Dr Nilüfer Oral chaired the online Informal BBNJ Intersessional High Seas Treaty Dialogue on Marine Genetic Resources, with Ms Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, who is the ex-Director of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea under the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs. The topic of the November dialogue was marine genetic resources, […]
October 2020 news summaries on ASEAN and the South China Sea compiled by CIL researchers are available at the following pages: ASEAN News Update South China Sea News Update
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CIL Senior Research Fellow Dr Tara Davenport gives an introduction to the gaps in the international law governing intentional interference with submarine communication cable systems, which provide over 98% of the world’s telecommunications.
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Monthly news updates compiled by CIL researchers on the South China Sea and ASEAN are now available for the month of September 2020: ASEAN News Update, South China Sea News Update
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A news summary of developments on the South China Sea for the month of August 2020 is now available here.
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The present brief contribution reflects on the evolution of IUU fishing, its current status, and possible future pathways to prevent, deter, and eliminate this practice. IUU fishing not only presents a question of management and conservation, but also entails serious human rights and transnational crime components. From these perspectives, this paper concludes that IUU fishing
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With contributions from Kanin Laopirun from NUS, and Natalie Harms and Jerker Tamelander from COBSEA Youna Lyons, Mei Lin Neo, Amanda Lim, Yuke Ling Tay and Vu Hai Dang from NUS
Senior research fellows Youna Lyons and Vu Hai Dang were invited to participate in the Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation Meeting under the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group (AHEG) on marine litter and microplastics established by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). The consultation meeting was held online from 26 to 27 August 2020 and hosted by
On 6 August 2020, the Embassy of Vietnam in Singapore held a ceremony to officially present the decision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam to nominate Emeritus Professor Robert Beckman, Head of Ocean Law and Policy of CIL, as an Arbitrator under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of
CIL-ANCORS eTraining Course on Maritime Boundary Delimitation in a Changing Ocean Programme 31 Aug – 4 Sep 2020, 2pm – 6pm Singapore Time, via Zoom Time Converter Following the success of its Workshops on Maritime Boundaries in 2017, 2018, and 2019, the Centre for International Law (CIL) of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the
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