UNIDIR and VERTIC are co-developing a comprehensive database on national implementation measures concerning the Biological Weapons Convention. This blog post by Jaroslav Krasny, Ph.D. elaborates. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/strength…

This blog post explores ASEAN's approach to integrating environmental concerns in investment treaties. Ms Kim-Anh Dao discusses strategies for balancing environmental and investment interests, with a unique ASEAN perspective. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/environm…

That's wrap! In the final session of our webinar series on Teaching the Law of Treaties in Asia, we discussed the historical or colonial treaties, available textbooks, & other pressing issues on teaching the Law of Treaties! We'll see you again in our next TRILA event!

The blog post elaborates how the recent Assembly Resolution of the IMO could provide a strong signal for coastal States to exercise their powers under the 1982 UNCLOS to address the threats to their marine environment from the dark fleet. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/the-2023…

AI-driven tools may unleash their potential regarding the interpretation of multilingual treaties. They are expected to improve the accuracy, coherence, and efficiency of the interpretation of these treaties and ultimately to contribute to legal certainty. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/artifici…

This post examines the response to the Houthis’ attacks in the Gulf of Aden. While it might not correlate with either LOS or self-defense, in practice, threats to the freedom of navigation, may informally broaden both legal regimes. shanifr 🎗 cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/does-bre…

China's increasing centrality to international legal order discourages the development of new venues for jurisdiction or authoritative norm-legislation, even as the country takes more steps to show its commitment to existing status quo forums. Ryan Martínez Mitchell cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/chinas-e…

Following the recent South Africa v Israel hearing, Dr Yusra Suedi discusses the ‘power’ behind the word “genocide” in its prevention, pursuit of accountability, and punishment through @CIJ-ICJ litigation. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/israel-s…

A continuation of the interviews of Indai Sajor, Aurora De Dios, and Susan Macabuag on the Tokyo Women's Tribunal. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/tokyo-wo…

This 2-part series comprises interview excerpts of Indai Sajor, Aurora De Dios and Susan Macabuag: organisers of the Tokyo Women's Tribunal - a peoples' tribunal that addressed the mass rape and sexual enslavement of women by Japanese military during WWII. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/tokyo-wo…

Rashmi Raman & Daniel Pakpahan weigh in on recent Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty, a novel agreement on climate change cooperation & its contributions to the issue of statehood and protection of persons in light of sea-level rise under int'l law. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/falepili…

50 years after the coup, Chile faces the disappointing paths of the Constitutional Convention and the return of right-wing politics. The Allende symposium concludes with Jorge Contesse stressing that ‘we’re going wrong’ and calling for action. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/were-goi…

The Inter-American Commission played a vital role in denouncing Pinochet’s violence. But what did it not – and, perhaps, could not – say? Francisco-José Quintana reflects on the human rights politics behind the veneer of antipolitics in inter-American regionalism. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/rights-r…

The ITT’s history in Chile shows a quintessential a ‘bad’ corporation. But what would be a ‘good’ corporation? How is the line drawn? Read André Dao’s thoughts on Allende’s call for checking the power of transnational corporations. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/the-good…

.Wanshu’s piece positions Allende’s Chile as one of the earliest battles for a New World Information and Communication Order and shows the interconnected informational, political, economic, and ideological facets of dependency and domination. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/internat…

The Allende symposium continues with a reclamation of Eduardo Novoa Monreal’s work, the prominent jurist who was charged with defending the UPgovernment’s nationalization of copper. Fabia F Carvalho and Joao Roriz revisit his critical theory of law. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/critical…

Can technology transfer lead to a real empowerment of the Global South? @annasaunders’ piece traces initiatives of technological cooperation from Chile, Latin America, and the Global South to resist dependency. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/allendes…

How could a world order aspire to democracy if workers and peasants remain written off history? Claerwen O´Hara and Valeria Vázquez Guevara discuss Allende’s people-oriented internationalism and retrieve a vision of international law of solidarity. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/salvador…

.Wanshu and Francisco-José Quintana open the symposium on 50th anniversary of Salvador Allende’s passing by reflecting on the meaning of commemorating historical events and reimagining alternatives as a political praxis. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/remember…

Prof Bjorge and nilufer oral argue why the ICJ should make use of its competence under Article 50 of its Statute to appoint scientific experts on climate change in requests for advisory opinions on the obligations of States in respect of climate change. cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/the-icj-…