Ocean Law and Policy

Challenges to Navigation Rights and High Seas Freedoms in the Indo-Pacific

CIL Co-Head of the Ocean Law and Policy Programme, Emeritus Professor Robert Beckman, has contributed a chapter titled Challenges to Navigation Rights and High Seas Freedoms in the Indo-Pacific to the recently released book, Viability of UNCLOS amid Emerging Global Maritime Challenges, edited by Lan Anh T. Nguyen and Hai Dang Vu and published by Springer. In […]

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Joel Ong invited to participate in closed-door NUS Workshop on Carbon Revenue Distribution in International Shipping, on 2 Dec 2024, organised by the NUS Centre for Maritime Studies (CMS)

Joel Ong was invited to participate in a confidential closed-door NUS Workshop on Carbon Revenue Distribution in International Shipping, on 2 Dec 2024, organised by the NUS Centre for Maritime Studies (CMS).  The discussions centred around the CMS Project on Carbon Revenue in the context of international shipping led by Emeritus Professor Ang Beng Wah

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Eduardo Cavalcanti de Mello Filho presented at the VIII Congress of the Brazilian Institute for the Law of the Sea, 25-26, 29 November 2024, Brasilia, Brazil

Research Associate Eduardo Cavalcanti de Mello Filho presented on “The Tensions and Synergies of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination and the Law of the Sea: From Western Sahara to Palestine to the Malvinas to the Rest of the World”. He argued that, although the law of the sea is fairly state-centric as it refers

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Su Wai Mon, attended the Maritime Cyber Security and Resilience Symposium 2024 held at the IMO Headquarters

CIL research fellow, Su Wai Mon, attended the Maritime Cyber Security and Resilience Symposium 2024 held at the IMO Headquarters on 13-14 November 2024. The symposium, co-organized by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the University of Plymouth’s Cyber-SHIP Lab, focused on the latest international research on maritime cyber risk evaluation and mitigation. During the

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CIL Research Fellow Dita Liliansa Spoke at the 5th Symposium on Global Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance in China

CIL Research Fellow Dita Liliansa participated as a panellist at the 5th Symposium on Global Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance, held on 26–27 November 2024 in Sanya, China. Speaking during ‘Session 1 on Global Ocean Governance: Rules, Responsibilities, and Powers,’ Liliansa addressed the issue of equity in global ocean governance. Her presentation examined whether current

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Dita Liliansa and Dr. Su Wai Mon participated in the Australia-Southeast Asia Blue Security Workshop on 20 November 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dita Liliansa Su Wai Mon CIL Research Fellows Dita Liliansa and Dr. Su Wai Mon participated in the Australia-Southeast Asia Blue Security Workshop on 20 November 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The workshop was organized by the Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue (AP4D) as part of the Blue Security Programme, funded by the Australian

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CIL Research Fellow Trung Nguyen presented his paper at the Conference titled “The Scope of Litigation under the UNCLOS – Where are we now and where may we be going?” at Utrecht on 21 November 2024

CIL Research Fellow Trung Nguyen presented his paper at the Conference titled “The Scope of Litigation under the UNCLOS – Where are we now and where may we be going?” at Utrecht on 21 November 2024 Trung’s paper titled “The Interpretation of Jurisdiction by UNCLOS Tribunals: Navigating a Path between Judicial Activism and Judicial Self-restraint”

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Prof. Robert Beckman made a presentation on Legal Regimes Governing Antarctica and Arctic

Prof. Robert Beckman made a presentation on Legal Regimes Governing Antarctica and Arctic The presentation concerned the applicable law to the polar regions, Antarctica and Arctic. This included a discussion on the rights, obligations and responsibilities of States under the related legal instruments to the Antarctica Treaty and UNCLOS, and the regime applicable in the

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Digvijay Rewatkar made a presentation on the regulatory update of the Mining Code on matters concerning the Marine Environment

Digvijay Rewatkar made a presentation on the regulatory update of the Mining Code on matters concerning the Marine Environment The presentation concerned the latest update and state of negotiations of the Mining Code especially on aspects of the marine environment. The presentation mapped the discussions on various agenda items of the Informal Working Group on

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