Asian countries encouraged to voice opinion on contemporary legal issues

BEIJING - Asia should play a more active role in the formation and development of international law, said Judge Xue Hanqin, a member of The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Xue, also the president of the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL), is in Beijing for the Society's third biennial conference. The theme is "Asia and International Law: A New Era".

With the rapid economic development taking place now, Asia is exerting more influence in world affairs, economically and politically, especially when the global economy is in the shroud of a debt crisis.