Brief Biodata

Dr Thio Li-ann teaches and has published widely in the fields of public international law, human rights law, constitutional and administrative law. Formerly Chief Editor, Singapore Journal of International & Comparative Law (2000-2003), she is currently General Editor, Asian Yearbook of International Law, on the editorial board of the International Journal of Constitutional Law, Journal of East Asia and International Law, National Taiwan University Law Review and on the Advisory Board of the New Zealand Yearbook of International Law, Australian Journal of Asian law and International Law & Human Rights Discourse. She has taught courses at the law faculties of Hong Kong University and the University of Melbourne. A leading Singapore constitutional scholar, she co-authored Constitutional Law in Malaysia and Singapore (Butterworths, 1997) and co-edited Evolution of a Revolution: 40 Years of the Singapore Constitution (Routledge-Cavendish, 2009), both with Kevin YL Tan. She was an expert witness before the Australian Federal Court and academic freedom consultant to the University of Warwick (2005). She was twice ranked an NUS Excellent Teacher and received the NUS Young Researcher Award in 2004. From Jan 2007-July 2009, Professor Thio was a Nominated Member of Parliament (Eleventh Session).