Asian Society of International Law

The Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) is a region-wide forum for interaction among scholars and practitioners of public and private international law either based in or interested in Asia.^[1] It was established in April 2007 at an inaugural meeting at the National University of Singapore.^[2][3]

Mandate

The Society is an international non-partisan, non-profit, and non-governmental organization with the following objectives:

• To promote research, education and practice of international law by serving as a centre of activities among international law scholars and practitioners in Asia and elsewhere, in a spirit of partnership with other relevant international, regional and national societies and organizations;
• To foster and encourage Asian perspectives of international law; and
• To promote awareness of and respect for international law in Asia.^[4]

Officeholders

The first president of the Society (2007–2009) was Hisashi Owada, former President of the International Court of Justice.^[5]

The current president of the Society is Shirley Scott.^[6]

S/N	President	Country	Term of office
1.	OWADA Hisashi	Japan	2007–2009
2.	XUE Hanqin	China	2009–2011
3.	V.S. Mani	India	2011–2013
4.	Surakiart Sathirathai	Thailand	2013–2015
5.	PAIK Jin-Hyun	South Korea	2015–2017
6.	Harry Roque	Philippines	2017–2019
7.	Shirley Scott	Australia	2019-2021
8.	Hikmahanto Juwana	Indonesia	2021-2023

The current Secretary-General of the Society is Antony Anghie.^[7]

S/N	Secretary-General	Country	Term of office
1.	Tan Cheng Han	Singapore	2007–2011
2.	Simon Chesterman	Australia	2012–2017
3.	Antony Anghie	Sri Lanka	2017-

Publications

In 2011, the Society launched its official journal, the Asian Journal of International Law, published by Cambridge University Press.^[8]

Biennial Meetings

The Society organizes major conferences every two years. Meetings have thus far been held in:

• Singapore (2007)
• Tokyo (2009)
• Beijing (2011)
• New Delhi (2013)
• Bangkok (2015)
• Seoul (2017)
• Manila (2019)
• Canberra (to take place in 2021)

References

1. "AsianSIL – Asian Society of International Law". Retrieved 27 July 2020.
2. "Inaugural Conference of the Asian Society of International Law". Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
3. Speech by George Yeo, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Opening Dinner of the Inaugural Conference of the Asian Society of International Law on 7 April 2007 Archived 2 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
4. Constitution of the Asian Society of International Law, art 2.
5. "Current Members | International Court of Justice". Icj-cij.org. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
6. "Governing Bodies – AsianSIL". Retrieved 27 July 2020.
7. "Governing Bodies – AsianSIL". Retrieved 27 July 2020.
8. Asian Journal of International Law.

External links

• Official website