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A high-level delegation from the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) visited ADB headquarters and a special session was held with ADB staff to shed light on important international private law developments relating to private sector development, trade and sustainable development. In particular, the UNIDROIT experts covered legal instruments that can help increase access to credit especially in the agriculture sector and discuss the emergence of digital assets and their implications. ADB and UNIDROIT considered the prospects for these legal instruments in the Asia and the Pacific context and explored collaboration opportunities.
In 2021, upon the request of the LEB, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the United Nations Environment Programme, and the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, supported a 12-week capacity development program for more than 100 legal educators from across the Philippines. This Environmental Law Teachers Online Training Program ran from September 22 to December 8, 2021, and covered curriculum development and best practice in environmental and climate change law teaching.
The Circular laid down the guidelines for banks which are required to adopt a recovery plan linked to their risk management framework, internal capital adequacy assessment process or capital planning, liquidity plans and business contingency plans during periods of extreme stress scenarios.
The Act requires the registration of Subscriber Identity Modules which is used to identify electronic devices to promote its responsible use and penalizes crimes which involve its utilization to commit wrongdoings.
ADB General Counsel Thomas Clark, ADB Law and Policy Program team, and leading Asian judges and academics were invited to the Oslo International Environmental Law Conference to showcase significant innovations in jurisprudence and environmental law education in the Asia-Pacific region.
ADB Office of the General Counsel, through its Law and Policy Reform Program, and the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic, in collaboration with Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Institute, have developed and completed an online training course on e-commerce designed with a view to inform and provide tools to government officials, entrepreneurs, and businesses to enable them to connect to the global community.
Gretchen Aquino of the Asian Development Bank's Office of the General Counsel participated in the panel discussion at the virtual side event at the UN ESCAP Third Ministerial Conference on Regional Cooperation and Integration in Asia and the Pacific.
The Rules were promulgated to prescribe the procedures and guidelines on the arbitration of intra-corporate disputes of corporations.
The Framework prescribes the rules applicable to Bangko Sentral-Supervised Financial Institutions (BSPFis), the third-party service providers of BSPFis, and new players who intend to offer or use an emerging or new technology to deliver financial products or services pertaining to activities under the jurisdiction of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
The Act penalizes acts of sexual violence, abuse and exploitation of children.