Submarine Cables under National and International Law: An Overview

What can be a better way to wrap up the year 2022?

We at the Bangladesh Centre for Ocean Law and Policy - BCOLP are thrilled to invite you to a brand new episode (Episode # 4) of our inaugural webinar series. In this episode, Mohammad Ershadul Karim, PhD, Senior Lecturer of Law at the University of Malaya, Malaysia, will speak on submarine cables' national and international legal regimes. These undersea cables are like the blood vessels of the global telecommunication system. So, the topic for this session is super interesting, important and timely. The session will be delivered via Zoom on Sunday, 25 December 2022, at 20:00 hours (Bangladesh Time) and 22:00 Hours Malaysia Time. Dr Abdullah Al Arif, JSPS postdoctoral fellow at Yokohama City University, Japan, and BCOLP's founder, will make a brief introductory remark. Quazi Omar Foysal, BCOLP's Webinar and Outreach Coordinator, will moderate the session.

If this sounds exciting to you, please register by filling out the form at https://lnkd.in/gK7pePn8, and we will send you the meeting link shortly.

We are excited to meet you at the webinar.

The Interaction between Judicial Settlement of Delimitation and Delineation Procedure by the CLCS: Lessons from the Bay of Bengal

 

Bangladesh Centre for Ocean Law and Policy - BCOLP strongly believes in a rule-based international order and recognizes the central role of the United Nations in establishing such an order. Therefore, being mindful of one of the UN Charter's fundamental principles, the peaceful settlement of disputes, BCOLP invites you to a specially curated third episode of its inaugural webinar series on the occasion of UN Day, 24 October 2022. "The Interaction between Judicial Settlement of Delimitation and Delineation Procedure by the CLCS: Lessons from the Bay of Bengal" - is the session's title.

We are delighted that Dr Makoto Seta, Associate Professor at Yokohama City University, Japan, has kindly agreed to be the speaker for the third episode. Dr Seta has a wealth of experience in ocean governance and the law of the sea. He completed his LLM from the London School of Economics in the UK and PhD from Waseda University in Japan. Dr Seta researched and published extensively on the law of sea and ocean governance.

Dr Abdullah Al Arif, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at Yokohama City University, Japan, and BCOLP's Founder and Director, will give a brief introductory speech. Mr Quazi Omar Foysal, Lecturer at American International University-Bangladesh, will moderate the session.

The webinar will take place on 24 October 2022 at 7:00 pm Bangladesh Time, 6:30 pm Indian Standard Time and 10:00 pm Japan Standard Time.

The session will be delivered via Zoom. Please fill in the following Google Form, and we will send the webinar link to your email shortly. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please get in touch with us via email at bcolp2022@gmail.com. Thank you, and we look forward to e-meeting you at the webinar.

Registration link: https://lnkd.in/g8dXXeqX

Protecting the Marine Environment from Offshore Exploration Activities in the Bay of Bengal: A Case Study of Bangladesh

Bangladesh Centre for Ocean Law and Policy - BCOLP cordially invites you to the second episode of its inaugural webinar series. The second session's title is "Protecting the Marine Environment from Offshore Exploration Activities in the Bay of Bengal: A Case Study of Bangladesh."

We are pleased to announce that Mr Mobarak Hossain, Lecturer, Dhaka International University, has kindly agreed to be the speaker for the second session. Mr Hossain has extensive experience in ocean governance and the law of the sea. He completed his LLB (Hon's) and LLM from Rajshahi University in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Later, he completed a second LLM in international law at South Asian University, New Delhi, and a third LLM in the law of the sea at Ankara University, Turkiye. Mr Hossain adopts the sustainable development approach to legal research and applies the same in analysing challenges for blue governance in the Bay of Bengal. He regularly writes in the top English-language newspapers of Bangladesh, including the Daily Star and the Daily Observer. His research interests include sustainable ocean governance, the law of the sea, the blue economy, environmental aspects of offshore energy exploitation activities and international investment law. Mr Hossain is an Executive Member of BCOLP.

Dr Abdullah Al Arif, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at Yokohama City University (Japan) and BCOLP's Founder and Director, will give a brief introductory speech. Mr Quazi Omar Foysal, Lecturer, American International University-Bangladesh, will moderate the session.

The webinar will take place on 26 September 2022 at 9:00 pm Dhaka Time, 8:30 pm Indian Standard Time and 5:00 pm Central European Summer Time. The session will be delivered via Zoom. Please fill in the following Google Form, and we will send the session's Zoom link to your email shortly. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact us via our email: bcolp2022@gmail.com. Thank you, and we look forward to e-meeting you at the webinar.

Registration link: https://lnkd.in/gG2Eyfue