Asian Society of International Law


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

Mandate

The Society is an international non-partisan, non-profit, and non-governmental organization with the following objectives:
The first president of the Society was Hisashi Owada, former President of the International Court of Justice.
The current president of the Society is Shirley Scott.
S/NPresidentCountryTerm of office
1.OWADA Hisashi2007-2009
2.XUE Hanqin2009-2011
3.V.S. Mani2011-2013
4.Surakiart Sathirathai2013-2015
5.PAIK Jin-Hyun2015-2017
6.Harry Roque2017-2019
7.Shirley Scott2019-

The current Secretary-General of the Society is Antony Anghie.
S/NSecretary-GeneralCountryTerm of office
1.Tan Cheng Han2007-2011
2.Simon Chesterman2012-2017
3.Antony Anghie2017-

Publications

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

Biennial Meetings

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