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

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications (MDDC) of Mongolia, conducted further stakeholder consultation on the draft report on e-commerce law in Mongolia last 20 January 2023 as part of the Technical Assistance on Enabling a Conducive Environment for the Digital Economy of the Law and Policy Reform of ADB.

In this webinar, ADB's expert panel talks about the prospect of innovative agriculture finance products for ADB’s developing member countries and what it will take to make them work to help farmers increase their production capacity to help address the food insecurity crisis.

ELAC and Gerthie work together with civil society groups to educate indigenous people and local communities to protect their sources of food, water and livelihoods.

In Bangladesh, Professor Nazrul Islam is creating a new generation of environmental law champions while Goldman Environmental Prize winner Seyada Rizwana Hassan and her team of environmental defenders file and have won landmark cases.

Surachai and Supaporn from EnLaw were working for a human rights law firm when they were assigned a case which turned into one of Thailand’s most notable cases of environmental litigation where ethnic villagers prevailed.

View the Renessans TV News Coverage of the hybrid conference, Prospects of Development of International Commercial Arbitration, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 12 April 2022. ADB and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy convened a conference on the development of international commercial arbitration in Uzbekistan, following the enactment of the Law on International Commercial Arbitration (ICA Law) which was supported by ADB. The conference was attended by representatives of the Oliy Majlis, Supreme Court, Higher School of Judges, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment, academia, legal community, and private sector.

This session examines the growth of public interest environmental law and opportunities for the future.

The session looks at the role of environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs), SLAPPs suits and the emerging issues between human rights and environmental protection.

Opening Remarks by ARIEL Director Matthew Baird and a welcoming address by Joan Carling.