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ADB Co-Organized Second ASEAN Environmental Law Conference
Over 4,500 participants attended the three-day conference covering 15 sessions on the myriad of environmental and social challenges facing the ASEAN region. The conference brought together development partners, civil society organizations, judges, academia, lawyers, private sector and other interested stakeholders from 66 countries to discuss legal, policy and community-based actions to transform principles of environmental law into practice.
ADB Partners with the Philippine Judicial Academy
The ADB Law and Policy Reform Program team met with the newly appointed Chancellor Rosmari Carandang and her team from the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA) and representatives from the Supreme Court to discuss capacity building of special commercial court judges and inclusion of courses on environment and climate change into the judicial education program.
ADB Partners with Timor-Leste Office of the Prosecutor General for More Effective Handling of Gender-Based Violence Cases
On 25 January 2022, His Excellency Alfonso Lopez, the Prosecutor General of Timor Leste and the ADB Office of the General Counsel's Law and Policy Reform Program team discussed their cooperation on the development of customized training modules for prosecutors; development of standard operating procedures to assist in evidence gathering for gender-based violence (GBV) cases; prosecution strategies that understand, support and protect GBV survivors and thoughtfully interact with vulnerable witnesses; expansion of knowledge about the causes and consequences of GBV; and advocacy tools to sensitively reach out to intended stakeholders and audiences while building greater confidence in the formal justice system.
ADB Supports Cambodian Judges Workshop on International Commercial Arbitration
ADB's Law and Policy Reform Program supported an international commercial arbitration workshop for Cambodian judges convened by the National Commercial Arbitration Centre (NCAC) and the Ministry of Justice on 25 November via Zoom.
Train-the-Trainers Country Focal Points Convened for the 3rd Virtual Roundtable
ADB’s Train-the-Trainers (TTT) Country Focal Points (CFPs) composed of senior professors from 12 countries across Asia convened on 25 October 2021 for a 3rd Virtual Roundtable to discuss developments around environmental and climate change laws and legal education.
Train-the-Trainers Country Focal Points' Virtual Meeting
The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Train-the-Trainers Country Focal Points (CFPs) comprising senior professors from 12 countries across Asia convened on 25 October 2021 for a Third Virtual Roundtable to discuss developments around environmental and climate change laws and legal education.
ASEAN Chief Justices Recognize ADB as a Key Development Partner
At the 9th Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (CACJ) meeting on 7 October 2021, the ASEAN Chief Justices adopted a declaration calling on its Working Group on Judicial Education and Training to collaborate with ADB and submitted an implementation plan for CACJ's approval.
ADB Discussed Capacity Building on Gender-Based Violence Cases with Timor-Leste Legal and Judicial Training Center
Judge Antonino Gonçalves, Director of the Legal and Judicial Training Center, met with the ADB Team to discuss customized training modules for judges and prosecutors.
ADB Supports the Parliament of Fiji to Pass Transformative Climate Change Act
ADB assists the Government of Fiji to draft a transformative Climate Change Act. The act provides a comprehensive framework using a "whole-of-economy" approach that will guide Fiji's response to climate change and help it progress toward its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
ADB Partnered with Philippines Legal Education Board on Environmental Law Curriculum Development and Capacity Building
ADB's General Counsel Thomas Clark opened the 22 September 2021 launch of the Philippine Environmental Law Teachers Training Program which supported the Legal Education Board’s recent reform initiative providing for mandatory teaching of environmental law.