Researchers' Activities
Joel Ong presented at the Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Climate, Energy and Sustainability: Oceans Special Edition
Joel Ong presented his key findings and research on climate change and shipping at the IMO, entitled: ‘Developments, Barriers, Prospects of Mitigating Shipping’s Impact on Climate Change at the IMO: A Diachronic Approach’.
Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at the International Law Colloquium Organized by the Geneva Graduate Institute
Nilufer spoke on the topic: “Sea-Level Rise Developments in the United Nations”.
Danielle Yeow spoke at a panel discussion on “International Law” at the UN-Singapore Cyber Fellowship Programme
The programme brought together high level national cybersecurity officials from 22 countries in an inter-disciplinary programme to enhance expertise in overseeing cyber and digital security policy-making, strategies and operations.
Dita Liliansa presented at the “Symposium on the Evolution of the UNCLOS: Progress and Prospects”
She discussed the progress and prospects of protecting the human rights of fishers in Southeast Asia, and how law of the sea and international human rights law can better interact.
Joel Ong spoke at the International Seminar on Maritime Cybersecurity
Joel Ong presented on ‘Maritime Cybersecurity: Implications of Digitalisation and Decarbonisation’.
A/Prof. Ayelet Berman to lead Asia Centre for Health Security’s law and governance program
The Straits Times featured an article about the launch of the new Centre. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/new-s-pore-based-think-tank-asia-centre-for-health-security-to-prepare-region-for-biological-threats
Amiel Ian Valdez and Colleagues from the AsianSIL IELIG Submitted Their Comments to the ICC Prosecutor’s Environmental Crimes Policy Paper
The full copy of the AsianSIL IELIG Early Comments can be accessed here: https://www.asiansil.org/asiansil-ielig-members-submitted-their-early-comments-to-the-icc-prosecutors-policy-paper-on-environmental-crimes/
Trung Nguyen was invited as a guest lecturer at the Universiti of Malaya, Malaysia
The lecture was part of the Master of Commercial Law Program, organized and taught by Dr. Su Wai Mon.
NUS Student Visit to MPA Port Operations Control Centre, MPA POCC, 3 Apr 2024
This visit fostered a deeper understanding of MPA’s work, and how Singapore manages maritime traffic through one of the busiest straits in the world, the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, and in its port waters.
Joel Ong’s blog on ‘Decarbonization of International Shipping: Importance of Alternative ‘Green’ Fuels’ with GNHRE
It examines how the International Maritime Organization (IMO) – the United Nations specialized agency responsible for safe, secure and efficient shipping and the prevention of ship-source pollution – attempts to regulate shipping emissions, and why it is important to examine the implications of alternative fuels development to climate change and reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping.