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About APCEL |
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APCEL
was established on 1 July 1996 by
the NUS Law Faculty in collaboration
with the World Conservation
Union-Commission on Environmental
Law (IUCN-CEL) and the UN
Environment Programme (UNEP). APCEL
has since established itself as a
centre of excellence in the region
for research-based capacity building
with a strong commitment to
advancing innovative scholarship. [Read
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News and Announcements |
Jolene Lin, Associate Professor and
APCEL Director, participated in a
panel discussion on The Human Rights
Impact of Climate Change at the 13th
IHRN Biennial Meeting hosted by
Korean Academy of Science and
Technology (25-27 October 2018).
See her presentation slides
here.
Learn more about
the International Human Rights
Network of Academies and Scholarly
Societies and The 13th Biennial IHRN
Meeting.
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Lye Lin-Heng, "The Regulation,
Control and Management of Pesticides
in Singapore" (2018)
33(4) Environmental and Planning Law
Journal 430-442
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Jolene Lin, Associate Professor
and APCEL Director, speaks on
‘Climate Change Diplomacy &
Litigation’ at
Tembusu College Fellow’s Tea (17
October 2018) hosted by Dr
Connor Graham.
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APCEL congratulates our associate
members, Dr Joseph Chun and Youna
Lyons (CIL) as well as ELSA student
members- Eric Bea, Amshar Addy,
Carol Yuen, Kim Wong and Sarah Lu
for their contributions to the 2018
Singapore Blue Plan.
This is the third Blue Plan to
preserve Singapore’s rich marine
biodiversity, with six
recommendations, including improved
laws to protect marine environments,
formalised management systems for
these areas, and sustained funding
for long-term research and
monitoring programmes. The Plan was
presented to Second Minister for
National Development, Desmond Lee on
13 Oct 2018.
The Plan can be downloaded from
http://singaporeblueplan2018.blogspot.com/
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Koh Kheng Lian, Chapter 8, A New
Thinking to Cooperation in Tackling
the Indonesian Haze? in Euston Quah
and Tsiat Siong Tan ( eds) , Pollution
Across Borders: Transboundary Fire,
Smoke and Haze in Southeast Asia,
World Scientific (2018, 333
+ xi pp), at 83 – 92.
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On 10 – 11 May 2018, APCEL Advisory
Committee member, Emeritus Prof Koh
Kheng Lian presented a paper on
“Widening the Remit of the
Jurisdiction of the International
Criminal Court (ICC) to Include
Environmental Degradation and
Destruction Under ‘Crimes against
Humanity’?” at the 15th ASLI
Conference held in Seoul National
University School of Law.
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On 17 April 2018, APCEL conducted an
international training course for
ASEAN judges at the Singapore
Judicial College. “Environmental
Law: Overview and Challenges in the
ASEAN region” was a one-day workshop
that sought to give ASEAN judges an
overview of the latest developments
in selected areas of environmental
law including biodiversity
conservation and climate change
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