Researchers' Activities

CIL Senior Research Fellow Dr Hao Duy Phan was invited to speak at the Workshop on Maritime Security and the Marine Environment on 30 March 2015 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Hao Duy Phan delivered a presentation on ‘Global Regimes for Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment: An Overview’. The Workshop was organised by the United States Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (USCSCAP) in conjunction with the Inter-Sessional Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) on Maritime Security. More than 50 participants from the ARF states attended the Workshop. To download his presentation, click here.

CIL Director Robert Beckman and CIL Senior Visiting Research Fellow Lynn Kuok participated in a two-day workshop co-organised by the National Institute for South China Sea Studies entitled “South China Sea: Duel Track Approach and Win-Win Cooperation” on 28-29 March 2015 in Hainan, China. Prof Beckman made a presentation in a panel on International Cooperation in Enclosed and Semi-Enclosed Seas. The Workshop was attended by Chinese Government officials and by scholars from China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Australia, Canada, the United States and Sweden. To view Prof Beckman’s presentation in PDF format, click here.

CIL Research Fellow Leonardo Bernard presented at the International Workshop on the Legal Aspects of the Establishment of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf, held in Tokyo, Japan on 26-27 March 2015. The workshop was organised by the Japan Hydrographic Association and the Nippon Foundation. Leo was part of the third session on the Legal Regime of the Continental Shelf – Regional Experience, where he presented an overview of the maritime claims in the South China Sea. To view a photo from the event and access his presentation, click here.

CIL Research Fellow Leonardo Bernard participated in the International Seminar on Maritime Security in East Asia, held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 17 March 2015. The seminar was organised by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta. Leo was part of the panel on Managing Disputes: East China Sea, where he presented the legal perspective on the ongoing disputes in the East China Sea. To access his presentation, click here.

CIL Senior Research Fellow Dr Hao Duy Phan, CIL Research Fellows Leonardo Bernard and Junianto James Losari and CIL Research Associate Harpreet Kaur Dhillon participated in the World Congress on International Law, held in New Delhi, India, from 9 to 11 January 2015. Organised by the Indian Society of International Law, the programme covered a wide range of areas in international law and practice. CIL researchers were invited to speak on panels addressing the law of the sea and international investment, trade and dispute resolution. To download their presentations, click here.

CIL Director Professor Robert Beckman, CIL Global Associate Captain J Ashley Roach and CIL Senior Research Fellow Dr Hao Duy Phan were invited to participate in the 6th South China Sea International Conference on ‘Cooperation for Regional Security and Development’ on 17-18 November 2014 in Da Nang, Viet Nam. The Conference was jointly organised by the Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam, the Viet Nam Lawyers Association and the East Sea Foundation. Professor Beckman and Dr Phan co-authored a paper on ‘Air Defence Identification Zones: Implications for Freedom of Overflight and Maritime Disputes’. Captain Roach presented a paper on ‘Conforming Maritime Claims to the Law of the Sea’. Professor Beckman also chaired a session at the Conference on ‘Confidence Building and Preventive Diplomacy’. To download Prof Beckman’s presentation, click here. To download Capt Roach’s presentation, click here.

CIL Director Robert Beckman gave a presentation at a Conference on ‘Energy Security in Southeast Asia: Implications and Concerns’. The conference was organised by the NUS Energy Studies Institute and held at the Carlton Hotel in Singapore. Professor Beckman participated in the panel on Maritime Disputes and Tensions in Southeast Asia. The title of his presentation was International Law and the South China Sea Disputes.

CIL Research Fellow Dr Zhen Sun was invited to speak at a conference organised by the Joint Institute for Maritime Law and History of International Shipping Law School at East China University of Political Science and Law entitled ‘Maritime Non-Traditional Security Challenges in Asia-Pacific: An Interdisciplinary and Transnational Dialogue on Reconstruction of Legal Order’ on 15 November 2014, in Shanghai, China. More than 50 academics and students attended the Conference. Dr Sun delivered a presentation on ‘Mechanism under the 1988 SUA Convention for Combating Maritime Security Threats’, in which she argued that SUA provides States Parties with quasi-universal criminal jurisdiction over specific offences that threaten the safety of navigation. This may be an effective tool to address non-traditional maritime security threats in Southeast Asia if all States ratify and implement SUA. To download her presentation, click here.

CIL Senior Research Fellow Youna Lyons was invited as a speaker to the pre-conference policy discussions on the implementation of the D-2 regulations on 5 November 2014 in Singapore. In her presentation titled ‘Ballast Water Management Convention: D-1 and D-2 regulations and related compliance issues’, she discussed the circumstances in which Port States may proceed to indicative and detailed samplings and the sanctions that may be imposed by the Port State should the samplings suggest non-compliance with the regulations. The discussion was based on the language of the Convention, as well as the new Port State Control Guidelines adopted at MEPC 67. To view her presentation, click here.

CIL Senior Research Fellow Youna Lyons was invited as a speaker to the 6th Annual Offshore Decommissioning Training Workshop, Asia Pacific, in Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia, on 4-5 November 2014, organised by DecomWorld. Youna presented a paper titled ‘Prospects for Rigs-to-Reefs in Southeast Asia: November 2013 Workshop Findings and Recommendations’. To download her presentation and for more information about the event, click here click here.