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ADB Office of the General Counsel’s Law and Policy Reform Program Convened Virtual Roundtable for Asian Environmental Law Champions
Senior professors and lawyers from across Asia discussed their efforts to bolster environmental legal education and laws as their countries emerged from the COVID pandemic.
Climate Change and the Rights of a Child
Youth climate activists globally have ramped up climate litigation to protect their future. On 11 June 2021, the Human Rights and Climate Change Symposium hosted a panel discussion on Climate Change and the Rights of a Child.
ADB Convened Palau International Commercial Arbitration Workshop
Following Palau’s accession to the New York Convention and the recent enactment of the International Arbitration Act, ADB Office of the General Counsel's Law and Policy Reform Program organized an international commercial arbitration workshop for the Palauan legal community on 7 June 2021 via Zoom.
The Asian Development Bank Hosts The Asia Pacific Judicial Conference on Climate Change: Adjudication in the Time of Covid-19
The emergence of COVID-19 has brought major challenges to all peoples of the world in unexpected ways. Many point to our unabated abuse of nature as the underlying cause of this pandemic. It has amplified numerous existing challenges such as weak health institutions and lack of social protection for the most vulnerable.
The Asian Development Bank Hosts the Second Fiji Judicial Colloquium on International Arbitration
During the Colloquium, Asian Development Bank (ADB) General Counsel (GC) Thomas Clark and ADB Regional Director Masayuki Tachiiri thanked the Hon. Chief Justice and the Fijian judiciary for the strong partnership that ADB and Fiji have built, focused on legal reforms that drive private sector investment and economic opportunity and resilience.
Palau Enacts International Commercial Arbitration Act
Following accession to the New York Convention on 31 March 2020, Palau enacted the implementing law on 29 April 2020, supported by the ADB Office of the General Counsel's Law and Policy Reform Program. The new law establishes a comprehensive and modern legal framework for international arbitration, which has become the preferred way to resolve cross-border commercial disputes.
The Asian Development Bank Hosts the workshop on Climate Change and Its Impact on Vulnerable Groups: Voices of the Child - Advancing Climate Justice in the Pacific
The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Law and Policy Reform Team organized a capacity-building workshop for judges and climate activists during the 84th Extraordinary Session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Samoa on 6 March 2020. Challenges and opportunities in climate litigation involving vulnerable groups, like women and children were discussed.
Welcome Remarks at the Second Asian Judges Symposium on Environment: Natural Capital and the Rule of Law
Welcome remarks by ADB President Takehiko Nakao at the Second Asian Judges Symposium on Environment: Natural Capital and the Rule of Law held in Manila, Philippines on 2 December 2013
Myanmar Conference Recognized as an Outstanding Knowledge Partnership Event
ADB’s Governance Thematic Group (GovTG) awarded the Asia-Pacific Judicial Conference on Environmental and Climate Change Adjudication, held on 29-30 October 2018 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, as an outstanding Knowledge Partnership Event. In awarding ceremonies last 26 March 2019, the GovTG noted the many firsts and achievements of the event.
The Many Firsts of the Asia Pacific Judicial Conference on Environmental and Climate Change Adjudication
The Asia Pacific Judicial Conference on Environmental and Climate Change Adjudication was a continuation of the annual judicial and chief justices’ conferences organized in the ASEAN and SAARC regions since 2011 under the banner of the Asian Judges Network on Environment (AJNE). For the first time, judges from South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Pacific came together to discuss pressing environmental and climate change issues. Judges learned about solutions and success stories to environmental challenges from around the world and explored their role in the age of climate change litigation.