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Profile
Taufik Rachmat Nugraha is a Research Associate at the Centre for the International Law-National University of Singapore through the ASEAN Visiting Research Fellow Programme under the Ocean Law and Policy team. Taufik graduated from his LL.M program at Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia, in 2020 and his LL.M thesis discuss about Mars Environment Protection and Comparison with Law of the Sea (the Area Environment). Taufik was the Maritime Scientific Endowment Fund-International Seabed Authority (ISA) recipient in 2019 at Marcopolo Zheng-He Summer Academy at Xiamen University. In 2021 Taufik participated in the Yeosu Academy of the Law of the Sea.
Before being a researcher at CIL NUS, Taufik interned at the Indonesian Centre for the Law of the Sea (ICLOS) Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung. Taufik is also active as an Op-Ed author in International popular media such as The Jakarta Post, The Interpreter from Lowy Institute, Policy Forum from Australia National University, and the Conversation. Taufik also publishes journal articles at national and international levels.
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Research Interests
- The law of the Sea
- Maritime Security
- Space Law
- Space Security and Planetary Sustainability
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Selected Publications
- Does The International Community Have Efforts to Protect The Marine Environment From Seabed Mining––Sriwijaya Law Review.
- Regulating unmanned underwater vehicles in Indonesian waters––The Interpreter, Lowy Institute Australia.
- Seafood Slavery: Indonesia Must Better Protect the Rights of its Fishermen––South China Morning Post
- Has the South China Sea become a nuclear playground?––The Jakarta Post.
- Selain Menambah Ketegangan, Pakta AUKUS Bisa Perburuk Risiko Pencemaran Laut Dari Kapal Selam Nuklir (Besides increasing the tension, AUKUS pact have risk to escalating nuclear pollution from nuclear-powered submarines operation)––The Conversaton Indonesia.
- Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship (MASS): Tantangan dan Peluang Kemaritiman Masa Depan (Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship (MASS): Future Maritime Challenges and Opportunities) ––Media Iuris. (Best paper at 2022 National Conference on Maritime and Shipping–Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya).
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Others
Courses:
- 2019 Marco Polo Zheng-He Summer Academy at The South China Sea institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen, PR China–– International Seabed Authority, Maritime Scientific Research (ISA-MSR) Endowment Fund (Awardee).
- 2019 International Training Workshop on Global Ocean Governance in the New Era–– The Xiamen University Centre for Oceans Law, Xiamen, and the China Seas and the China Institute for Marine Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resources. PR China.
- 2021 CIL-ANCORS e-Training Course on Alternative Resolutions to Maritime Boundary Disputes–– Centre for International Law-National University of Singapore & Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS)-University of Wollongong
- 8th YeosuAcademy of the Law of the Sea–– Korean Ministry of Ocean Affairs & Korea Maritime Institute.
- Strategic Space Law Course–– McGill University, Institute for Air and Space Law (IASL).
