CIL Staff & Associates’ Activities

  • 24 September 2010
    CIL Chairman Prof Tommy Koh delivered his remarks on “The Future of Global Governance” (download PDF version) at the RSIS Singapore Global Dialogue, Shangri-La Hotel.
  • 6-9 September 2010
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, and Research Associate Ms Liu Gehuan participated at the World Investment Forum 2010 in Xiamen, China.
  • 6 July 2010
    Patron of CIL, The Honourable Chief Justice Mr Chan Sek Keong, was conferred with the NUS Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws. For more information, click here.
  • 24-25 June 2010
    CIL Director Robert Beckman conducted an “Introduction to International Law” course for the MFA Diplomatic Academy on 24-25 June 2010 (download photo). Participants included policy and legal officers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports, Singapore Police Force, Internal Security Department and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority. For more information on executive training programmes, email cil.info@nus.edu.sg.
  • 21 June 2010
    CIL Chairman Prof Tommy Koh delivered the Opening Remarks at the ISEAS-CHD-SIIA seminar on “The ASEAN Way of Resolving Conflict: Lessons Learnt and Preparing for the Future” (download PDF version).
  • 10-11 June 2010
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, taught Regionalism to the Asia Pacific trade officials at the WTO Regional Trade and Policy Course (RTPC) with Prof Lim Chin Leng, University of Hong Kong and Jo-ann Crawford of the WTO.
  • 10 June 2010
    CIL Chairman Prof Tommy Koh, Prof Walter Woon, Deputy Director Dr Navin Raj and Research Associate Ms Sari Aziz participated at the Indonesian Society of International Law (ISIL) 8th anniversary commemorative seminar “International Law as a Political Instrument?” in Jakarta, Indonesia (download conference eFlyer).
  • 3 June 2010
    CIL Director Robert Beckman     delivers a presentation on “1982 UNCLOS: A legal framework for cooperation between cable companies and coastal States” (download PDF version) at the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) Plenary Meeting in Mauritius.
  • 19 May 2010
    CIL’s Patron Senior Minister S. Jayakumar emphasised the importance of international law for small countries at the S Rajaratnam Lecture 2010 (download PDF version).
  • 10 May – 30 July 2010
    Research Associate Ms Liu Gehuan was the Academic Assistant to Adjunct Prof Margaret Liang the Academic Coordinator of the WTO Regional Trade and Policy Course (RTPC).
  • 6 May 2010
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, and Research Associate Ms Liu Gehuan were invited to peer review UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2010. For more information on UNCTAD, click here.
  • 23 April 2010
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, participated in the ASEAN Roundtable organized by ISEAS.
  • 24-26 March 2010
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, and Research Associate Ms Liu Gehuan attended the WTO Regional Trade Policy Course Workshop in Geneva as Regional Expert and Academic Assistant respectively.
  • 26-27 January 2010
    CIL Director Robert Beckman delivers a presentation on “Legal Gaps and Loopholes in the Legal Regime on Piracy” (download PDF version) at the MARSEQ
    Combating Piracy Conference, Singapore.
  • 11 January 2010
    CIL Director Robert Beckman and a team of CIL staff visit ASEAN Secretariat at the ASEAN Headquarters, Jakarta, Indonesia. For more information about the visit and meeting with Deputy Secretary-General Bagas Hapsoro, please click here.
  • 7-8 December 2009
    Deputy Director Dr Navin Raj and Research Associate Ms Liu Gehuan participated at the EU Centre’s Conference on “Networked Regionalism versus Institutional Regionalism” in Singapore.
  • 7 December 2009
    CIL Chairman Prof Tommy Koh delivers a keynote address (download PDF version) at the EUC Conference on Networked Regionalism versus Institutional Regionalism, Singapore.
  • 23 November 2009
    CIL Chairman Prof Tommy Koh delivers a keynote address (download PDF version) at the PEMSEA East Asian Seas Congress 2009, Manila, Philippines.
  • 6 November 2009
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, gave a Max Planck Lecture on ASEAN and Legalization at the Max Planck Institute of Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg.
  • 7 October 2009
    CIL Chairman Prof Tommy Koh delivered a lecture on “The Principles of Good Governance” (download PDF version) at the Workshop on Good Governance at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • 7 August 2009 – 4 January 2010
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, – Emile Noel Fellow at the Jean Monnet Centre, NYU, US.
  • 5 August 2009
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, attended the Closing Dinner of the WTO Regional Trade Policy Course, Singapore.
  • 3 August 2009
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, attended the Inaugural Asian International Economic Law Network, Tokyo, Japan.
  • 1-2 August 2009
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, delivered a paper “Culture Club or Chameleon: Should ASEAN adopt a policy of Legalisation for Economic Integration?” at the Asian Society of International Law, Tokyo, Japan.
  • 30-31 July 2009
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, delivered a paper “Derivative Action in Singapore: Calibrating the Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Shareholders” at the NUS-USyd Symposium: Rights, Responsibilities and Regulation, University of Sydney, Australia.
  • 27-28 July 2009
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, delivered a paper “Translating the Design into a Bloc: the domestic implementation of the ASEAN Charter” at the Workshop on Life after the Charter, ISEAS, Singapore.
  • 20-24 July 2009
    CIL Director Robert Beckman lectured at the 14th Annual Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy, a three-week course on contemporary issues of ocean law and policy. The Rhodes Academy is a cooperative undertaking sponsored by the Center for Oceans Law and Policy (Virginia, USA), the Aegean Institute of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law (Rhodes, Greece), the Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland), the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg, Germany), and the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (Utrecht, The Netherlands).
  • 2-3 July 2009
    CIL Director Robert Beckman gave two presentations at the ASEAN Workshop on UNCLOS and Marine Biodiversity Conservation at Fort Canning Park, Singapore. The conference was organized by the National Parks Board of Singapore. Prof Beckman’s presentations were on “International Legal Frameworks on Marine Biodiversity” and “Marine Protected Areas and the Protection of Marine Biodiversity”.
  • 2-7 July 2009
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, taught “Asian Developments in Investment Liberalization” at the Academy of International Trade and Investment, Institute of European Studies, Macau.
  • 30 June-1 July 2009
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, taught “Regionalism and the WTO” at the WTO Regional Trade Policy Course, NUS, Singapore.
  • 18 June 2009
    CIL Director Robert Beckman, made a presentation on “The Role of Littoral States, User States and Other Stakeholders in the New Cooperative Mechanism to Enhance Safety, Security and Environment Protection in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore” at the Workshop on Security of Oceans in Asia at the 9th Science Council of Asia Conference, Grand Copthorne Hotel, Singapore, 18 June 2009.
  • 15 June 2009
    CIL Director Robert Beckman made a presentation on “International Law and Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment” at the Youth Leadership Conference at Singapore Management University, Singapore. This inaugural international conference for youth leaders was sponsored by the Environmental Challenge Organization of Singapore.
  • 25 May 2009
    CIL Directory Robert Beckman made a presentation on “Implementation of the 1988 SUA Convention” at the First Meeting of the CSCAP Study Group on the Implications of Naval Enhancement in the Asia-Pacific, Singapore 25-26th May 2009
  • 18 May 2009
    CIL Director Robert Beckman made a presentation on “Somali Piracy – Legal Issues concerning the Arrest and Prosecution of Somali Pirates” at the Raytheon annual meeting of regional managers, St Regis Hotel, Singapore.
  • 14 May 2009
    CIL Director Robert Beckman made a presentation on “Military Activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone” at the International Maritime Security Conference (IMSC) at the Singapore EXPO. The Conference was organized by the Republic of Singapore Navy and the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS).
  • 7-8 May 2009
    CIL Director Robert Beckman made a presentation on “The Law and Practice in Asia on the Protection of Submarine Cables” at the CIMA/COLP Submarine Cable Workshop in Beijing, China. Prof Beckman also served as Rapporteur for the Workshop. The Workshop was organized by the China Institute of Maritime Affairs (CIMA) of Beijing, China and the Centre for Oceans Law and Policy (COLP) of the University of Virginia, with support from the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC).
  • 15-16 April 2009
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, delivered a paper “A Survey of WTO Jurisprudence on RTAs” at the WTO Regional Trade Policy Course Preparatory Workshop, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • 26 March 2009
    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.
  • 16 March 2009
    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.
  • 12 March 2009
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, spoke on the subject of “Corporate Governance in Singapore” at the Ishikawa International Civil and Commercial Law Centre in Kanazawa, Japan.
  • 9-10 March 2009
    A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade Law & Policy Programme, contributed the Singapore Chapter to a project on “Derivative Actions in Asia” for the Ministry of Justice which was held in Osaka, Japan.
  • 5-6 March 2009
    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.