CENTRAL ASIA CLDP facilitates meetings of expert level working groups comprised of relevant interested stakeholders from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Aligning with the goals of the U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, the C5+1 Platform, and other U.S. government initiatives, the working groups seek to promote regional approaches...

On May 12, 2022, CLDP convened the first formal meeting of a working group on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the South Caucasus. The mission of the new working group, which consists of members from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, is to help make ADR an affordable, available, and effective...

On May 13, 2022, CLDP and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Georgia co-hosted the Eastern Europe & CIS International Arbitration Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia. The conference was attended by leading arbitration specialists from within and outside of Georgia, including the President of...

On March 7-12, CLDP, in cooperation with the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR), the University of Pittsburgh Center for International Legal Education (CILE), and the Royal University for Women (RUW), in additional to other resource partners, hosted the 12th annual Middle East Vis Pre...

On March 7-12, CLDP, alongside resource partners including the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution and the University of Pittsburgh Center for International Legal Education, will the 12th Annual Middle East Vis Pre-Moot. On March 7-9, over 150 students from 36 university teams will participate in...

On March 11-15, in partnership with the Astana International Financial Center's (AIFC) International Arbitration Center (IAC), CLDP held its first Central Asia Vis Pre-Moot for 22 teams, including 7 teams from Central Asia. 11 teams joined in person, with the other 11 joining virtually. The U.S...

CLDP will facilitate the first virtual meeting of a regional working group on alternative dispute resolution (ADR).  The working groups is comprised of ADR professionals from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia and will focus on opportunities for regional collaboration on ADR issues. The initial meeting...

On March 4-6, CLDP, in coordination with Arbitration Initiative Georgia, will host the 11th Annual Tbilisi Vis Pre-Moot, a hybrid simulated oral advocacy competition that helped law students from the Caucasus prepare for the 29th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. As the...

On January 11, CLDP, in cooperation with the Bahrain Judicial and Legal Studies Institute, International Dispute Resolution Specialists, and United Nations Commission on International Trade and Law (UNCITRAL), conducted a workshop on the provisions and value of the Singapore Mediation Convention...

On March 21-22, 2022, CLDP, in coordination with the Centre for Judicial and Prosecutorial Training of Republika Srpska and the Centre for Judicial and Prosecutorial Training of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), conducted a two-day workshop on the Enforcement of International Sales Contracts for Bosnian...