Book Chapters

CIL Research Associate Maria Pia Benosa’s encyclopedia entries on Philippine state practice in international law included in Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia

CIL Research Associate Maria Pia Benosa’s encyclopedia entries on Philippine state practice in international law, among others, are included in Volume 2 (Southeast Asia) of the recently launched Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia (Brill Nijhoff, 2021; Series Editor: Prof. Seokwoo Lee (Inha University Law School); Philippine Volume Editor: Prof. Rommel J. Casis (University …

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CIL Research Associate Maria Pia Benosa’s book chapter on “Limits on the Use of Force at Sea in the Jurisprudence of ITLOS” in Case-Law and the Development of International Law : Contributions by International Courts and Tribunals (Brill Nijhoff, 2021)

CIL Research Associate Maria Pia Benosa’s book chapter on “Limits on the Use of Force at Sea in the Jurisprudence of ITLOS” is included in the recent publication Case-Law and the Development of International Law: Contributions by International Courts and Tribunals (Brill Nijhoff, 2021). The volume is edited by CIL Adjunct Senior Research Fellow and …

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From the Plastics Revolution to the Marine Plastics Crisis by Dr Nilüfer Oral

Chapter 11 of Frontiers in International Environmental Law: Oceans and Climate Challenges Pages: 281–315 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004372887_012 Abstract The plastic revolution that started in the 1950s has become the plastic crisis for the marine environment in the 21st Century. The problem of marine litter and microplastics represents a frontier in international law where the existing system of …

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Passage Through Indonesian Waters on Routes Used for International Navigation

Indonesia is the world’s largest and most important archipelagic State. Because it sits as the fulcrum between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, passage through and over the Indonesian archipelago is critically important to naval powers and maritime commerce. Indonesia played a significant role in negotiating the modern law of the sea, especially the …

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Regional Organizations

This chapter examines the relationship that Asia-Pacific regional and sub-regional organizations have with international law, looking at seven international organizations that span the region. It is commonly believed that the member states of Asia-Pacific regional organizations prefer less formalized institutions and fewer binding commitments. Conventional reasons for this include their history of colonialism, less legalistic …

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