Invitation to Participate
Note: this workshop is limited to scholars and practitioners from The Philippines
About the workshop
The NUS Centre for International Law, Philippine Society of International Law and Philippine Association of Law Schools are delighted to host an online Conference via Zoom from 1 to 3 July 2021 on ‘Teaching and Researching International Law in Asia (TRILA)’. This conference is the seventh — following Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Viet Nam— in the series of country-specific programmes that are part of the ‘TRILA on the Road’ initiative. These programmes are intended to advance the agenda set in the 2018 TRILA Singapore Conference, the outcome of which is now contained in the 2020 TRILA Project Report. As a project, TRILA aims to foster the development of Asian scholars, practitioners, officials and diplomats who are highly knowledgeable and skilled in international law and its operations in a continuously changing global environment. More broadly, it seeks in this way to change the historical condition in which Asian societies only played a relatively minor role, i.e., as rule-taker rather than rule-maker, in the making of modern international law.
The TRILA Philippines Conference aims to:
- Discuss the challenges and issues in international law teaching and researching in The Philippines and how to address gaps in the teaching of international law
- Explore and discuss topics including teaching materials and methods, forms of assessment, and formulating an international law syllabus
- Present an example of teaching a Law of the Sea course, and discuss The Philippines’ practices on treaties.
- Discuss writing for publication, research methods, varieties of scholarship, and writing Philippine topics within the framework of international literature or writing international law topics in general.
- Serve as a platform for selected young Filipino scholars to present their current research projects.
Speakers and Moderators
- Judge Raul C. Pangalangan (Ret.), (former judge) International Criminal Court
- Professor Joan S Largo, AVP for Academic Affairs, University of San Carlos
- Judge Sheila Lyn, Catacutan-Besario, Regional Trial Court Branch 31, Dumaguete City
- Professor Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan, Philippine Society of International Law
- Dean Soledad Mawis, Philippine Association of Law Schools
- Dean Domnina Rances, Ateneo de Naga University College of Law
- Professor Antony Anghie, NUS Centre for International Law
- Professor Sedrey M Candelaria, Ateneo de Manila University School of Law
- Atty JR Rob Real, De La Salle University College of Law
- Assoc Professor Rommel J Casis, University of the Philippines College of Law
- Dean Silvia Jo G Sabio, Xavier University College of Law
- Commissioner Josefe C Sorrera-Ty, Legal Education Board of the Philippines
- Asst Prof Andre Palacios, IBP National Director for International Law
- Dr Lowell Bautista, University of Wollongong School of Law
- Dean John Paolo Robert A Villasor, IBP National Adviser on Legal Education
- Professor Romel Bagares, Lyceum of the Philippines University College of Law
- Dr Melissa Loja, International Law Consultant
- Atty Francis Tom Temprosa, Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, DLSU College of Law
- Dr Jayson Lamchek, University of New South Wales
- Ms Adriana Uson, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (Americas)
- Dr Tan Hsien-Li, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
- Professor Mohammad Shahabuddin, University of Birmingham Law School
- Ambassador J Eduardo Malaya, Philippines Embassy to The Netherlands
- Atty Joan A De Venecia-Fabul, University of the Philippines College of Law
- Dean Rodel A Taton, San Sebastian College-Recoletos Manila Graduate School of Law
- Dean Edgardo Carlo L Vistan II, University of the Philippines College of Law
- Atty Amparita S Sta Maria, Ateneo de Manila University School of Law
- Dr Tara Davenport, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
- Dr Cheah Wui Ling, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
- Francis Euston Acero, Far Eastern University Institute of Law
- Atty Gilbert Andres, Center for International Law – Philippines
- Mary Jude Cantorias-Marvel, Arellano University School of Law
- Jose Duke Bagulaya, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
Registration of interest
Registration is now closed.
This Conference is free and by selection only. To enable a greater degree of engagement between the speakers and the participants, the maximum number of participants will be limited.
Electronic certificates will be issued to participants who are present in the entire Conference.
Submission of abstracts and application for selection as presenters
The call for abstracts is now closed.
As part of the Conference, a Junior Scholar Workshop will be held for scholars who:
- wish to present their works in progress; or
- wish to present their completed draft papers.
For those who applied to present a completed draft paper, if selected, you will be required to submit at a later date a draft paper of at least 4,000 words.
The organisers welcome research works relating to all topics of international law.
Key Dates
o on or before 25 June: successful and unsuccessful applicants to Junior Scholars’ Workshop will be informed by e-mail. Unsuccessful applicants are automatically accepted as non-presenter participants. Hence, they do not need to register again. They can still participate in TRILA Philippines Conference.
o on or before 26 June: non-presenter participants will be informed by e-mail,
Format of the discussion
To replicate as closely as possible the intimate setting of an in-person conference, the format will be a Zoom call/meeting. Thus, participants are requested to have their cameras on throughout.
TRILA events follow a bottom-up approach. We want the Conference to be interactive. To encourage exchange of ideas and better interaction, all participants are encouraged to raise their questions and comments through their cameras and microphones.
Inquiries
Should you have any questions, please send an e-mail to TRILA team (ciltrila@gmail.com).