Ocean Law and Policy

Maria Pia Benosa, Speaker at 2022 ASIL Annual Meeting in Washington, DC

Maria Pia Benosa of the CIL Ocean Law and Policy Team joined a panel discussion on legal and technological developments relating to unmanned vessels at the 2022 ASIL Annual Meeting in Washington, DC from 6-9 April, 2022 themed ‘Personalizing International Law’. Entitled “Uncharted Waters: Legal considerations involving unmanned vessels and autonomy at sea”, the panel considered […]

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Dita Liliansa served as Chief Judge/President of the oral rounds of 2022 NILOS Moot Court Competition – Vietnam National Rounds

Dita Liliansa served as Chief Judge/President of the oral rounds of 2022 NILOS Moot Court Competition – Vietnam National Rounds. The competition took place virtually from 16 to 17 April 2022. The winning team will advance to the International Rounds. She was also invited to grade memorials submitted by the teams, which pleaded the RV Vilhelmina case before

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Successes and failures of UNCLOS

  1 February 2022: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited as a Panelist to Webinar on “Successes and Failures of UNCLOS” Hosted by Volterra Fietta Law Firm. This was the inaugural seminar in Volterra Fietta’s seminar series to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (referred

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UNCLOS at 40: An Assessment

Recordings of the Sessions now Available! UNCLOS at 40: An Assessment 29 March 2022, 12.30pm – 6.30pm | 30 March 2022, 8.30am – 5.30pm Singapore Time | Hybrid Format | Programme | Speakers Profiles The 1982 United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea was adopted 40 years ago. Today it has 168 State Parties. Ambassador Tommy Koh,

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Tara Davenport, ‘Singapore and Law of the Sea’ in Kevin Tan (ed), Encyclopaedia of Public International Law in Asia (General Editor: Lee Seokwoo) (Brill 2021)

Tara Davenport, ‘Singapore and Law of the Sea’ in Kevin Tan (ed), Encyclopaedia of Public International Law in Asia (General Editor: Lee Seokwoo) (Brill 2021) Publication not available at this moment. 2022 BRILL

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Tara Davenport, ‘Formal and Informal Lawmaking by the International Seabed Authority: An Artificial Distinction?” in Natalie Klein (ed), Unconventional Lawmaking in the Law of the Sea (Oxford University Press, 2022), 183 – 209

Tara Davenport, ‘Formal and Informal Lawmaking by the International Seabed Authority: An Artificial Distinction?” in Natalie Klein (ed), Unconventional Lawmaking in the Law of the Sea (Oxford University Press, 2022), 183 – 209 Publication not available at this moment. 2022 Oxford University Press

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Nilufer Oral and Tutku Bektas, ‘Sea-Level Rise and the Law of the Sea: Filling the Legal Gaps through Informal Lawmaking,’ in Natalie Klein (ed), Unconventional Lawmaking in the Law of the Sea (Oxford University Press, 2022), 334 – 356.

Nilufer Oral and Tutku Bektas, ‘Sea-Level Rise and the Law of the Sea: Filling the Legal Gaps through Informal Lawmaking,’ in Natalie Klein (ed), Unconventional Lawmaking in the Law of the Sea (Oxford University Press, 2022), 334 – 356. Publication not available at this moment. 2022 Oxford University Press

Nilufer Oral and Tutku Bektas, ‘Sea-Level Rise and the Law of the Sea: Filling the Legal Gaps through Informal Lawmaking,’ in Natalie Klein (ed), Unconventional Lawmaking in the Law of the Sea (Oxford University Press, 2022), 334 – 356. Read More »

Merchant Shipping during Global Health Pandemics: A Review of International Regulations by Dr Dawoon Jung and Prof Robert Beckman

Dr Dawoon Jung and Prof Robert Beckman’s article titled ‘Merchant Shipping during Global Health Pandemics: A Review of International Regulations ‘ has been published by the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 37 (2022), pp. 5-30. This article examines the impact of COVID-19 on the international regulation of merchant shipping. First, it provides an overview of the international

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Amiel Ian Valdez on “Balancing the Indigenous Peoples’ Ancestral Sea Rights, and the State’s Obligation to Protect and Preserve the Marine Environment: A Comparative Study of the Philippine and Australian Approaches”

CIL Research Associate Amiel Ian Valdez‘s article titled ‘Balancing the Indigenous Peoples’ Ancestral Sea Rights, and the State’s Obligation to Protect and Preserve the Marine Environment: A Comparative Study of the Philippine and Australian Approaches‘ has just been published by the Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law (Brill Nijhoff), Volume 23 (2022), 47-99. In this article, Amiel

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