REMINDER: Registration Deadline Approaching (2011 ILA Asia-Pacific Regional Conference)

Registration Deadline Approaching (2011 ILA Asia-Pacific Regional Conference)
Taipei, Taiwan – May 29 to June 1, 2011

The 2011 International Law Association (ILA) Asia-Pacific Regional Conference will take place in Taipei, Taiwan from May 29 to June 1, 2011. The conference theme is “Contemporary International Law Issues in the Asia Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges.” The registration deadline is May 10, 2011.

The keynote speakers are Judge Helmut Tuerk (Vice President, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, ITLOS) and Professor David Caron (President, American Society of International Law). Other speakers include President Ying-jeou Ma (President, Republic of China), Lord Mance (Justice, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom), Professor Nicolaas Schrijver (President, International Law Association), Judges Albert Hoffmann, Jin-Hyun Paik and Shunji Yanai of the ITLOS, scholars and government legal advisors from various ILA branches. The ILA Research Committee on Recognition and Non-Recognition will also convene at the conference.

The tentative conference program is available at http://www.cils.nccu.edu.tw/ila2011tw/Program.htm. Questions can be directed to Professor Pasha Hsieh by email (ila@nccu.edu.tw).