Asian Development Bank Supports the Operationalization of Cambodia's First Commercial Court
Asian Development Bank Country Director Jyotsana Varma and Minister of Justice, His Excellency Koeut Rith, signed the memorandum of understanding, marking an important step towards operationalizing Cambodia's first commercial court, a top priority of the Ministry of Justice.
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Frictionless Justice for Gender-Based Violence
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Fiji has long faced high rates of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). While there has been legislative and constitutional mandates to ensure GBV responsiveness, victims still face cultural, informational, institutional and procedural barriers that impede them from accessing justice.
Webinar Series: Optimizing e-Learning Materials for Teaching Environmental Law - Part 2
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In the webinar, Prof. Amanda Kennedy from the Queensland University of Technology’s Faculty of Law spoke on optimizing e-Learning resources she has developed on the core principles of environmental law. The webinar focused on parts 4-6 of the e-learning modules.
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ADB Convened Cambodia’s First Commercial Courts Symposium
ADB and the Ministry of Justice held Cambodia’s first-ever Commercial Courts Symposium on operationalizing effective and efficient commercial courts. The Symposium convened over 120 senior government officials, judges, business leaders and international experts to exchange knowledge about experiences and lessons learned in developing commercial courts around the world.
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Siem Reap, Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic In-Country Training
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Law professors representing institutions from Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic
Republic were trained at the 6th In-Country Train-the-Trainers workshop.
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Cambodia Commercial Courts Symposium
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ADB and Cambodia’s Ministry of Justice will hold a symposium, Operationalizing Effective and Efficient Commercial Courts – Sharing Experiences on Good Practices, Challenges and Lessons Learned in Phnom Penh on 28 November 2022 at the Raffles Hotel Le Royal.
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Manila, Philippines: Second Regional Training
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The second regional Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program at ADB headquarters trained university professors and lecturers from the Greater Mekong Subregion countries, including Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the Upper Mekong Region of PRC.
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ADB hosts In-Country Training in Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Law professors representing institutions from Sri Lanka and India were trained at the 8th In-Country Train-the-Trainer (TTT) workshop.
Malaysia In-Country Training
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Held at National University of Malaysia was the first ever in-country Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program.
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Country Focal Points Roundtable - Manila, Philippines
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Country focal points gathered to discuss the requirements and next steps for the State of Environmental Law Report and the next phase of the Developing Environment Law Champions Project.