Ocean Law and Policy

Joel Ong represented CIL as a Singapore delegate at the 15th Co-operation Forum organized by the Directorate General of Sea Transportation, Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia (DGST)

Joel Ong represented CIL as a Singapore delegate at the 15th Co-operation Forum organized by the Directorate General of Sea Transportation, Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia (DGST), and held in Bali, Indonesia from 21st – 22 October 2024.  The Cooperation Forum, a key component of the ‘Cooperative Mechanism’ on Safety of Navigation and […]

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Nguyen Thanh Trung delivered a lecture on “Threats of the Dark Fleet to the Maritime Safety and Security: What can Coastal States Do?”

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Trung, Research Fellow at the Ocean Law and Policy Team, CIL delivered a lecture on “Threats of the Dark Fleet to the Maritime Safety and Security: What can Coastal States Do?” on 8 October 2024 for a Master Class at the University of Wollongong. The lecture covers the threats of dark ships

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Joel Ong and Trung Nguyen attended meeting at Legal and Insurance Committee of the Singapore Shipping Association

On 13 August 2024, Mr. Joel Ong, Research Assistant and Dr. Trung Nguyen, Research Fellow of Ocean Law and Policy attended a meeting at the Legal and Insurance Committee of the Singapore Shipping Association. At the meeting, Joel made a presentation on the Regulation of Dark Ships and made recommendations for the shipping industry in

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Joel Ong was attached to the Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)’s Maritime Decarbonisation Division (29 July 2024 to 30 September 2024)

From 29 July 2024 to 30 September 2024, CIL Researcher Joel Ong was attached to the Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)’s Maritime Decarbonisation Division. He assisted MPA on its various maritime decarbonisation initiatives and net-zero efforts for domestic and international shipping during this period, including supporting the Singapore delegation’s work at the International

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Liu Yulu, Eduardo Cavalcanti de Mello Filho, Daniel Pakpahan presented at the H2OLAW Law-Science Interfaces within the Law of the Sea and Fresh Water Law

Liu Yulu Daniel Nicholas Pakpahan Eduardo Cavalcanti de Mello Filho CIL researchers presented at the H2OLAW Law-Science Interfaces within the Law of the Sea and Fresh Water Law, 26-27 September 2024, Leiden, the Netherlands. Research Associate Eduardo Cavalcanti de Mello Filho presented on “Science within the Framework of the UN Convention on the Law of

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Liu Yulu participated in the Regional Workshop on the BBNJ Agreement for Northeast and Southeast Asia

Liu Yulu participated in the Regional Workshop on the BBNJ Agreement for Northeast and Southeast Asia by DOALOS and ESCAP, in Bangkok, 16-20 September 2024. She presented in the session on discussing the relations between regional bodies and the BBNJ Agreement, where she was later joined by 6 representatives from regional bodies (COBSEA, NOWPAP, IOC-WESTPAC,

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Liu Yulu attended the 5th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Blue Carbon Hub Think Tank meeting

CIL Research Fellow Liu Yulu attended the 5th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Blue Carbon Hub Think Tank meeting on nature, biodiversity, and carbon markets for the sustainable management of coastal ecosystems, held in Phuket, Thailand, September 10-12, 2024. This meeting was co-organised by the IORA Indian Ocean Blue Carbon Hub and the Department of

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Dr Nilufer Oral and Prof Robert Beckman participated in the IFLOS-KMI Symposium on the 30th Anniversary of UNCLOS: The ‘Constitution for the Oceans’ in Light of Emerging Challenges, International Tribunal for Law of the Sea

On 21-22 September 2024 CIL Director Dr Nilufer Oral and Prof Robert Beckman participated in the IFLOS-KMI Symposium on the 30th Anniversary of UNCLOS: The ‘Constitution for the Oceans’ in Light of Emerging Challenges, International Tribunal for Law of the Sea, Hamburg, 21-22 September 2024. The 1.5 day symposium examined emerging issues of law of the

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Prof Robert Beckman spoke at University of Copenhagen on the “dark fleet”

On 13 September 2024 Prof Robert Beckman was the main speaker at a public seminar at the University of Copenhagen on the “dark fleet” or “shadow fleet”. The event was organized by the Dept of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen and was moderated by Prof. Maria Mälksoo. The title of Prof Beckman’s presentation

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