The Oceans Law and Policy team of the NUS Centre for International Law (CIL) co-organized a one-day Workshop on Friday 3 May 2024, with the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC), and supported by the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia (DFAT).

The Workshop focused on key law of the sea issues affecting the installation, repair, and protection of submarine cables and prospects for further collaboration between industry and governments to address those issues, and was attended by approximately 80 delegates from ICPC members, 20 ASEAN government officials sponsored by the Singapore and Australian Governments, 20 Singapore and Australia government representatives, and 10 ASEAN academics sponsored by CIL.

The attached 2024 ICPC-CIL Workshop Report on Law of the Sea and Submarine Cables summarizes the key issues and discussions during the Workshop.