Each year, the International Cable Protection Committee (“ICPC”) sponsors the Rhodes Academy Submarine Cables Writing Award for a deserving paper on issues relating to submarine cables and their relationship with the law of the sea. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to) the protection of submarine cables from other human and natural risks (e.g., […]
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Arron N. Honniball and Valentin J. Schatz, ‘Singapore: Model Agreement for the Provision of Facilities for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea’ (2020) 5(2) Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy 387–397. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/24519391-05020012. Arron Honniball Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy 387–397
Dr Oral spoke at the Fourth Brazilian Congress of the Law of the Sea (IV Congresso Brasileiro de Direito do Mar), which was held online from 26 to 28 November. The event was co-organised by the Center for Studies in Law of the Sea (CEDMAR) at University of São Paulo and the Brazilian Academy of
CIL Research Associate, Dita Liliansa, speaks to Dr Nilufer Oral, Director of CIL and Co-Chair of the ILC Study Group on Sea-Level Rise in relation to International Law, about her work as a climate change negotiator, her views on the relationship between climate change and oceans, the interactions between UNCLOS and the UN climate regime
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CIL Research Fellow, Dawoon Jung, presented online at the 5th International Conference on Ocean Law and Policy – Policy, Law, Economy, and Risks of Offshore Wind Power Energy on 11 Dec 2020. Her presentation, Offshore Renewable Energy Activities and Marine Spatial Planning: Experiences from Europe, examined how Marine Spatial Planning has been developed in the
The Land-to-Ocean Leadership Programme is a three-year research and capacity-building programme sponsored by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM) and the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure of Germany. The Programme aims to promote land-to-ocean leadership opportunities in the broader context of implementing the Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea held the Fifth International Conference on the Law of the Sea from December 3 to 4, 2020. The International Conference on the Law of the Sea has been held since 2016 to discuss the latest trends and progress in the research on the United Nations Convention on
A summary of news on issues relating to the South China Sea compiled by CIL researchers, available here.
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From 7 to 18 December 2020, The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Marcos Orellana, will hold an institutional visit to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). In view of his upcoming visit to the IMO, the Special Rapporteur, Dr Marcos A. Orellana, invited stakeholders of the mandate, including civil society
Dita Liliansa, CIL Research Associate, participated at the 107th Session of the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), which took place remotely from 27 November to 1 December 2020. She was a member of the delegation for the Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea (ACOPS), a Non-Governmental Organisations in a Consultative Status
