Jaya Appalasamy

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 9th General Meeting of the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) will be held virtually (via Zoom) on Friday, 15 September 2023 at Singapore Time 4.00pm. Members who are unable to attend the 9th General Meeting may appoint a proxy. You may download the proxy form here. The Zoom…

The Paik Choong-Hyun Prize will be awarded by the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) on a biennial basis. The Prize is designed to honour the memory of Professor Paik Choong-Hyun (1938-2007), who was Professor of International Law at Seoul National University, Korea (1968-2004); Dean of its Law Faculty, Vice President for Academic Affairs and…

International Workshop “Developing Robust Ocean Regimes for Uncertain Futures” 28 April 2023, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University In his 2022 Ho Rih Hwa Leadership Lecture at Singapore Management University, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister of Singapore, eloquently described a world that has entered a “long perfect storm”. Minister Shanmugaratnam highlights foreboding…

We are pleased to announce the launch of AsianSIL Voices: the Blog of the Asian Society of International Law. The broad purposes of the blog are to promote dialogue and discussion of all aspects of international law, ranging from current developments to the history and theory of the discipline. We welcome unsolicited contributions from academics,…

On 5 November 2021 the General Assembly and the Security Council of the United Nations elected Professor Hilary Charlesworth as Member of the Court. Read more here. AsianSIL congratulates Professor Hilary Charlesworth, our Editorial Board Member of the Asian Journal of International Law and distinguished member of the AsianSIL Prize Committee.

Announcement for AsianSIL members Please be advised that due to the global COVID-related logistics disruption, while the forthcoming AsianJIL electronic issue 10.2 will be published online as usual, the print copies will be delayed. Thank you for your understanding.

Professor Antony Anghie, Secretary General of AsianSIL, has been elected as membre associé to the prestigious Institut de Droit International. The Institute of International Law was founded on 8 September 1873 at the Ghent Town Hall in Belgium. Eleven international lawyers of renown decided to join together to create an institution independent of any governmental influence which would be…

The Asian Society of International Law regrets to announce the passing of its Advisory Council Member, Professor Onuma Yasuaki. Professor Onuma was Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo, and Visiting Professor of Cambridge University, University of Paris I, Peking University, Tsinghua University and others. He criticized the fundamental way of traditional West-centric international law,…

The Asian Journal of Comparative Law (AsJCL) is the leading forum for research and discussion of the law and legal systems of Asia. It embraces work that is theoretical, empirical, socio-legal, doctrinal or comparative that relates to one or more Asian legal systems, as well as work that compares one or more Asian legal systems…

The Society is delighted that Judge Paik Jin-Hyun, our Society’s immediate past President, has been elected as the current President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for the period 2017 to 2020. We convey our warm good wishes and congratulations to Judge Paik on his appointment to this distinguished position! For…

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