International Economic Law and Policy

Celine Lange and Nadia García-Santaolalla participated in panel entitled “Unique Aspects of Investor-State Disputes Arising from Regional Uncertainties Across the Globe”

On 6 November 2025, Celine Lange and Nadia García-Santaolalla participated in panel entitled “Unique Aspects of Investor-State Disputes Arising from Regional Uncertainties Across the Globe”. This panel was part of the International Investment Law & Investor-State Dispute Settlement 2025 programme of the Practising Law Institute (PLI) in New York. The other panelists were Emeritus Professor …

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Daniel Pakpahan concluded research stay as UNIDROIT Invited Scholar in Rome

Daniel Pakpahan, Research Associate at CIL, was awarded a competitive scholarship by Unidroit – International Institute for the Unification of Private Law to conduct research at the Institute’s seat in the Villa Aldobrandini in Rome, from 5 May to 4 July 2025. As an Invited Scholar, Daniel undertook research on “Apparent Authority and the Formation …

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SIAC-CIL Academic-Practitioner Colloquium: Counsel, Valuation, and Experts in Investment Treaty Arbitration

SIAC-CIL Academic-Practitioner Colloquium: Counsel, Valuation, and Experts in Investment Treaty Arbitration On 6 August 2025, the International Economic Law & Policy and the International Dispute Resolution teams at the NUS Centre for International Law (CIL) co-organised the latest edition of the SIAC-CIL Academic-Practitioner Colloquium with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) at A&O Shearman, Singapore. …

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Singapore International Arbitration Academy 2025 (SIAA 2025)

SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION ACADEMY 2025 24 to 29 November 2025, Singapore The Singapore International Arbitration Academy (SIAA) is one of CIL’s flagship programmes. Every year since 2012, the Centre for International Law (CIL) has brought together some of the world’s leading experts in international arbitration for a weeklong programme on investor-state dispute settlement designed specifically …

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Celine Lange and Charalampos Giannakopoulos as arbitrators for the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Singapore Vis Pre-Moot

On 20 March 2025, Charalampos Giannakopoulos and Celine Lange served as arbitrators for the PCA Singapore Vis Pre-Moot, which was held at Maxwell Chambers. This year’s case involved an arbitration under the Finland Arbitration Institute Rules (2024), arising out of a contract between an engineering company specialising in the planning, construction, and sale of green …

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Daniel Pakpahan served as judge in the advanced rounds of the 2025 Jessup Indonesia

Daniel Pakpahan was invited to judge the Indonesian qualifying rounds of the 2025 Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition held in Universitas Indonesia on 15 February 2025. Daniel sat as a judge in the quarterfinals, semifinals, and third place round. He also handed out awards for the best oralists/advocates of the competition at the awards …

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Daniel Pakpahan presented at the Hasselt University Investment Law Junior Research Colloquium, 29 November 2024, Hasselt, Belgium

Daniel Nicholas Pakpahan Research Associate Daniel Nicholas Pakpahan presented his draft paper titled “Equitable considerations and investor-State compensation awards: Does the Chorzów Factory doctrine of full reparation need updating?” for expert feedback and discussion with the audience. His paper critically addresses the principle of full reparation as applied in investor-state arbitration that has led to …

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“Indicators of Coherence and the Interpretation of CIL” in M. Fortuna, K. Gorobets, P. Merkouris, A. Føllesdal, G. Ulfstein, and P. Westerman (eds), Customary International Law and Its Interpretation by International Courts: Theories, Methods and Interactions (Cambridge University Press, 2024) 299–325

Senior Research Fellow, Charalampos Giannakopoulos, contributed a chapter on “Indicators of Coherence and the Interpretation of CIL”, in the edited volume Customary International Law and Its Interpretation by International Courts: Theories, Methods and Interactions published by Cambridge University Press. The chapter argues that it is possible and indeed necessary to strive towards coherence in the …

“Indicators of Coherence and the Interpretation of CIL” in M. Fortuna, K. Gorobets, P. Merkouris, A. Føllesdal, G. Ulfstein, and P. Westerman (eds), Customary International Law and Its Interpretation by International Courts: Theories, Methods and Interactions (Cambridge University Press, 2024) 299–325 Read More »

UNCITRAL Code of Conduct for Arbitrators in International Investment Dispute Resolution, 7th December 2023, OXIO 766

CIL Research Associate Daniel Nicholas Pakpahan contributed a note article on the “UNCITRAL Code of Conduct for Arbitrators in International Investment Dispute Resolution, 7th December 2023, OXIO 766” published in Oxford International Organizations, Oxford University Press. This article reports on the background, content, and impact of the adoption of the UNCITRAL Code of Conduct for …

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CIL Senior Research Fellow, Charalampos Giannakopoulos, participated in the online workshop “International Politics, Policies and Geopolitics in the BRICS+ and Gulf Countries”

On 11 and 13 November 2023, CIL Senior Research Fellow, Charalampos Giannakopoulos, participated in the online workshop “International Politics, Policies and Geopolitics in the BRICS+ and Gulf Countries”, where he presented a paper entitled “The Gulf Cooperation Council and its Member States: Emerging Inter-Regional Players?”. The workshop was jointly organized by LABOPPI – Federal University …

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