Loja, Melissa. (2021). Recent engagement with international human rights norms by the courts of Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 1-29. To view, click here.
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 …
From the Plastics Revolution to the Marine Plastics Crisis by Dr Nilüfer Oral Read More »
Co-Authors Massimo Lando City University of Hong Kong, School of Law, Hong Kong SAR Nilüfer Oral Director of the Centre of International Law, The National University of Singapore Abstract
The Article examines how the regional organizations in Europe and Southeast Asia have redesigned the global regime on human trafficking established by the United Nations Palermo Protocol to suit the dominant regional agendas in the European Union (EU) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In seeking to consolidate and coordinate the implementation of …
This short piece by CIL Research Assistant, Daniel Kang, primarily seeks to appeal both to the cynics and defenders of the international legal order. It highlights how cynicism remains untenable despite severe backlashes against the order, but also recognises the flaws within current defences of the order. It briefly draws on widening political divides in …
Better Gardening: Reconsidering Optimism and Cynicism towards the International Order Read More »
Arron N. Honniball and Valentin J. Schatz, ‘Singapore: Model Agreement for the Provision of Facilities for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea’ (2020) 5(2) Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy 387–397. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/24519391-05020012.
ABSTRACT Since 2017, World Trade Organization members have been engaged in Structured Discussions aimed at agreeing on a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development. The negotiations focus on establishing binding disciplines for investment facilitation, which will likely be made subject to the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Understanding. Investment facilitation, however, is that something …
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