Researchers' Activities

CIL Director Robert Beckman made a presentation on “The Law and Practice in Asia on the Protection of Submarine Cables” at the CIMA/COLP Submarine Cable Workshop in Beijing, China. Prof Beckman also served as Rapporteur for the Workshop. The Workshop was organized by the China Institute of Maritime Affairs (CIMA) of Beijing, China and the Centre for Oceans Law and Policy (COLP) of the University of Virginia, with support from the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC).

A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade and Investment Law & Policy Programme, delivered a paper “A Survey of WTO Jurisprudence on RTAs” at the WTO Regional Trade Policy Course Preparatory Workshop, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland.

CIL Director Robert Beckman took part in a Panel Discussion on Piracy at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL), Washington, DC.

CIL Director Robert Beckman made a presentation on “International Efforts to Combat Piracy in the Gulf of Aden  – Implications for Southeast Asia: at International Workshop on Piracy, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo, Japan.

A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade and Investment Law & Policy Programme, spoke on the subject of “Corporate Governance in Singapore” at the Ishikawa International Civil and Commercial Law Centre in Kanazawa, Japan.

CIL Director Robert Beckman made a presentation on “The Significance to Asia of Cooperative Measures to Combat Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea off the Coast of Somalia” at the First Inter-Sessional Meeting on Maritime Security of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Surabaya, Indonesia.

April 2020 news summaries now available

Now available: ASEAN News Updates and South China Sea News Updates compiled by CIL researchers.

A news summary of developments on the South China Sea for the month of August 2020 is now available here.