Researchers' Activities

CIL Director Robert Beckman, CIL Senior Research Fellow Dr Hao Duy Phan, CIL Research Fellows Dr Sun Zhen, Leonardo Bernard and Junianto James Losari attended the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) in Washington DC on 8-11 April 2015. Dr Hao Duy Phan also judged at the International Round of the 2015 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, which was held in conjunction with the ASIL Annual Meeting.

CIL Director Robert Beckman gave a talk at Yale Law School on 7 April 2015 on International Law and the South China Sea Disputes.

CIL Senior Research Fellow Dr Hao Duy Phan was invited to speak at the Workshop on Maritime Security and the Marine Environment on 30 March 2015 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Hao Duy Phan delivered a presentation on ‘Global Regimes for Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment: An Overview’. The Workshop was organised by the United States Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (USCSCAP) in conjunction with the Inter-Sessional Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) on Maritime Security. More than 50 participants from the ARF states attended the Workshop. To download his presentation, click here.

CIL Director Robert Beckman and CIL Senior Visiting Research Fellow Lynn Kuok participated in a two-day workshop co-organised by the National Institute for South China Sea Studies entitled “South China Sea: Duel Track Approach and Win-Win Cooperation” on 28-29 March 2015 in Hainan, China. Prof Beckman made a presentation in a panel on International Cooperation in Enclosed and Semi-Enclosed Seas. The Workshop was attended by Chinese Government officials and by scholars from China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Australia, Canada, the United States and Sweden. To view Prof Beckman’s presentation in PDF format, click here.

CIL Research Fellow Leonardo Bernard presented at the International Workshop on the Legal Aspects of the Establishment of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf, held in Tokyo, Japan on 26-27 March 2015. The workshop was organised by the Japan Hydrographic Association and the Nippon Foundation. Leo was part of the third session on the Legal Regime of the Continental Shelf – Regional Experience, where he presented an overview of the maritime claims in the South China Sea. To view a photo from the event and access his presentation, click here.

CIL Head of Trade/Investment Law and Policy Associate Professor Michael Ewing-Chow was invited to speak on “The ASEAN Way to Interpret Integration” at the Asian Legal Business ASEAN Integration Summit on 26 March 2015 in Singapore.

CIL Research Fellow Leonardo Bernard participated in the International Seminar on Maritime Security in East Asia, held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 17 March 2015. The seminar was organised by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta. Leo was part of the panel on Managing Disputes: East China Sea, where he presented the legal perspective on the ongoing disputes in the East China Sea. To access his presentation, click here.

CIL Head of Trade/Investment Law and Policy Associate Professor Michael Ewing-Chow and CIL Research Fellow Junianto James Losari were invited by IELPO LL.M Programme to teach the course of Regionalism in Asia. The course, which was held on 12-13 March 2015, engaged the students in interactive discussions on Asia’s experience in economic integration, particularly the Southeast Asian States within the ASEAN.

CIL Head of Trade/Investment Law and Policy Associate Professor Michael Ewing-Chow and CIL Research Fellow Junianto James Losari were invited by Universidad Sergio Arboleda in Colombia to teach in its Madrid campus. The course was attended by Colombian students as part of their course in Masters in International Commerce. The intensive course, which was held on 4-6 March 2015, discussed various aspects of ASEAN Integration and how it contributed to the improvement of the rule of law in the region.

CIL Head of Trade/Investment Law and Policy Associate Professor Michael Ewing-Chow and CIL Research Fellow Junianto James Losari were invited to the 2015 UNCTAD Expert Meeting on the Transformation of the IIA Regime, held from 25-27 February 2015. This Expert Meeting is the first-of-its-kind conference that brings together multi-stakeholders – treaty negotiators, academics, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and relevant international organizations, e.g. the Organization for Economic Development (OECD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) – to discuss and contribute to the transformation of the IIA regime which is currently under scrutiny by various States around the world. Associate Professor Michael Ewing-Chow was appointed as one of the Rapporteurs for the event. Various suggestions to improve the current IIA regime were put forward during the discussions, and the suggestions will be included in the 2015 World Investment Report.