The Centre for International and Public Law sponsored two exciting research events in the US over the Australian winter. The events were part of larger fieldwork projects undertaken by two Australian research teams, both funded by Australian Research Council Discovery Project grants.

In 1993, Kuan Lim (BComm ’97) chose to pursue her undergraduate studies in Australia. However, she faced a tough decision in choosing where to study, made all the more difficult by the 3,600 kilometres between her two preferred cities. 

“It was either Perth or Canberra,” she recalls.

Ultimately, it was The Australian National University (ANU) and the ‘bush capital’ that won her heart.

“I chose Canberra because it was further away from home,” Kuan chuckles.

This webinar serves to celebrate the award of an inaugural Student Paper Prize awarded by the Australian Year Book of International Law (AYBIL) in partnership with the Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL). The 2023 AYBIL/ANZSIL Student Paper Prize was awarded to Rebecca Brown, for her paper titled "Quarantine Island: Australia's Health Policy and its Construction of International Law", which engages with the ways in which the Australian federal and state governments have approached the regulation of disease domestically and globally from 1788 to today.

For states to interfere in other states domestic affairs is nothing new. But hostile authoritarian powers are weaponizing political, economic and societal freedoms to suborn a democracy’s security, prosperity, and institutions, that poses an existential threat. Adversaries are using grey-zone, asymmetric and hybrid activities with the intent of undermining the democratic way of life. They are intent on manipulating electoral outcomes and public discourse to constrain sovereign decision-making. They leverage covert elite capture and overt economic coercion against smaller economies.

Honorary Associate Professor David Letts AM CSM and Honorary Professor Robert McLaughlin have co-edited a new collection that dives into the legal depths of maritime law and security.

Join us for an illuminating panel discussion featuring several distinguished experts in international law who will share their professional journeys and provide valuable insights into navigating careers in international law.

Our guest speakers represent a diverse range of professional backgrounds, including government agencies, international organisations and academia. The discussion will be opened by one of the foremost experts in the field, Associate Professor Imogen Saunders, Director of the ANU Centre for International and Public Law (CIPL).

Rights to land and other natural resources are a contested issue across the Pacific region, and often provide a flashpoint for social tensions and political instability.

When China started its reform and opening-up in the 1970s, it ushered in the world’s greatest economic transformation.

Ever wondered what it’s like to study abroad? ANU Law student ambassador Cherish Tay gives us the low-down on her adventures and experiences studying in Taiwan in her blog series.

By Cherish Tay (student ambassador)

On Saturday 26 November 2022, a nationwide referendum was held in Taiwan seeking to lower the voting age from 20 years old to 18 via constitutional amendment.