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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.
ADB Conducted Consultations with the Royal Academy of Judicial Professions on Developing Capacity Building Programs for Judges
ADB's Law and Policy Reform Team met with authorities from Cambodia's Royal Academy of Judicial Professions (RJAP) to discuss capacity building of new and senior judges on commercial, environmental and climate change disputes.
Promoting Gender-Responsive Judicial Systems in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste Minster of Justice H.E. Dr. Manuel Cãrceres da Costa met with the ADB Team to discuss more effective and efficient handling and adjudication of violence against women and girls cases.
ADB Discussed Collaboration on Judicial Capacity Building with the Council of ASEAN Chief Justices
On 16 September 2021, ADB's Law and Policy Reform Program team gave a presentation to the Judicial Education and Training Working Group of the Council of ASEAN Chief Justices on opportunities for collaboration in key areas of law.
ADB Assists the Lao People's Democratic Republic in Drafting Disaster Management and Climate Change Laws
Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) is a landlocked country with unique geographical regions and conditions resulting in a high risk from natural disasters including floods, droughts, storms, and landslides. The country relies on natural resources and agricultural production with limited disaster prevention, preparedness, and response mechanisms. Climate change further exacerbates these risks across the nation.
ADB Convened Inaugural Uzbekistan Judicial Colloquium
ADB Uzbekistan Resident Mission Deputy Country Director Enrico Pinali made opening remarks and emphasized the important role of the judiciary in the effective implementation of laws with significant development impacts, such as the 2021 Law on International Commercial Arbitration enacted with ADB's assistance to improve the business climate
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.