| Singapore’s international obligations under United Nations Space Treaties by Dr Ricky Lee 22 September 2010 | CIL Seminar Series  With a significant increase in Singaporean commercial and scientific space activities on the horizon, such as the upcoming launches of X-Sat in 2010 and ST-2 in 2012, not to mention the Singaporean ownership of domestic and foreign satellite operations… Read more… |
| International Sports Arbitration by Mr Richard W. Naimark, Senior Vice President of American Arbitration Association (AAA) 22 September 2010 | CIL Seminar Series  Mr Naimark looked into the basic structure of and the relationship between IOC and CAS. He discussed different types of sports related disputes during Olympic games and how CAS operates to resolve such disputes. Read more… |
| NUS Faculty of Law Distinguished Speaker Series: Is There a Role For Law in a World Ruled by Power? by Prof Tommy Koh 3 September 2010 | CIL-Supported Event  Is there a role for international law if the Realists are right in stating that we live in a world ruled by power? Prof Koh argued that there is indeed a role for international law even in a world ruled by power. Read more… |
| Anti-Dumping Legislation Training Workshop 30-31 August 2010 | Training Workshop  On 30th & 31st August 2010, CIL organised a 2-day Anti-Dumping Legislation Training Workshop for government officials. Read more… |
| The Indonesian Perspective on the South China Sea by HE Mr Arif Havas Oegroseno 30 August 2010 | CIL Distinguished Speaker Series  The seminar discussed the reasons behind Indonesia’s letter to UN Secretary General, which expressed its view on the way small features in the ocean can generate maritime zone, and how this matter might evolve at the UN level. Read more… |
| Development and Implementation of an Ecosystem Approach to Ocean Management by Dr Wang Hanling 27 August 2010 | CIL Seminar Series  This seminar discussed the concept and principles of an ecosystem approach, the necessity of adopting EAOM, relevant international practice, and the challenges to the approach. Read more… |
| The Legal Regime of the Spratlys: Positions of the Parties Concerned and Relevance to the Dispute by Dr Nguyen Thi Lan Anh 25 August 2010 | Invitation-only event  This seminar examined the provisions of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) which are part of the legal regime governing the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Read more… |
| The Sino-US controversy over military activities in the exclusive economic zone: Strategy and Law by Dr Wang Hanling 18 August 2010 | Invitation-only event  This seminar addressed the issues of the US military activities in China’s EEZ from the perspective of strategy and law. Read more… |
| CIL ASEAN Charter Series 2010: Implementing Legal Personality and Privileges & Immunities 16 August 2010 | International Workshop  The Regional Workshop on “Implementing Legal Personality and Privileges & Immunities†was opened by Prof Tommy Koh. ASEAN Deputy-Secretary General Bagas Hapsoro delivered the introductory remarks. Read more… |
| Human Rights and International Criminal Law in ASEAN States – Past, Present and Future 3 August 2010 | CIL Seminar Series  Our expert panelists discussed developments in ASEAN, Indonesia and Cambodia in the areas of international criminal law and international human rights law. Read more… |
| Energy Innovation and Climate Change by Prof Elizabeth Burleson 3 August 2010 | CIL Seminar Series  Innovation centres can play an important role in addressing climate change in Southeast Asia. Facilitating a transition to energy/water use that minimizes climate destabilization can and should be central in international, national, local, and individual actions going forward. Read more… |
| Seminar on the South China Sea by Dr Wang Hanling 27 July 2010 | Invitation-only event  This seminar introduced the history of the dotted line and discussed its different interpretations as well as legal implications for the SCS maritime boundary delimitation. Read more… |
| International Conference on Air Transport, Air Law and Regulation 24-26 May 2010 | International Conference  CIL co-organised the prestigious International Conference on Air Transport, Air Law and Regulation conference with McGill University’s Institute of Air & Space Law (IASL) and the Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA). This conference addressed critical issues facing civil aviation with a particular emphasis on Asian air transportation. Read more… |
| International Law Career Talk by Mr Daren Tang, Deputy Senior State Counsel, AGC 21 May 2010 | Career Talk  On 21 May 2010, the Centre for International Law (CIL) organised an international law career talk by Mr. Daren Tang, Deputy Senior State Counsel, International Affairs Division, Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore. Read more… |
| The New and Continuing Debate about Innocent Passage Rights by Prof Ted McDorman 18 May 2010 | CIL Seminar Series  Despite the history and unhelpful wording about innocent passage, there is a lack of clarity of what constitutes innocent/non-innocent passage and whether this is a feature of change circumstances. Read more… |
| Recent Developments in Maritime Boundary Delimitation Law by Prof Ted McDorman 17 May 2010 | CIL Seminar Series  The international law on maritime boundary delimitation, while having a foundation in multilateral treaties such as the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, has been greatly influenced by the decisions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and arbitrations panels. Read more… |
| Climate Change and Trade Regimes: The Quest for Compatibility by Dr Patrick Low 13 May 2010 | CIL Distinguished Speaker Series  Governments have so far only had limited success in agreeing an international policy regime to address global warming. Read more… |
| Okinotorishima and the Rock/Island Controversy and Other Maritime Disputes in the East and South China Seas by Professor Ted McDorman 13 May 2010 | CIL Seminar Series  In 2009, the dispute between Japan and China/Korea regarding whether Okinotorishima is a rock or an island came to the attention of the rest of the world. Read more… |
| National Capacity to Investigate, Prosecute and Adjudicate Core International Crimes by Prof Morten Bergsmo 10 May 2010 | CIL Seminar Series  The seminar addressed the common challenge of national legislative and institutional preparedness to investigate, prosecute and adjudicate cases involving war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Read more… |
| Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights under the TRIPs Agreement: The Case of Seizing Generic Pharmaceuticals in Transit by Prof Bryan Mercurio 6 May 2010 | CIL Seminar Series  The focus of this presentation was on the legal analysis of the issues surrounding the EU’s continuing detention of generic pharmaceuticals for alleged patent infringement. Interestingly, the goods at issue are patented neither in the country of export nor in the country of final destination. Read more… |
| International Intellectual Property Law as a (Sub)Discipline by Prof Bryan Mercurio 5 May 2010 | CIL Seminar Series  This presentation traced the development of international intellectual property law and concluded that the (sub)discipline is increasingly dependent on the WTO for its continued place of prominence. Read more… |
| The Exclusion of States from Regional Organisations: Recent Developments by Prof Alison Duxbury 13 April 2010 | CIL Seminar Series  This seminar explored the recent practice of regional organisations outside Europe in developing standards for determining whether a member state should be excluded. It highlighted the commonality amongst a diverse range of organisations in articulating exclusion criteria and also raised questions about the suitability of suspension as a method of dealing with breaches of human rights and democracy. Read more… |
| The Proliferation of International Courts and Tribunals: Problems and Prospects by Prof Chester Brown 13 April 2010 | CIL Seminar Series  The proliferation of international courts and tribunals is a phenomenon which has seen the increasing judicialisation of the settlement of international disputes. This has brought with it many benefits, but it has also created potential difficulties. This seminar explored these issues, and considered whether proliferation poses dangers for public international law. Read more… |
| CIL Supported Seminar: Deformalization in Contemporary International Law by Dr Jean d’Aspremont 6 April 2010 | CIL Supported Seminar  Formalism has been the central paradigm in ascertaining the rules of international law and distinguishing between law and non-law at the international level since systematic studies of international law were first initiated. Read more… |
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