Lectures

Lectures

e-Conference: COVID-19 – A New Surveillance Era?

This panel discussed diverse surveillance technologies being applied in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and their implications for human rights and privacy. The panel addressed the benefits and risks of technologies such as cellphone or Bluetooth contract tracing, immunity passports, and others. It further emerged that different countries, such as the EU, Australia, and Singapore, …

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eConference: Legal Implications of Covid-19 for International Aviation

Acknowledging that the COVID-19 pandemic presents the greatest crisis that the civil aviation industry has ever faced, this panel engaged in a lively discussion on the responses in the aviation sector from the perspective of governments, regulators, airlines and international organisations. The panellists touched on the challenges of adapting current regulations and standards to the …

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Lecture: Extended Continental Shelf Claims in the South China Sea

Assoc Prof Robert Beckman, Head of Ocean Law and Policy Programme at CIL, lectures about sovereignty and maritime disputes in the South China Sea. He particularly focuses on the extended continental shelf submissions in the South China Sea and responses from other littoral states.

e-Conference: Investment and Dispute Settlement in Post COVID-19 World?

Session 4 of 5 of CIL’s e-Conference series “COVID-19: A Challenge to the International Legal Order?” This session discussed the challenges that the pandemic presents for states’ investment policies and their potential exposure to investment claims, as well as for the international arbitration community. The speakers emphasised the importance of investment facilitation to attract FDI …

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eConference: International Trade and Investment Law in the Post-COVID-19 World?

Session 3 of CIL’s e-Conference series on “COVID-19: A Challenge to the International Legal Order?” This panel discussed how states, the WTO and regional cooperation arrangements can address a growing need for e-Commerce regulations and supply chain diversification, while ensuring the free flow of goods and services in the response to COVID-19. The speakers underscored …

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e-Conference: International Law and the Clash of Rights

Session 2 of CIL’s e-Conference series on “COVID-19: A Challenge to the International Legal Order?” This panel addressed current and future responses to global pandemics, and engaged in a wide-ranging discussion on the rights dimension of movement controls, surveillance, port closures, responses by international institutions and the interaction of different regimes under international law. Moderator: …

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