International Workshop on Treaty Law and Practice

Introduction

The Centre for International Law (CIL) and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (the Institute) jointly held a 3-day Workshop on Treaty Law and Practice at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore, from 16-19 January 2012. The Workshop was organised pursuant to a memorandum of understanding concluded between the two institutions in March 2011.

The aim of the Workshop was to set out broad criteria on good treaty practices by examining the treaty procedures and practices of selected civil and common law jurisdictions as well as that of international organisations serving as treaty clearing-houses or depositaries. More than 35 participants from the 10 ASEAN member governments and the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) attended the Workshop. The speakers at the Workshop included treaty experts formerly with the Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as well as a legal advisor to the Council of Europe.

Workshop Programme

To download the Workshop programme in PDF format, click here.

Speeches

Opening speech by Prof Tommy Koh, Chairman, CIL
Remarks by HE Bagas Hapsoro, Deputy Secretary-General, ASEAN

Workshop Report

For the Workshop Executive Summary, click here.

For the Workshop report, click here.

Compilation of Constitutional and Legislative Provisions on Treaty Practice

ASEAN:

Other Countries/Organisations