The final judgment in the maritime boundary delimitation case between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire was delivered by an ad hoc special chamber (the Chamber) of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on 23 September 2017. The decision addressed important legal questions relating not only to maritime boundary delimitation but also to […]
Candy and Poisons: Marine Pollution Writ Large by Professor Dan Rittschof
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High Seas Governance: Gaps and Challenges identifies gaps and challenges to the existing legal regime in the protection and preservation of the marine environment of the high seas, including sensitive marine areas. The gaps identified in the book include the failure of liability and compensation schemes to cover pollution of the high seas and the
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The Centre for International Law (CIL) at the National University of Singapore hosted a two-day workshop on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and shipping on 13–14 November 2018. The workshop was co-organised with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). The objective of the workshop was to bring together legal and industry experts to discuss
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Seminars on the Arctic 17 January 2019, Thursday, 4pm-5.30pm To register, click here THE LAW OF THE SEA AND CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION – ARCTIC CASES Dr Elise JOHANSEN Associate Professor UiT, The Arctic University of Norway People around the world are turning to the courts to ensure that steps are taken to tackle climate
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Senior Research Fellow Youna Lyons was invited as a keynote speaker to the International Conference on Plastics in the Marine Environment (ICPME) 2018, hosted by the National University of Singapore on 5–7 December 2018. The programme of the conference provided a comprehensive discussion of issues related to the introduction of plastic in the marine environment
CIL sponsored a panel on ’Legal and Institutional Mechanisms to Manage the Marine Environment in the Seas of Southeast Asia: Status and Way Forward’ at the Sixth East Asian Seas Congress (EAS Congress) in Iloilo, Philippines on 27 November 2018. The theme of the EAS Congress this year was ‘25 Years of Partnerships for Healthy
Youna Lyons and Dita Liliansa participated in the Indonesian Centre for the Law of the Sea (ICLOS) Conference on Artificial Islands Beyond National Jurisdiction. The conference was organised by Universitas Padjadjaran in Bandung, Indonesia. Ms Lyons was invited as a speaker and gave a presentation on ‘Artificial Islands, Installations and Related Activities by Non-State Actors
Head of Ocean Law and Policy Robert Beckman and Research Associate Millicent McCreath participated in the NUS-Sweden Arctic Roundtable on 21 November 2018 at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The Roundtable was organised by the Embassy of Sweden and the NUS Energy Studies Institute. Speakers included the Swedish Ambassador for Arctic Affairs, the Director-General
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This article summarises and discusses the main issues addressed at the conference hosted by the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore in March 2018 on ‘Climate Change and the Law of the Sea: Adapting the Law of the Sea to Address the Challenges of Climate Change‘. The conference covered topics including
