Ocean Law and Policy

Emeritus Professor Robert Beckman at the 2022 APOLIA Conference “UNCLOS in Asia-Pacific: 40 Years and Onwards”

Professor Robert Beckman participated in the online 2022 APOLIA Conference from 18 to 20 May 2022 entitled “UNCLOS in Asia-Pacific: 40 Years and Onwards”.  Prof Beckman made a presentation in Session 3, Navigational Regimes and Enforcement of Coastal State Jurisdiction. The title of his presentation was “Navigational Regimes and Freedoms of the Seas”. He outlined […]

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Dr. Vu Hai Dang (Senior Research Fellow) and Dr. Dawoon Jung (Research Fellow) served as a Judge for the International Rounds at the 2022 NILOS Moot Court Competition

Dr. Vu Hai Dang (Senior Research Fellow) and Dr. Dawoon Jung (Research Fellow) served as a Judge for the International Rounds at the 2022 NILOS Moot Court Competition. The competition took place virtually from 10 to 14 May 2022. They evaluated and scored the oral pleadings of the participants during the International Rounds. NILOS Moot

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The International Seabed Authority as Claimant for Damage to the Marine Environment Resulting from Activities in the Area

Tara Davenport, ‘The International Seabed Authority as Claimant for Damage to the Marine Environment Resulting from Activities in the Area: Problems and Prospects, in Alfonso Ascensio-Herrera and Myron H. Nordquist, The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Part XI Regime and the International Seabed Authority: A Twenty-Five Year Journey, (Brill, 2022), 234

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Youna Lyons, Cheng Ling Lim and Yulu Liu from CIL Ocean Law and Policy Programme presented at the COBSEA Regional Consultation Workshop on Marine Plastic Research Inventory.

Youna Lyons, Cheng Ling Lim and Yulu Liu from CIL Ocean Law and Policy Programme were invited by the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) to present the Regional Marine Plastic Research Inventory they coordinated. This regional consultation was organised on 20 April 2022 via Zoom by COBSEA as part of the

Youna Lyons, Cheng Ling Lim and Yulu Liu from CIL Ocean Law and Policy Programme presented at the COBSEA Regional Consultation Workshop on Marine Plastic Research Inventory. Read More »

Vu Hai Dang, Speaker at the Dialogue on Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI): Strengthening International Cooperation

Dr. Vu Hai Dang, Centre for International Law’s Ocean Law and Policy Senior Research Fellow, participated to the IPOI Scholars Connect – Rountable Conference of the Dialogue on Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI): Strengthening International Cooperation via Zoom. The Conference was organised by the Centre for Public Policy Research of India in collaboration with Monash University

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MPA Academy CIL Webinar on Seafarers Welfare During the Covid-19- Pandemic Including Crew Changes and Vaccinations

  At the height of the crew change crisis in 2020, close to 600,000 seafarers worldwide were stranded on ships and serving for periods far longer than provided under their contracts and as allowed under the Maritime Labour Convention. While the situation has since improved, new and more contagion variants of the COVID-19 virus continue

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