Researchers' Activities

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.

Monthly news updates compiled by CIL researchers on the South China Sea and ASEAN are now available for the month of September 2020: ASEAN News Update, South China Sea News Update

October 2020 news summaries on ASEAN and the South China Sea compiled by CIL researchers are available.

A summary of news on issues relating to the South China Sea compiled by CIL researchers.

A summary of ASEAN news for November 2020, including the 37th ASEAN Summit and related meetings.

A summary of ASEAN news for January 2021 is now available.

The February 2021 news update on ASEAN is now available. This summary is compiled by CIL researchers. ASEAN News Updates

Latest news updates on developments in the South China Sea and on ASEAN, compiled by CIL researchers.

A compilation of ASEAN news for April 2021 compiled by CIL researchers.

May 2021 News Updates on ASEAN and the South China Sea, compiled by CIL researchers, are now available.

June 2021 news compilations on ASEAN and the South China Sea, compiled by CIL researchers, are now available.

The call for applications has been extended till 15 November 2021 for the Research Assistant position with the ASEAN Law and Policy team.

October news summaries on ASEAN and the South China Sea, compiled by CIL researchers.

Danielle Yeow at the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference, hosted by the UK in partnership with Italy, from 31 October to 12 November 2021 in the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow, UK.

November 2021 news summaries on ASEAN and the South China Sea, compiled by CIL researchers.

Danielle Yeow participated in an invitation only workshop on Crypto and Net Zero 2022 in the World Economic Forum led workshop series on Crypto Impact and Sustainability Accelerator (CISA) Net Zero which convenes experts to discuss methods to effect a sustainable transformation of carbon markets and explore how crypto-economic mechanisms and new models for transparency can help institutions both achieve and enhance net-zero commitments. For more information on CISA, pls see https://www.weforum.org/communities/crypto-impact-and-sustainability-accelerator-cisa

Dr Nilüfer Oral, presented at ITLOS on behalf of COSIS