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CIL’s 3rd Anniversary – Research & Opportunities Presentations

30 October 2012 | CIL Launch Anniversary CIL’s 3rd Anniversary – Research & Opportunities Presentations CIL celebrated the third anniversary of its official launch on 30 October 2012 with a lively seminar by CIL’s overseas interns who had returned from their attachments to international institutions and monitoring missions in Geneva, Phnom Penh and Bangkok. Director …

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Rulejungling: Challenges for the Justice Sector

30 January 2013 | CIL Seminar Series Rulejungling: Challenges for the Justice Sector Introduction For most of the 20th century, the power to set rules was concentrated in the nation state. This changed when international organisations started to appear on the scene and international law started to generate rules which are designed to protect citizens …

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International Aviation and Criminal Law – Where Are We Now?

14 February 2013 | CIL Seminar Series International Aviation and Criminal Law – Where Are We Now? Introduction This lecture covered a number of Jurisdictions and examples to show that in the aftermath of an Aviation incident there is a much greater likelihood that a criminal investigation will follow. Increasingly, this is leading to prosecutions …

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Public International Law and Sovereign Debt Restructuring

26 March 2013 | CIL Seminar Series Public International Law and Sovereign Debt Restructuring Introduction Due to the acceleration of sovereign debt crises in recent years and due to their outreach to sovereigns with fully developed economies, lawyers begin to recognize the issues arising from defaulting states as a legal (rather than solely political) problem …

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Protecting Human Rights Through the Mechanism of the UN Special Rapporteur

8 April 2013 | CIL Seminar Series Protecting Human Rights Through the Mechanism of the UN Special Rapporteur Introduction The institution of UN special rapporteurs, known formally as the special procedures, has been described as the “crown jewel” of the UN human rights system. Indeed, the appointment of such rapporteurs – both thematic and country-specific …

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[Fireside Chat Series 2013] The Practice of International Law by Government Officials

12 April 2013 | CIL Fireside Chat Series The Practice of International Law by Government Officials This event was only open to NUS, NTU and SMU students and staff Introduction The past two decades since the end of the Cold War has seen a resurgence in the importance of international law in international relations. Governments …

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Nanotechnology and Challenges to International Humanitarian Law

5 June 2013 | CIL Seminar Series Nanotechnology and Challenges to International Humanitarian Law Introduction Nanotechnology is a rapidly evolving field of science cutting across many disciplines including engineering, quantum physics, optics, chemistry and biology, and typically involves manipulation of matter on the atomic and molecular level in the size range of 1nm – 100nm …

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Non-Discrimination, Policy Space and Necessity

3 February 2012 | CIL Distinguished Speaker Series Non-Discrimination, Policy Space and Necessity Introduction The ever increase coverage of multilateral, regional and bilateral regulation of economic intercourse in the current globalized economy has reduced many margins of unilateral economic policy making by individual States for the sake of opening and harmonization of regulations of national …

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The Euro Crisis, Democratic Legitimacy and a Future Two Speed Europe?

The Euro Crisis, Democratic Legitimacy and a Future Two Speed Europe? Introduction Prof. Piris argued that these three subjects are linked. The EU is presently in crisis. With a diminishing support of its public opinion and a weak political legitimacy, it must try to solve the problems of the eurozone, partly caused by unbalanced Treaty …

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Waiting for Disaster

11 April 2012 | CIL Seminar Waiting for Disaster … and other irresponsible strategies to achieve progress in nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. Introduction When US President Obama committed to working towards a world without nuclear weapons in Prague in 2009, the international arms control community found renewed energy, hoping to have witnessed the dawn of …

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