2024 SCIL International Law Year in Review Conference
2026-05-26 08:18 (Australia/Sydney) | New Law Building (F10)
2024 SCIL International Law Year in Review Conference
In-person event
The annual SCIL Year in Review conference will host a number of exciting panels covering major developments in international law in 2023.
Our keynote is the newly-appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism, Professor Ben Saul,Â who will discuss the appointment and the major issues arising in relation to the position.
The conference will include a literary lunch featuring James Bradley (author of Ghost Species, Clade, and the upcoming Deep Water) in conversation with Michaela Kalowski (interviewer and curator).
In addition to the regular panel on international law cases in Australian courts, and Australia’s role in international court cases, we will have special sessions on:

the Law of the Sea in 2023 – including presentations on the ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change, and new developments on seabed mining and offshore renewable energy
Private International Law in 2023, including presentations on the London Steamship v Kingdom of Spain case
International law and developments in technology in 2023.

View the program here.
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Friday 23 February 2024
Venue: New Law Building (F10), University of Sydney (Camperdown Campus)
Room to be confirmed

Registration

Full-fee: $100
Non-USYD student/concession: $50

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About the literary lunch
James Bradley is a writer and critic. His books include the novels Wrack, The Deep Field, The Resurrectionist, CladeÂ and Ghost Species, a book of poetry, Paper Nautilus, and The Penguin Book of the Ocean. His essays and articles have appeared in The Monthly, The Guardian, Sydney Review of Books, Griffith Review, Meanjin, the Weekend AustralianÂ and the Sydney Morning Herald. In 2012 he won the Pascall Prize for Australia’s Critic of the Year, and he has been shortlisted twice for the Bragg Prize for Science Writing and nominated for a Walkley Award. He lives in Sydney. His new book Deep Water, out on April 3, explores how the ocean has shaped and sustained life on Earth from the beginning of time. Weaving together science, history and personal experience, it offers vital new ways of understanding not just humanity’s relationship with the planet, but our past – and perhaps most importantly, our future.
Michaela Kalowski is an interviewer, moderator & curator for writers and ideas festivals. Highlight interviews include Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell, Michelle de Kretser, & Stan Grant. She’s the curator ofÂ Big Weekend of Books,Â ABC RN’s on-air writers’ festival that takes place in mid June and is now in its fifth year.
She also produces and hosts a monthly books conversation event for Petersham Bowling Club called Readers. Michaela has conducted radio interviews and presented programs across ABC radio and is currently a co-host of The Bookshelf. She’s co-presenter & co-writer of a two-part podcast for ABC RN, tracing part of her family’s history, called Laya’s Way Home.

This event is hosted by theÂ Sydney Centre for International LawÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.

Business Compliance in International Commercial Transactions across Asia Pacific
2026-05-26 08:18 | New Law Building (F10)
Business Compliance in International Commercial Transactions across Asia Pacific
This international conference will be held on 21 February 2024 at The University of Sydney Law School.Â
The year 2024 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Shanghai Winter School program, offered by the University of Sydney Law School in collaboration with the East China University of Political Science and Law. To celebrate this milestone, the Sydney Law School will proudly host an academic conference titled â€˜Business Compliance in International Commercial Transactions in Asia Pacific’ on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.
Business compliance in international transactions across the Asia-Pacific region holds immense importance for organizations seeking to expand their activities within this dynamic and evolving landscape. Multinational corporations operating in Asia Pacific often confront unique compliance challenges due to the swiftly changing regulatory and geopolitical environment in the region.
The event will take place at the Camperdown campus of the University of Sydney Law School in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday February 21, 2024. The primary language of the conference will be English.
We will also be holding a celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Shanghai Winter School program after the conference. You will need to register separately for this event. Please find further details here.
The Conference will cover the following topics:

Keynote: Justice and injustice in foreign judgments – does terminology matter?
Professor Andrew Dickinson, Oxford University Law School

Anti-Money Laundering: current challenges and new responses
Victoria Trent, Commonwealth Bank

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing compliance: A banking perspective on the value of adopting a commercial risk-based approach.

Dr. David Chaikin and Dr. Lana Nadj, USYD

A Critical Analysis of the Risk-Based Approach to Anti-Money Laundering and the Legal Profession

Manvee Kumar Saidha, Trilegal, Mumbai, India

Online: Digitisation in Trade Financing: Mitigating Money Laundering Risks through Technological Innovation, Regulatory Interoperability, and Increased Policy-focused Dialogue

Dr Anastasia Suhartati Lukito, University of Surabaya, Indonesia

Enhancing Business Compliance Through Beneficial Ownership Disclosure in Indonesia

(Anti-Money Laundering and Corporate Crime Perspectives)
Financial Crime and Corporates
Professor Philip Nichols, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Does Compliance With the Antibribery Regime Require the Use of Artificial Intelligence?

Avin Persad-Ford, Howard C. Cohen & Associates

Online: Deferred Prosecution Agreements in Australia: How to Protect the Shawcross Principle

Dr Alan Koh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence and Director Liability: Bridging the Enforcement Gap

Soumya Rajsingh, Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University

Exahing Corporate Compliance for Combating Modern Slavery in India’s Global Value Chain: An Analysis

Private International Law-Arbitration
Professor Luke Nottage, USYD

Compliance with Alternative Dispute Resolution commitments in international commercial and investment agreements

Yang Liu, ECUPL

Unilateral Sanctions as Defenses in Investment Arbitration

Ganesh Sahathevan, Centre For Industrial Research, Melanesian Mambefor Corporation

Remote Sensing Evidence in The Resolution Of Disputes Concerning Non-Compliant Carbon Credit Products

Dan Xie, ECUPL

The Judicial Understanding and Implementation of Due Process Defence under the New York Convention by Chinese Courts: A Comprehensive Analysis

Private International Law-Litigation
Professor Vivienne Bath, USYD
Professor Tao Du, ECUPL

The HCCH Conventions in Chinese Courts

Dr Yan Li, Seoul National University Law Research Institute
Declining Jurisdiction in China and South Korea: A Mixture of Civil and Common Law Culture in Private International Law?
Dr Thu Thuy Nguyen, Hanoi Law University
Online: The Barriers for Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Vietnam
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Private International Law-International commercial transactions
Professor Bing Ling, USYD
Dapo Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Economic Sanctions and the Trade-Compliance Dilemmas for Chinese Companies

Dr Lemuel Didulo Lopez, RMIT University

Online: â€œChoice of Forum Clause and the Protection of Weaker Parties: Lessons from Asiaâ€

Stefano Dominelli, University of Genoa, Italy

Online: â€œâ€˜Once a Trader, Always a Trader’ – Or Maybe not: The EU Law Shaping of the Law of State Immunitiesâ€

Cross Border Flow of Data
Professor Henry Gao, Singapore Management University

WTO Joint Statement Initiative on E-commerce: half full or half empty?

Shangxuan Wu, ECUPL

An Anatomy of China’s Cross-border Data Flow Regulation Regime

Dr Phoebe Li and Dr. Minako Morita-Jaeger, University of Sussex School of Law

Online: Interoperability of the UK’s data governance regimes: From domestic to international trade perspectives

Naeem Allah Rakha, Tashkent State University of Law

Online: â€œTowards a Cross-Border Cyber-security Legal Framework: Examining Data Protection Compliance Risks in Digital Trade across the Asia Pacificâ€

Data Protection and Security
Yixian Li, Ravi Prakash Vyas and Inma Conde, USYD

Is China the World’s Biggest Face Recognition Dealer?: Global Companies and China’s Data Surveillance and Privacy Laws

Guangyi Qu, ECUPL

The Concept of Security in International Trade Law

Tianqi Gu, USYD

Data Protection and National Securityâ€”Foreign Direct Investment in Australia and China

Fitria Dewi Navisa, Universitas Islam Malang, Indonesia

Legality of Legal Products Produced by AI based on Positive Law in Indonesia

Supply Chain Round Table Discussion

Professor Zhenjie Zhou, College for Criminal Law Science, Beijing Normal University
Dr. Wangjie Chen, ECUPL
Online: Minh Nhut Le, International Law Faculty at Ho Chi Minh City University of Law in Vietnam
Other speakers to be announced.

Click here to view the program.

Wednesday 21 February 2024
Venue:Â New Law Building (F10), University of Sydney, Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus
Registration:Â $50 for the full-day conference
For USYD students, staff and alumni, please email us at law.events@sydney.edu.au for a discount code.
Registration has now closed for this event.Â
Enquiries may be directed to: law.events@sydney.edu.au

This conference is hosted by the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at Sydney Law School and the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.

SCIL International Law Year in Review Conference
2026-05-26 08:18 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
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20th International Arbitration lecture
2021-10-20 17:30 - 18:30
20th International Arbitration lectureParallel proceedings in international arbitration: theoretical analysis and search for practical solutions
Speaker: Salim Moollan QC

About the lecture
The annual International Arbitration lecture, presented by Clayton Utz and supported by the University of Sydney Law School, brings together key figures in international arbitration and the Australian business community to explore the real issues that could affect their international operations, and how international dispute resolution can contribute to their bottom line.
2021 marks the 20th anniversary of the International Arbitration Lecture series, which continues to attract guest speakers from the four corners of the world to give their insights into the challenges facing international arbitration.
Topic
Parallel proceedings in international arbitration: theoretical analysis and search for practical solutions
Fifteen years have elapsed since the last major effort at analysing the problems arising from parallel proceedings in international arbitration and looking for solutions thereto. This lecture, which will in part be based on Mr Moollan’s recently delivered Hague Lectures on the topic, will aim to take a fresh look at this topic – folding in, inter alia, the substantial development of investment arbitration during that period and the new issues which this has given rise to.
About the speaker
Salim Moollan QC specialises in international commercial and investment arbitration. He has acted as Counsel in high profile investment arbitration cases (White Industries v. India, Philip Morris v. Australia, Cairn Energy v. India), and currently acts as lead Counsel in a number of prominent investment arbitrations for both States and investors. In the commercial field, he acts in high-value cases in (in particular) the energy and telecoms fields. He frequently sits as arbitrator (party-appointed and chair) in investment and commercial arbitrations. He has an in-depth knowledge of the procedural regimes of all major international arbitral institutions, being a past chairman and vice-chairman of UNCITRAL, a past Vice-President of the ICC Court, a past member of the LCIA Court, a member of the World Bank’s ICSID Panel of Arbitrators and a former editor of the ICSID Law Review; and having worked closely with these and other institutions in the establishment of an African platform for international arbitration in Mauritius.
The holder of a mathematics degree from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (in addition to a first class law degree from Cambridge University and to a degree in economics and political science from Sciences-Po, Paris), he also has a unique grasp of technical and quantum expert issues. He is also called to the Mauritian Bar and appears from time to time before the Mauritian Courts in complex and high value cases. He frequently appears in the Privy Council on issues ranging from civil law to administrative law and tax matters. He is a Visiting Professor in International Arbitration Law at King’s College London.
CPD points = 1
Webinar details: Wednesday 20 October 2021, 5:30pm – 6:30pm AEDT

This annual event is presented by Clayton Utz and supported by the University of Sydney Law School.

The Public International Law Webinar Series: Climate change and international disputes
2021-10-20 19:30 - 20:30
The Public International Law Webinar Series: Climate change and international disputes
The organisers are pleased to invite you to attend a public international law webinar series that will bring together leading public international law practitioners, academics and arbitrators to discuss topical issues of global importance. The webinar series will be launched by keynote addresses by Professor Shotaro Hamamoto and Professor Simon Chesterman who will discuss â€œIssues of Legitimacy in the International Legal Orderâ€.
There are ï¬ve weekly webinars in this series. The webinars are free of charge, but places are limited, and prior registration is required.
Registration for the webinars taking place in October 2021 is now open at the hyperlinks below. Do keep an eye out for subsequent ï¬‚yers that will contain information and hyperlinks to sign up for each of the individual webinars.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES
Moderators: Rachel Tan (Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy), David Isidore Tan (Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP)
Panellists: Paul Barker (Doughty Street Chambers / Gould Center for Conï¬‚ict Resolution, Stanford Law School), Dr Tara Davenport (NUS, Asia-Paciï¬c Centre for Environment Law), Sudhanshu Swaroop QC (20 Essex), Professor Jorge E. ViÃ±uales (University of Cambridge)

WEDNESDAY 20 OCTOBER 2021
9:30 AM (London time) / 4:30 PM (Singapore time) / 7:30 PM (Sydney time)

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Other webinars in the series:

How states negotiate their treaties

26 October 2021 | 9:30 AM (London time) / 4:30 PM (Singapore time) / 7:30 PM (Sydney time)
Find out more

The public international law year in review

Date to be confirmed | 9:30 AM (London time) / 5:30 PM (Singapore time) / 8:30 PM (Sydney time)
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This webinar series is sponsored by:

Sydney Centre for International Law at The University of Sydney Law School
American Society of International Law
Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law
Centre for International Law and National University of Singapore
International Centre for Settlement of Investor Disputes (ICSID) of World Bank Group
Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy.

For enquiries, please contact bd@rajahtann.com.
