Dita is an Ocean Law and Policy Researcher at the Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore (NUS). She obtained her first law degree from the University of Indonesia in 2014, and her LLM in Sustainable International Development Law from the University of Washington in 2017 as a Fulbright scholar. She is a Second-Prize Winner of the 2021 Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) Junior Scholar Award. She attended the IFLOS Summer Academy at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in 2018 where she was awarded the prize for the best oral argumentation in the moot court competition. In addition to research, she is active in teaching university students and training government officials as well as participates in ASEAN, IMO and Arctic Council meetings as an observer.
Experience
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2023–presentResearch Fellow, National University of Singapore
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2018–2023Research Associate, National University of Singapore
Education
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2017University of Washington, Master of Laws (LLM)
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2014University of Indonesia, Sarjana Hukum (LLB)
Publications
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2023Threats to Commercial Shipping during International Armed Conflicts: Lessons for Southeast Asia from the Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy Volume 8 (2)
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2023A Quest for Meaning: Interpretation of Article 73(3) of UNCLOS by Indonesian Supreme Court, Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy Volume 8 (1)
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2022Sea Turtles Protection in Southeast Asia: Linkages and Role of Soft Law Instruments in the Implementation of the Law of the Sea Convention, The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law Volume 37 (4)
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2020The Necessity of Indonesia's Measures to Sink Vessels for IUU Fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone, Asian Journal of International Law Volume 10(1)
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2015Should Indonesia Accede to the 1951 Refugee Convention and Its 1967 Protocol?, Indonesia Law Review Volume 5
Professional Memberships
- Singapore Branch of the International Law Association (ILA)
Honours
Second Prize, Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) Junior Scholar Award
- Singapore
- Website
- @dliliansa
- Article Feed
- ORCID
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