Sienho Yee (www.sienhoyee.org)
Select Outside Lectures, Presentations and
Remarks on international law topics (given in English unless otherwise noted):
(53) Xiamen University Institute on South China Sea Studies
(International Symposium on New Developments in the Law of the Sea),
presentation on “The Sponsoring States advisory opinion and applicable law in
the ITLOS” (24 April 2014).
(52) Rhodes Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations”, plenary session
presentation on “competition between and among intrinsic and instrumental
values in competing visions of the world” (5 October 2013).
(50) China Institute on Maritime Affairs conference on South China Sea,
presentation on dispute settlement under UNCLOS (July 2013).
(49) ICRC Regional Workshop, presentation on universal jurisdiction and
chairing of a workshop on the same topic (June 2013), Beijing.
(48) American Society of International Law, 2013 Annual Meeting, Panel
on “Domestic Treatment of Universal Jurisdiction”, presentation titled “A Call
for a More Rigorous Assessment of Universal Jurisdiction” (5 April 2013),
Washington, DC.
(47) Shanghai Jiaotong University Law School
10th Anniversary Lecture Series, The operation of some arguments by analogy in
international law (30 November 2012).
(46) ICRC Expert Consultation on Universal Jurisdiction, presentation
and chairing of a workshop (November 2012).
(45) Rhodes Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations” (4 October 2012), first
plenary session, presentation titled “The International Law of
Co-progressiveness and the Co-progressiveness of Civilizations”.
(44) ILA Study Group on UN Reform, ILC Sofia Conference, Presentation of
the Final Report on ICJ Reform (28 August 2012); and also Committee on
Baselines.
(43) The Hague Academy of International Law, special course titled “Jus cogens at
the International Court of Justice” (July 2012).
(42) Oxford Public International Law Discussion Group, presentation
titled “The Presidency of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and
the ‘National State Extension’ Concern” (17 November 2011).
(40) Plenary Speaker, presentation titled “Asia and International Law: a
New Era of Co-progressiveness”, Asian Society of International Law Biannual
Conference, Beijing (27 August 2011).
(39) Singapore National University Centre for International Law
Conference: panel presentation titled Joint Development Arrangements between
China and Vietnam and between China and Japan; and Plenary Panel on “The Way
Forward” (17 June 2011).
(38) International Conference on Maritime Security (Korea Maritime
Institute, Korea Coast Guard, KORDI, Northeast History Foundation),
presentation titled “The ICJ Judgment in Maritime Delimitation in the Black
Sea” (26 May 2011).
(37) Macau Government, Bureau of Law Reform and International Law, 2
lectures (April 2011).
(36) Macau University, Lecture on “The International Law Mindset” (April
2011).
(35) Hong Kong University, Lecture on State Immunities and the Congo
Case (March 2011).
(34) German Southeast Asian Center for Excellence for Public Policy and
Good Governance (22-23 January 2011), on “ambiguous defenses” under the Rome
Statute of the ICC.
(33) Korea International Seminar on International Dispute Settlement,
presentation titled “Preparatory Work in the LaGrand
case” (September 2010).
(32) The ILA, The Hague Conference, Preliminary Report on ICJ Reform
Proposals, before the Study Group on UN Reform (August 2010).
(31) The Hague Week at the Dutch Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo:
Keynote Speech (June 2010), sustainable development and China.
(30) Hong Kong Department of Justice (International Law Division) (2010:
3 lectures).
(29) UN/Chinese Foreign Ministry Workshop on the Law of Treaties (2009:
2 lectures) on member responsibility and dynamic interpretation of vague
phrases in treaties.
(28) The Hague Academy of International External Programme,
Beijing (2009) on the law and policy of the environmental impact statement.
(24) Asian Society of International Law, Tokyo Conference (August 2009),
as commentator at the plenary on the promotion of the international law of
co-progressiveness.
(18) Romanian Foreign Ministry and Bucharest University (March 2008) on
member responsibility and the “multilateralness” of
the ICC.
(15) Innsbruck University Institute of Philosophy (2007), on the
international law of co-progressiveness.
(14)
Renmin University (June 2007), on “member
responsibility” (in Chinese mostly).
(13) United Nations Administrative Tribunal Seminar: concluding remarks
(2007).
(12) Rockefeller Bellagio Center, Italy (2006), on
ICC.
(11) United
Nations Institute for Training and Research Summer Institute (2005), as
commentator, “softer measures for peace”.
(10) New York University
Law School Hauser Scholars Group (April 2005).
(8) United Nations
University Conference (2003), on regional perspectives and regional mechanisms
on enforcement of human rights law.
(7) Japanese
Society of International Law, International Symposium (2003), on concept of
human rights in Asia.
(6) Conference
in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of St Petersburg,
Russia, organized by the Law Faculty of the St Petersburg State University and
the Russian Association of International Law (June 2003), on forum prorogatum (Forum
prorogatum returns to the International Court of
Justice).
(5)
Waseda University Graduate School of Law, Tokyo
(2001) on Article 16 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
(4) Peking University
Law School, Beijing (100th anniversary of the founding celebration, 2004 (in
Chinese); previously 2001), on the perfect rule of law.
(2) Oxford
Public International Law Group (2000 (at the Old Library, All Souls College) on
Opinio
juris;
and Nov. 1999, on judicial review of UNSC decisions).
(1)
Cambridge University at an LLM seminar (by Dr. C.D. Gray) (1998), on the ICTY.