Director's Activities

25 March 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at ASIL 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting: “Reconceiving International Law: Creativity in Times of Crisis.”

As part of its 2021 Annual Meeting (March 24-26), the American Society of International Law invited members and colleagues from around the world to participate in a special series of sessions focusing on regional issues of international law and policy that will be affected by the new Biden-Harris Administration. Annual Meeting Theme: In these extraordinary …

25 March 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at ASIL 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting: “Reconceiving International Law: Creativity in Times of Crisis.” Read More »

19 February 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited By Lauterpacht Centre For International Law To Give a Lecture On ‘Climate Change and The Law of the Sea: A Test For International Law’

Recent scientific information presents an alarming diagnosis of the multiple adverse consequences of climate change on the ocean: levels of  ocean acidification not seen in millions of years, changes in ocean chemistry, warming temperatures and deoxygenation threating marine life, in particular coral reefs; and rapidly melting glaciers and ice sheets challenging the survival of some …

19 February 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited By Lauterpacht Centre For International Law To Give a Lecture On ‘Climate Change and The Law of the Sea: A Test For International Law’ Read More »

4 February 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Participated at Harry & Jane Scheiber Lecture in Ocean Law & Policy Organized by UC Berkeley School of Law

The law of the sea is a scholarly discipline that straddles many aspects of general international law and of its specialized branches including environmental law, human rights law, the law of international courts and tribunals. The law of the sea is also an expanding field for practice, not limited to university research and teaching, but …

4 February 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Participated at Harry & Jane Scheiber Lecture in Ocean Law & Policy Organized by UC Berkeley School of Law Read More »

3 February 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Spoke Alongside With CIL’s IAP Member Professor José E. Alvarez at the U.S.-Asia Law Institute Event “US-Asia Relations in the Biden Administration”

The Trump presidency has had a consequential impact on the United States’ international relations and its role in international institutions. Hallmarks of President Trump’s Asia policy included labelling China as a hostile power, abandoning the Trans-Pacific Partnership, using trade sanctions even against allies such as Australia, Japan, and South Korea, and dallying with North Korean …

3 February 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Spoke Alongside With CIL’s IAP Member Professor José E. Alvarez at the U.S.-Asia Law Institute Event “US-Asia Relations in the Biden Administration” Read More »

28 November 2020: CIL Director Nilüfer Oral Speaks at Fourth Brazilian Congress of the Law of the Sea

Dr Oral spoke at the Fourth Brazilian Congress of the Law of the Sea (IV Congresso Brasileiro de Direito do Mar), which was held online from 26 to 28 November. The event was co-organised by the Center for Studies in Law of the Sea (CEDMAR) at University of São Paulo and the Brazilian Academy of …

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11 December 2020: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Gave a Lecture at the STL Law & Sustainability Colloquium on “REGIME DIVERGENCE OR CONVERGENCE? LAW OF THE SEA AND CLIMATE CHANGE”

When the 1982 United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea was adopted, climate change was not an issue of concern for the international community. Consequently, the Convention does not make mention to climate change or its consequences. When the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was adopted a decade later, the …

11 December 2020: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Gave a Lecture at the STL Law & Sustainability Colloquium on “REGIME DIVERGENCE OR CONVERGENCE? LAW OF THE SEA AND CLIMATE CHANGE” Read More »

9 December 2020: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Participated at the Land-to-Ocean Leadership Programme Seminar on Science, Society and Ocean Governance

The Land-to-Ocean Leadership Programme is a three-year research and capacity-building programme sponsored by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM) and the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure of Germany.   The Programme aims to promote land-to-ocean leadership opportunities in the broader context of implementing the Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda …

9 December 2020: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Participated at the Land-to-Ocean Leadership Programme Seminar on Science, Society and Ocean Governance Read More »

3 December 2020: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at the Fifth International Conference on the Law of the Sea

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea held the Fifth International Conference on the Law of the Sea from December 3 to 4, 2020. The International Conference on the Law of the Sea has been held since 2016 to discuss the latest trends and progress in the research on the United Nations Convention on …

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1 December 2020: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Participated at the Global Stakeholders’ Consultation on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Implications for Toxics and Human Rights

From 7 to 18 December 2020, The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Marcos Orellana, will hold an institutional visit to the International Maritime Organization (IMO).   In view of his upcoming visit to the IMO, the Special Rapporteur, Dr  Marcos A. Orellana, invited stakeholders of the mandate, including civil society …

1 December 2020: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Participated at the Global Stakeholders’ Consultation on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Implications for Toxics and Human Rights Read More »

18 November 2020: CIL Director Nilüfer Oral Speaks at Conference on Pandemics and International Law

Dr Nilüfer Oral spoke at the online conference titled Pandemics and International Law: The Need for International Action, on 18 November. The event was  co-organised by Washington College of Law and its Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law; the Centre for International Law; the Vietnamese National University, Hanoi, School of Law; the Autonomous University …

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