Video montage of the Fiji Asia-Pacific Conference on the Promotion of Gender-Responsive Judicial Systems.

On 18 August, ADB and the Trade Training and Research Institute (TTRI) of the Ministry of Commerce co-organized an e-learning workshop on e-commerce via the website of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI).

On 12 July, General Counsel Thomas Clark addressed UN member states, representatives from international organizations and international legal community at the UNCITRAL Colloquium on Climate Change and the Law of International Trade which explored the private international law aspects of climate change

ADB, Cambodia’s MOC and DFDL conduct stakeholders' consultation on draft prakas on the Code of Conduct on E-Commerce last May 23-24, 2023.

ADB, Cambodia’s MOC and DFDL conduct stakeholders' consultation on draft prakas on the Code of Conduct on E-Commerce On 23-24 May, Phnom Penh-- ADB, in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) and DFDL Law, conducted a 2-day stakeholders’ consultation workshop on the draft prakas on the Code of Conduct on the Intermediaries and E-Commerce Service Providers (prakas) pursuant to Cambodia’s Law on E-Commerce, supported under the Office of General Counsel's Law and Policy Reform Program.

The Capacity Building Symposium on Forest and Protected Areas Legislation and Jurisprudence is aimed at the decision takers and change makers in the fields of judiciary, executive and legislature to acquaint them with the intricacies of forest and protected areas laws while giving them a penumbral overview of the science behind the same.

General Counsel Thomas Clark, on 6 April, addressed the IIF’s Transitional Finance Workshop and Sustainable Finance Summit in Tokyo. GC Clark stressed the need to deploy public sector funds to leverage the significant amounts of private capital required to achieve net zero in Asia and the Pacific.

On 24 February 2023, ADB won the Outstanding Industry Collaboration Award given by the Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia (IBFIM) in Kuala Lumpur. IBFIM recognized ADB's efforts to stengthen the capacity of Philippine regulators and private sector participants through the Islamic Finance in the Philippines Technical Assistance, supported by the Office of the General Counsel's Law and Policy Reform Program.

The National Strategy on Climate Change of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic embodies the country's vision to 2050 for addressing climate change, as well as its strategy and programs of actions towards this end until 2030.

On 17 February, an MOU signing ceremony was held with CD Jyotsana Varma and Minister of Justice Excellency Koeut Rith to mark an important step towards operationalizing Cambodia's first commercial court which is a top priority of the MOJ.