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The first President of the Society was [[Hisashi Owada]], current President of the [[International Court of Justice]].<ref>http://www.icj-cij.org/court/?p1=1&p2=2&p3=1&judge=13</ref> The current President of the Society is Judge Hanqin Xue, also a member of the [[International Court of Justice]] and until 2010 China's Ambassador to [[ASEAN]] and member of the [[International Law Commission]].<ref>http://law.nus.edu.sg/asiansil/govbodies.htm</ref> |
The first President of the Society was [[Hisashi Owada]], current President of the [[International Court of Justice]].<ref>http://www.icj-cij.org/court/?p1=1&p2=2&p3=1&judge=13</ref> The current President of the Society is Judge Hanqin Xue, also a member of the [[International Court of Justice]] and until 2010 China's Ambassador to [[ASEAN]] and member of the [[International Law Commission]].<ref>http://law.nus.edu.sg/asiansil/govbodies.htm</ref> |
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In 2011, the Society launched its flagship publication, the ''[[Asian Journal of International Law]]'', which is published by [[Cambridge University Press]].<ref>[http://www.AsianJIL.org Asian Journal of International Law].</ref> |
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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 attended by, among others, then-President of the International Court of Justice Dame Rosalyn Higgins and Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo.[2][3]
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, current President of the International Court of Justice.[5] The current President of the Society is Judge Hanqin Xue, also a member of the International Court of Justice and until 2010 China's Ambassador to ASEAN and member of the International Law Commission.[6]
In 2011, the Society launched its flagship publication, the Asian Journal of International Law, which is published by Cambridge University Press.[7]
