Call for Papers – 21st ASLI Annual Conference 2024
Dear Colleagues, Greetings from the Asian Law Institute! We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 21st Asian Law Institute (ASLI) Conference to be hosted (in-person) by Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Law on Wednesday 29th & Thursday 30th May 2024. Please visit the conference website which has more information, including the welcome…
Read MoreInternational Symposium on New Developments of International Law of the Sea
Call for Abstracts The School of International Law, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) in Beijing, China and the Faculty of Law, Cave Hill Campus, The University of West Indies (UWI) in Bridgetown, Barbados are proposing to co-host an international symposium on new developments of international law of the sea on 25…
Read MoreAsianSIL 9th Biennial Conference 2023
The 9th Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law (2023) Theme: “Reconstructing the Bandung Spirit for Asia to Lead in the New Era of International Law” 7 – 10 August 2023 Depok – Bandung, Indonesia Organized by: Universitas Indonesia, Faculty of Law Universitas Achmad Yani Asian Society of International…
Read MoreInternational Law and the SAARC Region in Times of Crisis
Faculty of Legal Studies International Conference on International Law and the SAARC Region in Times of Crisis New Delhi, 01 March 2023 Call for Papers The conference is announced in the midst of international law issues and challenges thrown up by the developments in the SAARC region and beyond. It aims to provide a…
Read MoreCall for Papers – ASEAN Law Academy Conference 2023
ASEAN LAW ACADEMY CONFERENCE 2023 ASEAN and the ‘Indo-Pacific’: A Rules-based Order Amid Turbulent Geopolitics Friday, 3 February 2023 (on Zoom) The Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore is pleased to issue a call for papers to participants of the ASEAN Law Academy Advanced Programme 2023 (Educator Programme), for an…
Read MoreMyanmar’s Suu Kyi denounces terrorists, silent on Rohingya exodus (Channel News Asia, 6 September 2017)
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi denounces terrorists, silent on Rohingya exodus (Channel News Asia, 6 September 2017) Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Sep 6 blamed “terrorists” for “a huge iceberg of misinformation” on the violence in Rakhine state but made no mention of the nearly 125,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled over the border to Bangladesh…
Read MorePutin sells Russian-Chinese plan to diffuse North Korea crisis (Fox News, 6 September 2017)
Putin sells Russian-Chinese plan to diffuse North Korea crisis (Fox News, 6 September 2017) Speaking after the talks with the visiting South Korean president, Putin in televised remarks urged North Korea’s neighbors to support the Russian-Chinese roadmap. He said it “offers a genuine way to defuse the tensions and a step-by-step settlement.” “We should not…
Read MoreVietnam slams China over military drills in disputed sea (Today Online, 6 September 2017)
Vietnam slams China over military drills in disputed sea (Today Online, 6 September 2017) Vietnam has delivered a sharp rebuke to China over military drills in the South China Sea, the second such warning in a week as tensions rise between the countries over the disputed waterway. China and Vietnam have long traded barbs over…
Read MoreChina made a mistake by including Pakistan terror outfits in BRICS declaration: experts (The International News, 6 September 2017)
China made a mistake by including Pakistan terror outfits in BRICS declaration: experts (The International News, 6 September 2017) Chinese experts have opined that China has made a mistake by including militants groups based in Pakistan and Afghanistan in BRICS declaration. The experts are of the view that the move could prove costly for its…
Read MoreAsians are in the dark about the region’s water pollution crisis (Eco-Business, 6 September 2017)
Asians are in the dark about the region’s water pollution crisis (Eco-Business, 6 September 2017) Asia is home to a worsening water pollution crisis thanks to an accelerating but weakly regulated industrial boom, but its most vulnerable citizens are kept in the dark about whether the water they use for drinking, farming and fishing is safe,…
Read MoreChinese President Xi Jinping pushes for expanded Brics-Plus (Straits Times, 4 September 2017)
Chinese President Xi Jinping pushes for expanded Brics-Plus (Straits Times, 4 September 2017) Chinese President Xi Jinping has lauded the successes of a grouping made up of the world’s five major emerging economies amid doubts over its relevance. Speaking yesterday on the eve of the annual Brics summit in the south-eastern Chinese city of Xiamen,…
Read MoreChina demands Indonesia drop new name for Natuna waters (Jakarta Post, 3 September 2017)
China demands Indonesia drop new name for Natuna waters (Jakarta Post, 3 September 2017) China has issued a demand for Indonesia to reverse its decision to rename the South China Sea (SCS) waters that lie within Indonesia’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). In July, the Indonesian government named the maritime region in question, which lies north…
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