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CLDP in Action

April 2018

Iraq Guide for Drafting International Arbitration Clauses

Iraq Guide for Drafting International Arbitration Clauses
In an effort to promote foreign investment in Iraq, the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), created jointly with Iraqi officials, an Arbitration Guidebook to help Iraqi lawyers in the governme
Iraq

West Bank: CLDP hosts a dialogue between Entrepreneurship Working Group and Government on Fostering Innovation

The Palestinian Authority is in the process of reforming laws and regulations in order to improve its World Bank Doing Business Ranking.  Currently, the IP and Company’s Law are being re-drafted.  On April 4, 2018, CLDP, in collaboration with the Entrepreneurship Working Group, hosted a

Intellectual Property The Middle East & North Africa

West Bank: CLDP Provides Technical Consultations on the Palestinian Draft Competition Law

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On April 4-5, CLDP, in cooperation with the Ministry of National Economy and the National Steering Committee on Competition, hosted a two-day workshop to review the current draft Competition Law. Tim Hughes, an international competition expert from the Federal Trade Commission joined public

The Middle East & North Africa

ELSA WTO Trade Law Moot Bangkok, Thailand

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On April 2-9, CLDP sponsored Afghan law students from Dunia University and Sri Lankan law students from the Sri Lanka Law College to participate in the ELSA WTO Regional Trade Law Moot (Trade Law Moot) in Bangkok, Thailand.

Sri Lanka

Tunisia: Handicraft Export Guide

The Guidebook

Second only to agriculture in terms of employment, the handicraft sector in Tunisia is essential for income distribution and job growth across socio-economic levels, in particular with respect to women, who constitute 80% of the handicraft sector.

Trade Tunisia