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Law Association for Asia and the Pacific

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Geographic scope:	Regional Asia Oceania
Country of activity:	United States of America India Lao People's Democratic Republic Cambodia Timor-Leste Indonesia Malaysia Viet Nam China Nepal Afghanistan Democratic People's Republic of Korea United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Fiji Myanmar Sri Lanka Israel Singapore Mongolia Germany Philippines Samoa Pakistan New Zealand Russian Federation Australia Papua New Guinea Bangladesh Thailand Japan Iran (Islamic Republic of) Solomon Islands
Millennium Development Goals:	Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	LAWASIA Mission Statement - to encourage and facilitate regional interaction at all levels amongst law associations, judges, lawyers and others involved in the legal community. OBJECTIVES LAWASIA’s main objective is to foster professional and business relations between law associations, lawyers, businesses and government representatives in the Asia Pacific region. LAWASIA also promotes the rule of law in a diverse range of political, cultural, social and economic contexts throughout the region. Other objectives of LAWASIA include: - to promote the administration of justice, the protection of human rights and the maintenance of the rule of law within the region; - to advance the standard of legal education within the region by all practicable means; to encourage communication and liaison between members in relation to general and specialised areas of law; - to enhance the development of members’ legal practices and their professional and business relations within the region; - to further the diffusion of knowledge of the laws of the various countries within the region; - to promote development of the law in the region; - to advance the science of jurisprudence in all its phases and to promote the study and development of international law and of comparative law; - to promote uniformity within the region in appropriate fields of law; - to further international understanding and goodwill; - to assist and co-operate with international, regional, or other organisations having all or any of the above mentioned objects or similar objects; - to foster relations and intercourse between lawyers and associations and organisations of lawyers within the region; - to uphold and advance the status of the legal profession within the region. - to be an established voice for the interests of the legal community in Asia and the Pacific. - to uphold the rule of law, human rights and universally high standards of legal practice. - to provide quality cross-jurisdictional legal education, available and relevant to all jurisdictions, regardless of capacity and developmental sophistication, with the object of enhancing the quality of the practice of law throughout the region.
Year established:	1966
Year of registration:	1981
Organizational structure:	http://www.lawasia.asn.au/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1443599035228&ssbinary=true
Number and type of members:	Membership: 800-1000 LAWASIA’s primary strength lies in its focus on the Asia Pacific legal community, represented by the law societies and bar associations that form this social unit and are the basis of LAWASIA as an organisation. However, in recognising the burgeoning interest that exists outside the ESCAP region in engaging with its legal profession, the LAWASIA constitution now also allows limited organisational membership from non-ESCAP countries, where these organisations support the objectives, the focus and the work of LAWASIA.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	LAWASIA holds consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, observer status with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and operational relations status with UNESCO.
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Other sources

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