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12 April 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited by the University of Miami School of Law to Speak at their “International Law & COVID-19 SYMPOSIUM”

COVID-19 has upended our reality in many ways, exposing systemic failures and highlighting injustices.  At the same time, it has provided an opening to consider new approaches. The International Law and COVID-19 Symposium, hosted by the University of Miami School of Law International and Graduate Law Programs and Human Rights Clinic, in collaboration with the Human Rights Society, Health Law Association, and University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review —will examine the impact of COVID-19 on international law.  In particular, the symposium will focus on intersections of COVID-19 with human rights and public health, including state obligations towards vulnerable populations, rights restrictions to protect public health, environmental aspects, reactions by international and regional human rights bodies, and public health responses.

 

A recording of this session, entitled “COVID-19 and Human Rights Law”, is available at:

https://echo360.org/media/122fa347-f362-48d5-a9ec-df08c5962ea3/public

Nuclear Law and Policy
7 April 2021: Research Associates Nivedita S and Manisha Regalla Participate in Webinar on Environmental Governance in the Financial Sector

CIL Research Associates Nivedita S and Manisha Regalla participated in a webinar on Environmental Governance in the Financial Sector held on 7 April 2021, organised by the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL).

Public International Law
26 March 2021: Amiel Ian Valdez presented on International Environmental Law before the lawyers and legal staff of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Philippines

Amiel Ian Valdez was invited to speak on 26 March 2021 before the lawyers and legal staff of the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Legal Affairs Service, and representatives of the DENR Climate Change Division and International Affairs Office. The event is part of the continuing legal education programme of the DENR for its staff.

ASEAN Law and Policy
26-28 March 2021 Research Associate Chan Sze-Wei judged Malaysia Model ASEAN Meeting

Research Associate Chan Sze-Wei judged the inaugural Malaysia Model ASEAN Meeting (MYMAM).

Climate Change Law and Policy
25 March 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at ASIL 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting: “Reconceiving International Law: Creativity in Times of Crisis.”

As part of its 2021 Annual Meeting (March 24-26), the American Society of International Law invited members and colleagues from around the world to participate in a special series of sessions focusing on regional issues of international law and policy that will be affected by the new Biden-Harris Administration.

Annual Meeting Theme:

In these extraordinary times, dramatic shifts in global health, the global economy, and geopolitical power structures are forcing human beings to adapt and evolve. These shifts require us to revisit the operation of the legal, political, and conceptual structures of our international order, and to examine the possibility — and perhaps necessity — of creating new norms, tools, and paradigms.

Today’s health, economic, and racial justice crises are having a profound impact on the rule of law, human security, and the environment; human rights and gender equality; international business and trade; and virtually all other aspects of society. These effects are being exacerbated by the differing approaches that governments, international organizations, and private actors have taken toward international problem-solving. Although some may hope for a return to “normalcy” in all these areas, the current moment offers both the challenge and the opportunity to reconsider and potentially to reshape international law and international institutions.

The 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law provided a forum to think critically and creatively about all fields of international law. Sessions presented a broad range of perspectives on innovative ways to address emerging issues, to improve global governance, and to tackle international problems.

Session Tracks:

  • International Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, and Criminal Justice
  • Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Dispute Resolution
  • International Trade, Investment, and Finance
  • International Organizations, Global Governance, and Global Health
  • Security, Foreign Relations, and Use of Force
  • Environment, Sea, Space, and Sustainable Development

Dr Nilufer Oral spoke at the session titled “We Are All Climate Change Lawyers Now” on 25 March 2021. This session is part of the Environment, Sea, Space, and Sustainable Development Track at the ASIL 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting.

Panelists include:

  • Carmen Gonzalez, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
  • Sailesh Mehta, Red Lion Chambers
  • Nilufer Oral, UN International Law Commission
  • Hermann Ott, Client Earth
  • Margaret Young, University of Melbourne Law School
  • Rob Verchick, Loyola University New Orleans
Director's Activities
24 March 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at CNA’s Virtual Conference on “High Seas Resources, Ocean Security, and the Great Powers”.

This event was a timely discussion about the legally binding instrument on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) currently under negotiation at the UN and its security implications. In recent years, heavy high seas fishing and the race for deep-sea living resources have emerged as geopolitical concerns. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea provides no robust governance for these resources, raising the spectre of contested or depleted commons. As a new US administration eager to tackle challenges with more multilateralism settles into office, how will this new dimension to UNCLOS intersect with well-publicized concerns about Chinese fishing and genetic experiments? And how might the BBNJ treaty offer new tools for responsible oceans management and encourage more cooperative engagement among the great powers?

 

Other speakers at the conference include:

Dr. Catherine Blanchard, Lecturer, University of Utrecht

Dr. James Kraska, Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Maritime Law, U.S. Naval War College

 

The event is moderated by:

Mr. Cornell Overfield, Analyst, Strategy and Policy Analysis Program, CNA

 

A recording of the event can be accessed at the link:

https://vimeo.com/529164383

Ocean Law and Policy
15 March 2021: Research Fellow Arron N. Honniball on ‘Pandemics, Procedure and Participation: Hybrid Hearings in the Mauritius/Maldives Maritime Boundary Dispute

https://www.ejiltalk.org/pandemics-procedure-and-participation-hybrid-hearings-in-the-mauritius-maldives-maritime-boundary-dispute/

Amiel Ian Valdez and Charalampos Giannakopoulos judged the Philippine national round of the Jessup Moot Competition

Jessup is the world’s largest moot court competition, with participants from roughly 700 law schools in 100 countries and jurisdictions.

Ocean Law and Policy
25 February 2021: Research fellow Arron N Honniball at the 2020 DILA International Conference: Reshaping International Law in the Asian Century

Research fellow Arron N Honniball presented a draft paper, ‘Traditional Fishing Rights and a Customary Law Right of Access to Port: Arbitral Awards from Eritrea – Yemen to the South China Sea’.

Nuclear Law and Policy
25 February 2021: Senior Research Fellow Denise Cheong and Research Associate Nivedita S Participate in ESI Webinar on ‘The Prospects for Small Modular Reactors in Southeast Asia’

Senior Research Fellow Denise Cheong and Research Associate Nivedita S participated in a webinar on ‘The Prospects for Small Modular Reactors in Southeast Asia’ organised by the Energy Studies Institute of the National University of Singapore on 25 February 2021.

Nuclear Law and Policy
24 February 2021: Senior Research Fellow Denise Cheong and Research Associate Nivedita S Participate in Webinar on Role of Academia in Shaping the Energy Transition in ASEAN

Senior Research Fellow Denise Cheong and Research Associate Nivedita S participated in the webinar on ‘Role of Academia in Shaping the Energy Transition in ASEAN’ organised by the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) on 24 February 2021.

Climate Change Law and Policy
19 February 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited By Lauterpacht Centre For International Law To Give a Lecture On ‘Climate Change and The Law of the Sea: A Test For International Law’

Recent scientific information presents an alarming diagnosis of the multiple adverse consequences of climate change on the ocean: levels of  ocean acidification not seen in millions of years, changes in ocean chemistry, warming temperatures and deoxygenation threating marine life, in particular coral reefs; and rapidly melting glaciers and ice sheets challenging the survival of some island States and threatening  existing maritime boundaries and entitlements.  

There are two different applicable international regimes, one for the ocean and the other for climate change.  Yet neither has a clear mandate for the ocean-climate nexus. The 1982 United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea, often referred to as the Constitution for the oceans, negotiated before climate change emerged on the international agenda, makes no reference to climate change. The 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, with a clear mandate for atmospheric climate change, limits the role of the ocean to serving as sink or reservoir for greenhouse gases.  The 2015 Paris Agreement added little more other than a preambular reference to ocean ecosystems.

The lecture delivered by Dr Oral examined how these two principal legal regimes can meet the test for international law in providing a dialectic and evolutive response to the pressing challenges of the climate-ocean nexus.

 

A copy of the presentation can be assessed at the link: https://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.law.cam.ac.uk/files/images/www.lcil.law.cam.ac.uk/Image/events/nilufer_oral_presentation_190221.pdf

A recording of the lecture is available at: https://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/friday-lunchtime-lecture-series-recordings

Nuclear Law and Policy
17 February 2021: Senior Research Fellow Denise Cheong and Research Associate Nivedita S Participate in Webinar on Energy and Climate Outlook in ASEAN

Senior Research Fellow Denise Cheong and Research Associate Nivedita S participated in the webinar on ‘Energy and Climate Outlook in ASEAN under Brunei’s Chairmanship: Green Recovery Post Pandemic’ organised by the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) on 17 February 2021.

Nuclear Law and Policy
17 February 2021: Research Associate Nivedita S Participates in IAEA Webinar on ‘Experiences of Member States in Building Regulatory Framework for the Oversight of Nuclear Power Plants’’

Research Associate Nivedita S participated in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s webinar on ‘Experiences of Member States in Building Regulatory Framework for the Oversight of Nuclear Power Plants’ on 17 February 2021.

Nuclear Law and Policy
9 – 11 February 2021: Senior Research Fellow Denise Cheong and Research Associate Nivedita S attend OSPAR’s Radioactive Substances Committee Meeting

Senior Research Fellow Denise Cheong and Research Associate Nivedita S attended the annual meeting of the OSPAR’s Radioactive Substances Committee (RSC) held from 9 to 11 February 2021.

Climate Change Law and Policy
4 February 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Participated at Harry & Jane Scheiber Lecture in Ocean Law & Policy Organized by UC Berkeley School of Law

The law of the sea is a scholarly discipline that straddles many aspects of general international law and of its specialized branches including environmental law, human rights law, the law of international courts and tribunals. The law of the sea is also an expanding field for practice, not limited to university research and teaching, but including advocacy in international and domestic courts, counselling for governments, international organizations governmental and non-governmental, and private entities, working as judges and registry member for international courts and arbitration tribunals.

 

UC Berkeley School of Law is pleased to invite Professor Tullio Treves to speak at this year’s Harry and Jane Scheiber Lecture Series. Prof Treves is Professor Emeritus at the State University of Milan and Public International Law Senior Consultant at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP (Milan office). He served as Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea from 1996 to 2011. Within the Tribunal, he was the President of the Seabed Disputes Chamber, including in the proceedings for the delivery, on 1 February 2011, of an Advisory Opinion upon the request of the Council of the International Seabed Authority. He has chaired the Tribunal’s Committee of the Whole for the drafting of the Rules of the Tribunal. From 1973 to 1982, he was a member of the Italian delegation to all sessions of the Third United Nations Conference on Law of the Sea.

 

Dr Nilufer Oral and Lt. Cmdr. Joel Coito were both invited to give their comments at the lecture titled “The Law of the Sea: A Multi-Faceted Discipline and a Promising Field for Practitioner”.

 

A recording of the Berkeley Law Scheiber Lecture on 4 Feb is now available on their website at: https://www.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/1368891/uiconf_id/41443412/entry_id/1_f6recvt2/embed/iframe?

Director's Activities
3 February 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Spoke Alongside With CIL’s IAP Member Professor José E. Alvarez at the U.S.-Asia Law Institute Event “US-Asia Relations in the Biden Administration”

The Trump presidency has had a consequential impact on the United States’ international relations and its role in international institutions. Hallmarks of President Trump’s Asia policy included labelling China as a hostile power, abandoning the Trans-Pacific Partnership, using trade sanctions even against allies such as Australia, Japan, and South Korea, and dallying with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. Professors José E. Alvarez and Nilufer Oral discussed the impact Trump has had on U.S.-Asia relations and the constraints President Biden will face as he tries to strengthen ties with key Asian allies and partners while maintaining pressure on China.

 

A recording of the online event can be accessed at the link: https://usali.org/institute-news/event-recording-us-asia-relations-in-the-biden-administration

Ocean Law and Policy
16 – 17 November 2020: CIL Research Associate Dita Liliansa at the 12th South China Sea International Conference

Dita spoke at the Special Session on Young Leaders’ Perspective and co-led a discussion on the “ASEAN’s Post-2025 Vision: What are the Roles ASEAN is Expected to Play in the South China Sea” at the Next-Generation Leaders Session.

Nuclear Law and Policy
17–18 December 2020: Senior Research Fellow Denise Cheong and Research Associate Nivedita S Present at OECD NEA Working Party Meeting

Senior Research Fellow Denise Cheong and Research Associate Nivedita S were invited to present to the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA) Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT).

Climate Change Law and Policy
11 December 2020: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Gave a Lecture at the STL Law & Sustainability Colloquium on “REGIME DIVERGENCE OR CONVERGENCE? LAW OF THE SEA AND CLIMATE CHANGE”

When the 1982 United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea was adopted, climate change was not an issue of concern for the international community. Consequently, the Convention does not make mention to climate change or its consequences. When the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was adopted a decade later, the adverse consequences of climate change on the ocean and marine environment were not fully understood. However, in recent years scientists have discovered that climate change is having significant adverse impacts on the ocean, such as ocean warming, deoxygenation, chemistry change, ocean acidification and sea level rise.

 

Dr Nilüfer Oral’s lecture examined the existing frameworks in relation to protection of the marine environment under the 1982 UNCLOS and climate change under the 1992 UNFCCC regime. The lecture will identify the gaps within each regime, the gaps between the two regimes and how synergies may be developed to address the important climate risks to the health of the ocean.

 

The session is moderated by Stephen Minas, Associate Professor at Peking University School of Transnational Law.

Ocean Law and Policy
11 December 2020: CIL Research Fellow, Dawoon Jung at the 5th International Conference on Ocean Law and Policy – Policy, Law, Economy, and Risks of Offshore Wind Power Energy

CIL Research Fellow, Dawoon Jung, presented online at the 5th International Conference on Ocean Law and Policy – Policy, Law, Economy, and Risks of Offshore Wind Power Energy on 11 Dec 2020.

ASEAN Law and Policy
10 December 2020: ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights – Indonesia hosts discussion on book ‘Can ASEAN Take Human Rights Seriously’

On Human Rights Day, Thursday 10 December 2020, Dr Tan Hsien-Li and Professor Alison Duxbury (University of Melbourne) discussed their co-authored book ‘Can ASEAN Take Human Rights Seriously’.

Director's Activities
9 December 2020: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Participated at the Land-to-Ocean Leadership Programme Seminar on Science, Society and Ocean Governance

The Land-to-Ocean Leadership Programme is a three-year research and capacity-building programme sponsored by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM) and the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure of Germany.

 

The Programme aims to promote land-to-ocean leadership opportunities in the broader context of implementing the Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in recognition of the interconnectivity of Land-to-Ocean-flows. In order to develop governance and sustainable management options that are practically oriented yet responsive to dynamic processes, the programme will foster a better understanding of the interconnected character of terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems flowing from source to sea.

 

The main purpose of this interactive seminar is to engage with a wider expert group to provide comments on the four PhD candidate research projects. A further objective is to provide an update on the progress made with their research programme to date. This event is organized by the World Maritime University and supported by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management and the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.

 

For more info on the seminar and the programme, please visit the website:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UEQ8aE1V8SW1u06LCPQ_RBfgXE7JidjM/view

Nuclear Law and Policy
8–11 December 2020: Senior Research Fellow Denise Cheong and Research Associate Nivedita S Invited to UNECE Meeting of the Parties

Senior Research Fellow Denise Cheong and Research Associate Nivedita S were invited to participate in the eighth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Espoo Convention.