Ocean Law and Policy

7 July 2017: CIL Director Lucy Reed Speaks at the Inaugural Colloquium on International Law of the Asian Academy of International Law in Hong Kong

Carrie Lam delivering welcome remarks on 7 July 2017. After the Colloquium closing on 8 July 2017, from left to right: Prof Dr Albert Jan van den Berg (former President and Secretary-General of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute), Prof Reed, Dr Margaret Yang (former Director-General, World Health Organization), Mr Xie Zhenhua (Special Representative for Climate Change […]

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[Fireside Chat Series 2013] The South China Sea Disputes: A Role for International Law?

22 February 2013 | CIL Fireside Chat Series The South China Sea Disputes: A Role for International Law? Introduction The South China Sea has long been a source of tension and potential conflict in the Asia-Pacific region. International law has always framed the discussions on the sovereignty disputes over the islands in the South China

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Ecosystem-based management, marine restoration and a new biodiversity legal instrument for areas beyond national jurisdiction: Reflections on the European Union MERCES and ATLAS Projects

Ecosystem-based management, marine restoration and a new biodiversity legal instrument for areas beyond national jurisdiction: Reflections on the European Union MERCES and ATLAS Projects Introduction The paper reviews progress in the negotiation of a new international instrument on the protection of biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction in the context of marine ecological restoration, the

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22 June 2017

CIL Research Fellow Zhen Sun participated in the 6th World Congress for Korean Politics and Society 2017 organized by the Korean Political Science Association, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea Foundation and Korea Maritime Institute. The conference was held in Yonsei University, Seoul on 22-24 June on ‘Rebuilding Trust in Peace and Democracy’. Zhen delivered

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19 June 2017

CIL Senior Research Fellow Youna Lyons participated in the 2017 Global Ocean Regime Conference of the Korea Maritime Institute. The conference was held in Seoul on 19-21 June 2017 on the theme of the role of international law and its limits, in particular the maritime order in Asia after the South China Sea Arbitration. Youna

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16 June 2017

On 16–17 June 2017, CIL Head of Ocean Law and Policy Programme Associate Professor Robert C Beckman and CIL Research Associate Hadyu Ikrami participated in the Asia-Pacific Ocean Law Institutions Alliance (APOLIA) Conference on ‘Maritime Law Enforcement: Asia-Pacific State Practice’ and the ‘South China Sea Workshop on South China Sea Arbitration and Incidental Maritime Issues’.

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2 June 2017

CIL Senior Visiting Research Fellow Dr Lynn Kuok recently participated in the IISS-Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier defence summit of defence ministers and delegates from over 50 countries, as a Southeast Asian Young Leader. The Dialogue was held in Singapore from 2-4 June 2017. Dr Kuok contributed two opinion editorials on recent developments in the South China Sea

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