Researchers' Activities
Danielle Yeow at the “Ocean and Climate Dialogue: East Asian Seas’ Response to the Global Climate Change Challenge”
The dialogue contributes to the Sea East Asia region’s contribution to promoting climate – ocean dialogues and follows up on PEMSEA’s country partners’ reaffirmation of their commitment to the blue economy and support global efforts to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement with mitigation and adaptation as crucial underlying principles in accelerating the blue economy.
7 June 2022: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at the Webinar on “Rising Sea Levels and AALCO Member States: Perils and Protection under International Law” Organized by the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization
Dr Oral spoke at the session on “Rising Sea Levels: The Role of International Organizations”.
Tan Hsien-Li presented at the 2022 Sokol Colloquium on Comparative Human Rights Law
Shen presented her draft chapter on “The Human Rights System of Southeast Asia” for the Oxford Handbook on Comparative Human Rights Law.
Tan Hsien-Li at the International Committee of the Red Cross 2022 Regional International Humanitarian Law Academic Roundtable
The roundtable was titled Pens to Practice: A Regional Exchange on Strengthening the Academic Circles’ Impact on IHL Implementation.
Emeritus Professor Robert Beckman at the 2022 APOLIA Conference “UNCLOS in Asia-Pacific: 40 Years and Onwards”
Prof Beckman made a presentation in Session 3, Navigational Regimes and Enforcement of Coastal State Jurisdiction.
Research Associate Dita Liliansa participated in the 2022 APOLIA Conference: “UNCLOS in Asia-Pacific: 40 Years and Onwards”
The title of her presentation was “A Quest for Meaning: Interpretation of Article 73(3) of UNCLOS by Indonesian Supreme Court”
Research Associate Dita Liliansa spoke at 4th Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference entitled “International Law: Conflict at Sea”
She spoke in Session 6 on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing alongside Prof. Natalie Klein (University of New South Wales) and Ms. Francesca Caonero (Global Maritime Crime Programme, Latin America and the Caribbean, U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime).
13 May 2022: CIL Director Dr Nilufer Oral was Invited by IMO International Maritime Law Institute to Speak at the Course on International Maritime Security
Dr Nilufer Oral spoke at the session on “International Marine Environment Pollution as Security Threat/Sea Level Rise and International Security Implication”
The fluidity and complexity of modern-day maritime security challenges require a deep understanding of the law of the sea, maritime law, as well as of national policies
and regulations before responding to them. The newly emerging challenges and transformed threats which include, maritime terrorism, drug trafficking, migrant smuggling, and use of unmanned vessels, are largely unregulated in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea1982, which has led to the adoption of various international conventions and protocols.
The IMLI Course on International Maritime Security Law covers the various critical maritime security threats to the international rule of law at sea and the freedom of navigation. The Course addresses in detail the gravity of these threats and the existing international laws and State practices deterring the same.
The Course focuses on the current legal developments ensuring the safe navigation of ships, protection of offshore installations and coasts of maritime States. It also covers the contribution of international organizations, especially IMO, and the role of regional cooperation in overcoming such threats. The Course looks into the special status of warships and examine the juris prudential contribution of international courts and tribunals.
Dr Nilufer Oral spoke on the topic on “International Marine Environment Pollution as Security Threat/Sea Level Rise and International Security Implication”
Dr. Vu Hai Dang (Senior Research Fellow) and Dr. Dawoon Jung (Research Fellow) served as a Judge for the International Rounds at the 2022 NILOS Moot Court Competition
The competition took place virtually from 10 to 14 May 2022. They evaluated and scored the oral pleadings of the participants during the International Rounds.
5 May 2022: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited by International Law Association (Nigerian Branch) to Speak at the International Conference on Environmental Law, Governance, and Sustainable Development
The International Conference on Environmental Law, Governance, and Sustainable Development provides a timely opportunity to critically investigate practical, philosophical, and methodological approaches for addressing longstanding barriers to the effective design and implementation of environmental law.
This Conference brings together governments, business leaders, environmental educators, academics, and practitioners to exchange knowledge experience and learn from each other on how to strengthen the implementation and application of the international environmental rule of law in Africa and beyond.
The theme for this year’s conference was “Climate Change, Energy Transition and Looking Beyond the Earth’s Future: The Role of Stakeholders in Sustaining International Environmental Rule of Law”. Dr Nilufer Oral was one of the keynote speakers for the conference.