Dr Nilüfer Oral authored a chapter in the Research Handbook on Ocean Governance Law on “A 50-year reflection on global governance for protection of the marine environment“
MODERATOR Dr Nilüfer Oral Director, NUS Centre for International Law SPEAKER Professor Davor Vidas Research Professor, Fridtjof Nansen Institute
THE LAW OF THE SEA AND SEA LEVEL RISE: between the Holocene and the Anthropocene Read More »
Research Associate Dita Liliansa published a short commentary in The Conversation entitled “Sea level rise may threaten Indonesia’s status as an archipelagic country.” Her commentary responded to a new study that found 92 outermost islands of Indonesia have the potential to sink due to rising sea levels. She briefly analysed whether Indonesia can retain its
15-16 December 2022: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at the 2022 Global Ocean Regime Conference – UNCLOS at 40 : Unsettled Issues The Global Ocean Regime Conference is an annual international conference to establish a network with experts in marine policy and the maritime laws including United Nations Convention on the
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This year marks 40 years since the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea adopted the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The United States was one of four countries that voted against the convention at the conference. On December 10, 1982, the convention was opened for signature in Montego
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Dr Dawoon Jung made a presentation at the conference “New Horizons: The Future of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea”, via Zoom on 10 December 2022. This Conference was organised by The Australian National University (ANU) ANU College of Law Centre for International and Public Law (CIPL) and the Australian and
Dr Dawoon Jung was invited to present on Marine Plastic Pollution at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) Alumni Anniversary Event via Zoom. She served as an intern at the Legal Office of the ITLOS in 2014. She provided an overview of the current legal framework which addresses marine plastics and
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Youna Lyons from CIL Ocean Law and Policy Programme was invited to speak to the Plastics Research Network (PlaReNet) Conference, which was held 6-7 December 2022 in a hybrid format; it was co-presented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippines, and Embassy of Japan in
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About the Seminar (An In-Person Event) There is growing momentum for a request for an Advisory Opinion by an international court or tribunal on international legal issues associated with islands. While the precise scope of an Advisory Opinion request remains under deliberation, there are a number of clear international legal issues that would benefit
