About this Event
Semester B: Climate Change
Date: Wednesday 2nd February 2022, 10:30-11:30 am.
Speaker: Nilüfer Oral
Biography
Nilüfer Oral is Director of the Centre of International Law (CIL) at the National University of Singapore. She is a member of the UN International Law Commission and Co-chair of the Study Group on Sea-level rise in relation to international law. She served as Second Vice-Chair on the ILC in 2019. She served as climate change negotiator for the Turkish Ministry (2009 – 2016). She has also appeared before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Nilufer Oral is a Distinguished Fellow of the Law of the Sea Institute at Berkeley Law (University of California Law Berkeley); Senior Fellow of the National University of Singapore Law School; and Honorary Research Fellow at University of Dundee. She is a member of the IUCN-WCEL Steering Committee. She was elected to the IUCN Council 2012-2016 and served as the Co-chair of the WCEL Specialist Group on Oceans, Coasts and Coral Reefs. Dr. Oral is the series editor for the International Straits of the World publications (Brill); member of the Board of Editors of the European Society of International Law Series; Board of Editors of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law; Associate Editor of the Research Perspectives in the Law of the Sea (Brill); Board of Advisors for the International Law Studies Journaland International Advisory Board, and Chinese Journal of Environmental Law (Brill). She has published numerous articles edited several books, and has spoken at many international conferences.
The UN International Law Commission work on Sea Level Rise in Relation to International Law
In 2019 the topic of Sea level rise in relation to international law was placed on the current work agenda of the United Nations International Law Commission. The Commission is a subsidiary body of the General Assembly with a mandate for the progressive development of international law and its codification. The work of the Commission covers three main topics: law of the sea, the protection of persons and the loss of statehood. In 2020, the Study Group published its First Issues Paper on the law of the sea. Discussions will be held in 2021. The lecture will provide an overview of how the topic of sea level rise was placed on the work programme of the Commission, including the role of States, the sub-topics to be covered and the possible future outcomes.
Event Venue
Online
GBP 0.00