Researchers' Activities
5 December 2023: Head of Nuclear Law and Policy, Denise Cheong Presents at the 2023 DILA + APOLIA International Conference
She was part of a panel on “Developing International Norms Addressing the Disposal of Nuclear Waste and Nuclear Governance at the International and Domestic Levels” where she gave a presentation on “Nuclear Governance and the Discharge of ALPs-treated Water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station”.
Dr Tan Hsien-Li participated in the Direct Interface on ASEAN Economic Community Post-2025 Vision
Dr Tan Hsien-Li participated in the Direct Interface on ASEAN Economic Community Post-2025 Vision with the ASEAN High Level Task Force on Economic Integration, hosted by the Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for the ASEAN Economic Community, HE Satvinder Singh, in Jakarta on 29 November 2023.
CIL ASEAN Law and Policy team research trip to the ASEAN Secretariat
Dr Tan Hsien-Li, Chan Sze-Wei and Yvette Foo of the ASEAN Law and Policy team made a fruitful research trip to Jakarta from 27-28 November 2023 for meetings with the ASEAN Secretariat’s Legal Services and Agreements Directorate and ASEAN Resource Centre, the Singapore Permanent Mission to ASEAN and Indonesian research colleagues in the field of ASEAN.
CIL co-organises In-person Meeting on Investment Treaties and Climate Change for ASEAN-Plus Government Officials with OECD and UCL
On 24 November 2023, the Centre for International Law (CIL), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and University College London (UCL) jointly organised an in-person, closed-door, off-the-record meeting on investment treaties and climate change for ASEAN-Plus government officials in Singapore. This in-person meeting was a follow up to a virtual meeting held on 25 May 2023, which focused on the investment treaty regime, its impact on high-carbon and other investment incentives, and its interaction with policies designed to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Following an introductory presentation of the Paris Agreement and key recent climate developments, the in-person meeting proceeded to discussion of whether investment treaties can contribute to addressing climate change, and how to ensure that investment treaties do not hinder the achievement of climate goals.
Dita Liliansa presented at the “UNSW International Law Junior Workshop
She presented her draft article about informal lawmaking in ASEAN. Professor Natalie Klein from UNSW served as a commentator for her article.
Charalampos Giannakopoulos at inaugural conference of the Sustainability in Arbitration and Investment Law (SAIL)
Under the question “Is the World Without Investment Arbitration, a World With(out) Justice?”, the conference sought to map out different paradigms of international investment regulation in a post-reformed ISDS, and also a post-ISDS, world. Dr Giannakopoulos participated in the discussion with a presentation entitled “Justice in ISDS and the Search for Community”, which addressed the question of ISDS’ “audience” in the system’s current and potentially reformed state.
Dr Tan Hsien-Li presented at EU-ASEAN Business Council roundtable on ASEAN economic integration
It was a closed-door engagement session with the EU-ASEAN Business Council, PwC Singapore, Leiden University, and representatives of private sector entities active in ASEAN on 23 November 2023 in Singapore.
Dita Liliansa spoke at the Maritime Security Roundtable organised by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra
The event focused on the theme “Threats from the Global Commons.” She shared her forthcoming article about “Threats to Commercial Shipping During International Armed Conflicts.”
8-9 November 2023: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at the 2023 Symposium on Global Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance
More about the event at the link: https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/the-symposium-on-global-maritime-cooperation-and-ocean-governance-2023-concluded-in-sanya-301984180.html
A recording of the event at the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MxFoz22S7I