Researchers' Activities

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/

The lecture was part of the Master of Commercial Law Program, organized and taught by Dr. Su Wai Mon.

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.

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.

As part of the session on “Transporting Sensitive and Hazardous Materials in Southeast Asia”, Nivedita provided a brief introduction to the topic and highlighted the work that CIL has done in the area.

The  paper  addresses the importance of clarity in the legal characterisation of voluntary carbon credits.

Participants discussed the mapping of regional biogeography in the Indian Ocean, as well as explored ways forward for IORA member states regarding the implementation of area-based management tools in the BBNJ Agreement.

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This is a one-day retreat on sea level rise with the 12 C-SET members (Antigua & Barbuda, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Denmark, Germany, Malta, Morocco, New Zealand, Palau, Republic of Korea, Romania, and Tuvalu.

Dr Tan Hsien-Li taught an executive seminar on “Integration, Rights, and Comprehensive Security in the Indo-Pacific”, Foreign Area Officer Program, Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, George Washington University, Singapore, 13 March 2024.

The Conference brought together industry experts, decision makers and senior leaders to discuss drivers for industrial decarbonisation including the building of affordable energy systems and infrastructure, the role of investment and government subsidies and regulations.

As a member of the Committee nominated by the ILA Singapore Branch, Dita will contribute to the Committee’s work for the next 4 (four) years, focusing on the jurisdiction of states for the purpose of protecting people at sea.

This event, co-organized by the Lauterpacht Centre with the Institute of Juridical and Political Sciences at the University of Lisbon, focused on important recent developments in the area of the law of the sea.

This expert working group meeting invited participants from academia, government and industries to set the stage for the next steps towards the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), and to discuss the establishment of a working group on extended producer responsibility (EPR) to enhance waste management in ASEAN member states.

The CIL delivered a statement at the dedicated stakeholder session on  6 Mar 2024, available on the UNODA’s conference website  here (CIL – 7th Session).

The panel discussed various legal issues in Southeast Asia and lessons/best practices on regional maritime cooperation.

The Role of Technology, Policy and Communities in Reducing Inequalities”, organised by Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and held virtually on 27 February 2023.

The Nepal National Rounds was held in Kathmandu from 1 to 3 March 2024. Daniel judged the preliminary rounds and the semifinal round of the competition. Eleven teams participated in this year’s competition, a record high in the history of Jessup Nepal, and the national champion title went to Kathmandu School of Law. National champions will compete in the White & Case Jessup International Rounds in Washington, DC, USA, on 30 March to 6 April 2024.

Dr Tan Hsien-Li presented the draft of her forthcoming chapter “Staying the Course in ASEAN’s Rules-based Order: Realizing the AEC’s ‘Single Market and Production Base’ Amid Global Turbulence” at the “Post-2025 ASEAN Economic Community: Rules-based Ordering”, Centre on Asia and Globalisation, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS, Singapore, 26 February 2024 and 8 December 2023.

More about the event at the link: https://www.wcl.american.edu/news-events/news/experts-examine-state-responses-to-new-un-articles/

She was part of the delegation of the Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea (ACOPS), a non-governmental organisation with observer status with the OSPAR Commission.

CIL Research Associate Daniel Pakpahan attended the first Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) Tribunal Secretary Training Programme for 2024, held in Singapore at Allen & Overy LLP.

The purpose of this symposium is to explore the interplay between international law, policy and concrete decisions in the field of security.

CIL has been an official observer to Working Group III since 2017, when the Working Group’s mandate began.

Statement available at OEWG portal here.