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30 May 2018: CIL Researchers Contribute to International Law Commission Study

CIL researchers Dr Hao Duy Phan, Chan Sze-Wei and Hadyu Ikrami contributed to a 2017 study by the International Law Commission on “Ways and means for making the evidence of customary international law more available”, the report of which will be considered by the International Law Commission at its 70th session this year. A copy …

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9–10 March 2018: Research Assistant Mr Robert Real Participates in Frankfurt Investment Law Workshop

Research Assistant Mr Robert Real participated in the Frankfurt Investment Law Workshop 2018 on International Investment Law and Constitutional Law. Held on 9 and 10 March 2018, the workshop was organised by the Goethe-University Merton Centre for European Integration and International Economic Order in Frankfurt, Germany. Participants in the workshop explored the different facets of …

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5 April 2018: Research Associate Ms Melissa Loja Presents at Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law

Research Associate Ms Melissa Loja presented her research paper at the New Voices Panel at the 112th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law in Washington DC. Ms Loja’s paper was about international agreements between non-state actors. Her paper discussed international agreements that national petroleum corporations such as Petronas, PetroVietnam, PetroleumBrunei and China …

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A Critical Legal Approach to the South China Sea Territorial Dispute

The ‘law of nations’ that colonial powers invoked to claim the South China Sea islands was based not on international convention or custom but on their own municipal laws on guano concession. It provides that states have the exclusive right to assert title over distant islands where their respective citizens have engaged in economic activities. …

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[CIL Supported Event] Tackling Climate Change: the Journey to Paris and Beyond

  The International Law Association (Singapore Branch) presents: Tackling Climate Change: the Journey to Paris and Beyond Climate change is widely recognised as one of the most pressing concerns confronting the international community today. This talk will explore and trace the development of international efforts to address climate change through legal instruments, including the UN …

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27 June 2017: CIL Senior Visiting Research Fellow Dr Lynn Kuok Participates in the World Economic Forum’s ‘Summer Davos’

 CIL Senior Visiting Research Fellow Dr Lynn Kuok recently participated in the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, China, also known as the ‘Summer Davos’. It is the foremost global gathering on science, technology and innovation, and convenes the next generation of fast-growing enterprises shaping the future of business and …

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