore …
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Professor S Jayakumar, Chairman of CIL’s International Advisory Panel, has been appointed as NUS Pro-Chancellor. Congratulations Professor! https://news.nus.edu.sg/highlights/professor-s-jayakumar-appointed-nus-pro-chancellor
Robert C Beckman, Head of CIL’s Ocean Law and Policy Programme, has been made an Emeritus Professor of the National University of Singapore. Robert played a transformative role in the lives of virtually all of Singapore’s international lawyers and the many international students with whom he has had contact. His pioneering work on the Jessup …
We are pleased to share with you the warm exchange of letters between Mr Wang Chao, President of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs and Professor Tommy Koh on the cooperation between China and Singapore against COVID-19. A letter from the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs to Professor Tommy Koh (26 March 2020) …
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The NUS Centre for International Law mourns the passing of a special friend and a wonderful human being, Ambassador Satya Nandan of Fiji. He was a special friend of the Centre because of his deep friendship with Professor S Jayakumar, Professor Tommy Koh and Senior Judge Chao Hick Tin, a friendship forged from the early …
CIL is delighted to welcome Dr Nilüfer Oral as Director. Dr Oral brings invaluable experience as an academic, seasoned negotiator and international law practitioner. She is Turkey’s member of the International Law Commission (ILC), Second Vice-Chair of the ILC, and Co-Chair of the ILC Study Group on Sea-Level Rise in relation to International Law. She …
The CIL Governing Board and staff wish to record our deep and sincere appreciation to Professor Lucy Reed for her outstanding leadership of and contributions to the Centre for the past three and a half years. With her years of experience as an international lawyer and arbitrator, Lucy has brought about many changes to CIL …
CIL Bids Farewell to Professor Lucy Reed on 31 December 2019 Read More »
