August 5-8, 2021
This International Law Association (ILA)-American Society of International Law (ASIL) Asia-Pacific Research Forum on “International Law and Post-Pandemic Asia: New Economic Challenges and Opportunities” brought together distinguished academics and practitioners from around the world. Discussion focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and global health law, the impact of trade and investment agreements on the growth in Asia, as well as issues related to law and sustainable living.
As noted by Pasha L. Hseih (co-organiser, SMU) in his recent post, during the opening session ASIL President Catherine Amirfar, ILA representatives Professors Torsten Stein and Chun-i Chen, and SMU CCLA Director Yip Man discussed the difficulties brought about by the pandemic, but expressed optimism about the opportunities that had arisen over the past two years.
The five panel sessions then focussed on individual areas of interest. In particular, Panel 3, "Environment Energy and Sustainability" was chaired by Matthew Erie and included speakers looking at:
- "Invocation of International Law in Domestic Climate Change Litigation in the Asia-Pacific" (Pei-Lun Tsai, National Taiwan Ocean University),
- "Enhancing Transboundary Consultation in the Context of Nuclear Power Development in Southeast Asia" (Denise Cheong, National University of Singapore)
- "Localization of Taiwan Offshore Wind Industry and Onward 2.0: Further Observation on the New Policy Design through the Lens of WTO Law" (Helen Hai-Ning Huang, Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law, Taiwan)
The forum closed with remarks by ILA Australian Branch President Natalie Klein and Associate Dean Pasha Hsieh of the SMU Yong Pung How School of Law. The selected papers will be published in the Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs.
The Forum programme is available at https://lnkd.in/gwEsMM9q.
Co-organised by the Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law – Chinese (Taiwan) Branch of the International Law Association (ILA) and the Centre for Commercial Law in Asia of the Singapore Management University (SMU) Yong Pung How School of Law, with the support of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) Asia-Pacific Interest Group, the Center for International Legal Studies of National Chengchi University, the Charitable Trust Fund for the Development of Transnational Legal Studies, and the Sumitomo Foundation of Japan
