The 2021 DILA Academy & Workshop took place on November 26, 2021 in Gyeongju, Korea with presentations made by Professor Seokwoo Lee of Inha University School of Law on the topic of “The Making of International Law in Korea: From Colony to Asian Power” and Professor Hee Eun Lee of Handong International Law School on the topic of “Is International Law Effective in Maintaining Order within the International System.”
The following day on November 27, 2021, the 2021 HGU-DILA International Conference entitled “The Role of International Law and Legislation in Maintaining Peace and Security in Asia” took place online and was co-hosted by Handong Global University and DILA.
The conference opened with a welcome address by Hikmahanto Juwana, Chairman of The Foundation for the Development of International Law in Asia (DILA) and Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law of the Universitas Indonesia and keynote by Kevin YL Tan, Adjunct Professor of National University of Singapore and S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University.
The conference was conducted with parallel sessions composing of DILA sponsored panels and those sponsored by Handong Global University which included topics such as “Legislative Responses to COVID-19” and “Legal Education and Legislation Studies.” The DILA portion of the conference included session one which was on “The Role of International Law in Maintaining Peace and Security in Asia” which was chaired by Professor Hee Eun Lee. The first presenter was Professor Arie Afriansyah of Universitas Indonesia who presented on the “Indonesian Perspective on Foreign Military Activities in the EEZ.” Professor Pei-Lun Tsai of National Taiwan Ocean University discussed “Combating Human Trafficking at Sea in East and Southeast Asia: The Role of Port States under International Law.” Lastly, Professor Sergey Sayapin of KIMEP University spoke on “A Human Rights Court for Asia?” Professor Wasantha Seneviratne of the University of Colombo served as discussant.
The last session hosted by DILA was examining the “Role of International Law in Asian Countries” which was chaired by Professor Seokwoo Lee of Inha University Law School. Each speaker centered their presentation on specific subjects which included “Environment;” “Trade and Investment;” “Human Rights;” and “Ocean and Territory” which was based on research conducted for the International Law Association (ILA) Study Group of the Asian State Practice of Domestic Implementation of International Law. The presenters for this session were Professor David Ong of Nottingham Law School (Environment); Ravindran Rajesh Babu of the Indian Institute of Management (Trade and Investment); Thio Li-ann of the National University of Singapore (Human Rights); and Dustin Kuan-Hsiung Wang of National Taiwan Normal University (Ocean and Territory).
The conference then came to a close with final remarks and wrap up by Seokwoo Lee and Hee Eun Lee.
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