Mr Peter Ho, the former Head of the Singapore Civil Service and the former Permanent Secretary of the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs, spoke on the importance of international law for Singapore’s foreign policy on 14 January 2011 as a CIL Distinguished Speaker. Mr Ho used several case studies from Singapore’s past to illustrate that international law levels the playing field for small countries and the use of international law need not be a zero-sum game but can lead to win-win outcomes for countries engaged in disputes. For more information, click here.
