The Asian Yearbook of International Law is produced by the Foundation for the Development of International Law in Asia (DILA) and is a major refereed publication dedicated to international law issues as seen primarily from an Asian perspective. The articles are written by experts from the region and elsewhere.

B.S. Chimni is Professor in the School of International Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.

Miyoshi Masahiro is Professor Emeritus of International Law at Aichi University, Japan.

Thio Li-ann is Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore where she teaches public international law, constitutional law and human rights law.

Introduction Articles The Unfinished Business of Human Rights Protection and the Increasing Threat of International Terrorism Ben Chigara. Special Feature: Selected Papers, International Symposium of the Asian Society of International Law, 7-8 April 2007. International law in Asia: The Limits to the Western Constitutionalist and Liberal Doctrines Jean d'Aspremont. Regional Integration and the Promotion and Protection of Democracy in Asia: Lessons from ASEAN Richard Burchill Export of War: Issues of Individual Criminal and State Responsibility H. Harry L. Roque, Jr "As if" Acting under Chapter VII of the UN Charter?: Rigidity of the Threshold Between Chapter VII and non-Chapter VII Sakai Hironobu. The Role of IMO Resolutions in Ocean Law and Policy in the Asia-Pacific Mary George Legal Materials State Practice of Asian Countries in the Field of International Law Developments The 2007 ASEAN Charter and Human Rights Thio Li-ann. Note on State Immunity, Singapore Case. Note on CEDAW and Malaysian Practice Literature: Book Reviews "The Failure to Prevent Genocide in Rwanda: The Role of Bystanders, Transnational Publishers", Nao Seoka, Fred Grunfeld and Anke Huijboom - reviewed by Nao Seoka. "Minority Rights in Asia: A Comparative Legal Analysis", Joshua Castellino & Elvira Doninguez Redondon - reviewed by Thio Li-ann. "The Struggle against Enforced Disappearance and the 2007 United Nations Convention", Tullio Scovazzi & Gabriella Citroni - reviewed by K.I. Vibhute. "Towards New Global Strategies: Public Goods and Human Rights", Eds. Erik André Andersen and Birgit Lindsnaes - reviewed by Tan Liang Ying. "European Yearbook of Minority Issues, vol.5, 2005/2006". Ed. by European Centre for Minority Issues & The European Academy - reviewed by Surendra Bhandari Literature: Survey of Literature