Director's Activities

Successes and failures of UNCLOS

  1 February 2022: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited as a Panelist to Webinar on “Successes and Failures of UNCLOS” Hosted by Volterra Fietta Law Firm. This was the inaugural seminar in Volterra Fietta’s seminar series to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (referred …

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International Law Consequences of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Lecture on 22 December 2021

22 December 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Give a Lecture at the Marine Law and Policy Research Centre of the Istanbul Bilgi University, Titled “International Law Consequences of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise” More about the event at: International Law Consequences of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise, 22 December …

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“Looking Ahead to the CBD COP15: Opportunities and Challenges Posed by Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs)” organized in conjunction with the Asian Environmental Law Congress On 13 December 2021

13 December 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at the Event “Looking Ahead to the CBD COP15: Opportunities and Challenges Posed by Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs)” Organized in Conjunction with the Asian Environmental Law Congress The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and the IUCN World Commission on Environmental …

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2nd IUCN World Environmental Law Congress High-Level Judicial Segment The Role of Judges: Environmental Law 2030 and Beyond 8-10 Dec 2021

10 December 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at 2nd World Environmental Law Congress – High-level Judicial Segment on A Critical Decade for Environmental Law This hybrid event reaffirmed, further developed, and advanced the 2016 IUCN World Declaration on the Environmental Rule of Law and the 2018 Brasilia Judicial Declaration on …

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Launch of Caroline Foster’s new book “Global Regulatory Standards in Environmental and Health Disputes: Due Regard, Due Diligence and Regulatory Coherence” On 8 December 2021

8 December 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to be a Panellist at the Book Launch Event of Caroline Foster’s New Book “Global Regulatory Standards in Environmental and Health Disputes: Due Regard, Due Diligence and Regulatory Coherence” Global regulatory standards are emerging from the environmental and health jurisprudence of the International Court of …

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Informal Intersessional BBNJ High Seas Treaty Dialogues 8-9 December 2021

8-9 December 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Moderate at the Informal Intersessional BBNJ High Seas Treaty Dialogues Day 1 of the December High Seas Treaty Dialogues picked up on October discussions related to Implementation, Compliance and Dispute Settlement, it also focused on the relationship between the Institutional Arrangements under the future …

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Sixth International Conference on the Law of the Sea On 30 November – 1 December 2021

1 December 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at the Sixth International Conference on the Law of the Sea Hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea and organized by Korea Society of International Law (KSIL) and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) …

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Roundtable Discussion on the Outcomes of COP26 and the Road Ahead to COP27 and the Global Stocktake

26 November 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was One of the Speakers at the Roundtable Discussion on the Outcomes of COP26 and the Road Ahead to COP27 and the Global Stocktake This session provided a brief overview of developments during the Glasgow Climate Summit, and the speakers addressed the question of “where next” in …

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