Moderator: Prof. Alex Oude Elferink, Director of Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS)

Speaker:

1. Prof. Robert G. Volterra, Partner of Volterra Fietta (Law Firm), UK

Topic: The State obligation to exercise self-restraint, no threat and no use of force in undelimited maritime areas under Articles 74(3) and 83(3) of UNCLOS

2. Prof. Jonathan Odom, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, U.S.

Topic: A “Rules-Based Approach” to Enhance Maritime Safety in the SCS

3. Mr. Abd Rahim Hussin, Former Undersecretary, National Security Council, Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia; Adjunct Associate Professor, University New South Wales (UNSW)

Topic: International Law: Rights and Obligations on Search and Rescue

4. Prof. Michael Sheng-ti Gau, Institute of Law of the Sea, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan

Topic: The Prospects for the Sino-Philippine Arbitration on the South China Sea (U-Shaped Line) Dispute