Ocean Law and Policy

Dita Liliansa speaks at RSIS Conference on Regional Maritime Security Outlook 2026

CIL Research Fellow Dita Liliansa participated in the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) Conference on Regional Maritime Security Outlook 2026, held in Singapore on 22–23 January 2026. She was invited to speak on Panel 5: The Undersea Domain in Southeast Asia: Risks, Resilience, and Cooperation. Her presentation examined the protection of submarine cables […]

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Abuses in the Southeast Asian Fishing Industry as Violations of International Law

CIL Research Fellow Dita Liliansa has co-authored an article titled “Abuses in the Southeast Asian Fishing Industry as Violations of International Law” with Natalie Klein and Andrew Blackie, published in a Special Issue of Ocean Development & International Law (2026). Opening the Special Issue on the protection of Southeast Asian fishers under international law, the

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Prof Robert Beckman presented on “Container Shipping on Northern Sea Route: Interests of China, Korea and Singapore” at the Arctic event “The New Arctic – Routes, Risks, Rivalries” organized by the High Commission of Canada in Singapore

CIL Ocean Law and Policy Co-Head Emeritus Professor Robert Beckman presented at “The New Arctic – Routes, Risks, Rivalries,” held on 21 January 2026 at the Singapore Sustainability Academy. Organized by the High Commission of Canada in Singapore, the event examines how various geopolitical and legal dimensions are reshaping commercial shipping in the Arctic. Professor

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Dr Nilüfer Oral spoke at the Regional Workshop on Advancing the Implementation of the BBNJ Agreement

17 December 2025: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at the Regional Workshop on Advancing the Implementation of the BBNJ Agreement.  Dr Oral participated online as a Guest Speaker at the workshop with the theme Challenges and Opportunities of BBNJ Area Management. The workshop brought together policymakers and technical experts from Southeast Asia

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Dr Nilüfer Oral was gave a Lecture at the Regional Course in International Law for Asia-Pacific Held at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok

1-2 December 2025: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited by the United Nations to Lecture at the Regional Course in International Law for Asia-Pacific Held at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok.  The United Nations Regional Course in International Law for Asia-Pacific is organized by the

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Dr Nilüfer Oral was spoke at the Webinar on Academia and Practitioners’ Perspectives on the International Law Commission Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters and the Future Legally Binding Instrument

25 November 2025: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at the Webinar on Academia and Practitioners’ Perspectives on the International Law Commission Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters and the Future Legally Binding Instrument.  The Permanent Missions of Colombia, Italy, Thailand, the Bahamas and the International

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Dr Nilüfer Oral spoke at the ASEAN-MPFPR Workshop on “Climate Change Impacts on the Oceans & Challenges to the Law of the Sea

25-27 November 2025: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited by the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law to Speak at ASEAN-MPFPR Workshop on “Climate Change Impacts on the Oceans & Challenges to the Law of the Sea”.  The impact of climate change on the oceans presents profound challenges not

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Trung Nguyen was guest lecturer at Faculty of Law, University of Malaya

Dr. Trung Nguyen, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore (CIL-NUS), was invited by the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, to serve as a guest lecturer on Saturday, 10 January 2026. He delivered a lecture on subsidies and countervailing duties (CVD) under the World Trade Organization (WTO) framework.

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Judge Bogdan Aurescu on Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, the ICJ and the ILC: the purpose, the journey, the outcome

ICJ Judge Bogdan Aurescu on Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, the ICJ and the ILC: the purpose, the journey, the outcome 10 February 2026, 5pm – 6.30pm, WongPartnership LLP Seminar Room, 12 Marina Boulevard Level 28, Marina Bay Financial Centre, Tower 3, Singapore 018982 INTRODUCTION This lecture presents the complexity of the activity of the International

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Canada’s Arctic Waters and Inuit Homeland: An Emerging Collaborative Governance Regime

The lecture will be moderated by Emeritus Professor Robert Beckman, Co-Head of the Ocean Law and Policy Programme at the NUS Centre for International Law. Click Here To Register The presentation will focus on the uniqueness of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago particularly the reality that it is an Indigenous homeland (Inuit Nunaagat). Authority to govern

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