Director's Activities

21 June 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Participate in the Webinar “Work of the International Law Commission on Legal Effects of Climate Change”, organised by the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies (GGS), at KU Leuven.

This webinar was part of the webinar series “Women in International Law”, which GGS has launched this year and the series aimed at both reflecting on the role of women in the development of international law and bringing female researchers and practitioners to the front seat of discussions, in their different fields of specialty.   …

21 June 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Participate in the Webinar “Work of the International Law Commission on Legal Effects of Climate Change”, organised by the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies (GGS), at KU Leuven. Read More »

16 June 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited to Deliver a Lecture at the Indian Society of International Law Summer Course, titled “Law of the Sea – I: Evolution of the Law of the Sea and Concept of Common Heritage of Mankind”

The Indian Society of International Law (ISIL) was founded in 1959 at the initiative of Shri V. K. Krishna Menon and was inaugurated in the same year by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, with the objective to “foster nationwide the study and development of International Law and to encourage the …

16 June 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited to Deliver a Lecture at the Indian Society of International Law Summer Course, titled “Law of the Sea – I: Evolution of the Law of the Sea and Concept of Common Heritage of Mankind” Read More »

15 June 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited by the Permanent Missions of Côte d’Ivoire, Peru, Portugal, Romania and Turkey to a Panel Discussion on: “Sea Level Rise and Implications for International Law: A Dialogue with the ILC Study Group”

Pursuant to a decision by the General Assembly, the twenty-first meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, to take place from 14 to 18 June 2021, will focus its deliberations on the topic “Sea-level Rise and its Impacts”.   Sea-level rise as a result of …

15 June 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited by the Permanent Missions of Côte d’Ivoire, Peru, Portugal, Romania and Turkey to a Panel Discussion on: “Sea Level Rise and Implications for International Law: A Dialogue with the ILC Study Group” Read More »

8 June 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited to Speak at the Launch of Book title “Frontiers in International Environmental Law: Oceans and Climate Challenges – Essays in Honor of David Freestone”.

To mark World Oceans Day on 8 June, the WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute welcomed the international community to a public Webinar – “Ocean and Climate Challenges: Seeking Sustainable Solutions”, with a special book launch of Frontiers in International Environmental Law: Oceans and Climate Challenges – Essays in Honour of David Freestone.   As one of …

8 June 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited to Speak at the Launch of Book title “Frontiers in International Environmental Law: Oceans and Climate Challenges – Essays in Honor of David Freestone”. Read More »

8 June 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited by the AEGEAN INSTITUTE OF THE LAW OF THE SEA AND MARITIME LAW to Speak at the E-Conference on World Oceans Day Titled “Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in the Oceans in the 21st Century”

Moderator: Maria Gavouneli, Associate Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law & Athens PIL, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens   Speakers included: Jordan Diamond, Executive Director, Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) and Co-Director, Law of the Sea Institute, University of California Berkeley Non-States Parties and Settlement of Disputes Maurice K. Kamga, …

8 June 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited by the AEGEAN INSTITUTE OF THE LAW OF THE SEA AND MARITIME LAW to Speak at the E-Conference on World Oceans Day Titled “Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in the Oceans in the 21st Century” Read More »

3 June 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited to Speak at the Webinar Titled “United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as a Living Instrument: Solutions for the 21st Century”

In celebration of World Environment Day 2021, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) hosted a series of webinars on environmental law solutions. The webinars took place from Monday 31 May through Friday 4 June.   WCEL Introduction: Professor Christina Voigt, University of Oslo, Chair, IUCN-WCEL Climate Change Specialist Group   Moderator: Professor Cymie …

3 June 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited to Speak at the Webinar Titled “United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as a Living Instrument: Solutions for the 21st Century” Read More »

6 May 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited by the University of Essex to Participate at the Essex Public International Law Lecture: A Common But Differentiated Law of International Adjudication

About the lecture Against the ever increasing resort to international courts and tribunals in their multifarious configurations, the lecture addresses commonalities and differences between them. Based on the characterizing features of their discernible mandate, three major adjudicative clusters are portrayed. Namely, a) traditional inter-state and investor-state litigation; b) international human rights litigation; c) international criminal …

6 May 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited by the University of Essex to Participate at the Essex Public International Law Lecture: A Common But Differentiated Law of International Adjudication Read More »

12 April 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited by the University of Miami School of Law to Speak at their “International Law & COVID-19 SYMPOSIUM”

COVID-19 has upended our reality in many ways, exposing systemic failures and highlighting injustices.  At the same time, it has provided an opening to consider new approaches. The International Law and COVID-19 Symposium, hosted by the University of Miami School of Law International and Graduate Law Programs and Human Rights Clinic, in collaboration with the …

12 April 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited by the University of Miami School of Law to Speak at their “International Law & COVID-19 SYMPOSIUM” Read More »

24 March 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at CNA’s Virtual Conference on “High Seas Resources, Ocean Security, and the Great Powers”.

This event was a timely discussion about the legally binding instrument on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) currently under negotiation at the UN and its security implications. In recent years, heavy high seas fishing and the race for deep-sea living resources have emerged as geopolitical concerns. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea …

24 March 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at CNA’s Virtual Conference on “High Seas Resources, Ocean Security, and the Great Powers”. Read More »