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MAY 2020 | International Law Alerts | Biotechnology / Technology

Asean firms and the future of work The world of work is changing faster than ever, and machine intelligence is at the centre of this change. Most recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has played a leading role in the fight against Covid-19. Scientists have used AI to help predict future outbreak zones, sift through research, and even run simulations on drugs to determine their efficacy. With the unprecedented opportunities that AI is set to create, Southeast Asian businesses are waking up to the idea that if they do not embrace it now, they risk being left behind.

MAY 2020 | International Law Alerts | West Philippine Sea and Arbitration

US destroyer sails through South China Sea waters China claims USS Barry undertook ‘freedom of navigation operation’ in area Beijing claims as under Chinese jurisdiction. Are Beijing’s bold moves in the South China Sea mere opportunism amid Covid-19 or the new normal? China’s renewed assertiveness may be driven by both domestic and external factors as Beijing seeks to bolster support at home for its tough security stance, while showing rival claimants and the US that maritime and sovereignty issues will not be sidelined amid the pandemic China harassment of oil-exploring boats signal to claimants–AMTI China’s harassment of Malaysia’s ongoing oil…

Asian Comparative Law project

Asian Comparative Law project This project will be a publication of papers providing a comparison of laws in certain Asian countries with the laws in the Philippines. Each chapter will be focusing on a specific branch of law in their respective country. There will be two phases: (1) papers focused on Asian laws, and (2) collaboration and comparison with Philippine law. A conference will be the culminating activity where the publication will be launched.

MAY 2019 | International Law Alerts | International Criminal Law

‘Bring it on’ – Philippines’ drug war commander invites probes into killings The top enforcer of a brutal war on drugs in the Philippines on Friday dared prosecutors to go after him for the deaths of thousands of people, after activists warned that his election to the Senate could insulate him from legal action. Ex-ombudsman held at Hong Kong airport Former ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales was held at the Hong Kong airport yesterday for “immigration reason,” in what her supporters believe was in retaliation for her suing Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for environmental crimes in…

MAY 2020 | International Law Alerts | ASEAN

PH cancels hosting of 10th ASEAN Para Games The PSC and Philippine Paralympic Committee agree to cancel the 2020 ASEAN Para Games due to the coronavirus pandemic France allocates 2-M euros for labs in SE Asia, including RITM France is allocating 2 million euros in grants for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response of seven laboratories in Southeast Asia, among them the Philippines’ Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM). As Rohingya Boats Keep Sailing, Southeast Asia Turns a Blind Eye With the coronavirus now an excuse for inaction, the threat to the embattled minority is growing ever sharper. Vietnam steps…

APRIL 2020 | International Law Alerts | Terrorism

Soldiers killed in Sulu clash hailed as heroes Friday’s encounter with the Abu Sayyaf Group in Patikul, Sulu, was the deadliest battle the military has fought in a long while, says the Philippine Army

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