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December 2018

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Dear members,

What a year it has been! As 2018 draws to a close, it is only fitting that we recollect a

few of the significant events for LAWASIA over the past 12 months ...

 

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UPCOMING EVENTS

»   LAWASIA Employment Law Forum

   25-26 Jan 2019 | Denarau, Fiji

»    1st LAWASIA Human Rights Conference

   9-10 Feb 2019 | New Delhi, India

  Register now at special early bird rates

»    LAWASIA Business Law Forum

   14-16 Mar 2019 | Manila, Philippines

 

»    LAWASIA Risk Management & PII Conference

   31 May - 1 Jun 2019 | Hong Kong SAR

 

»    32nd LAWASIA Conference

   5-8 Nov 2019 | Hong Kong SAR

 

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LAWASIA ADVOCACY

LAWASIA observers visit Sri

Lanka; praise judiciary

As Sri Lanka awaits another historic

judgement to be given by the ...

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Statement on acquittal of Asia

Bibi and Pakistan protests

LAWASIA notes that, on 31 October

2018, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ...

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Statement of concern on violence

against lawyers in Philippines

LAWASIA expresses deep concern over

the continuous violence and threats ...

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LAWASIA resolution on the death

penalty

Resolution adopted by the LAWASIA

Council on 2 Nov 2018 in Siem Reap ...

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Just released: Special allocation of early bird tickets now available to international

delegates.

TOP STORIES

Teacher's Pet: can a podcast

change a murder case?

If it wasn’t for the 28 million people

who have downloaded the podcast ...

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NGOs urge Thailand to drop

actions against rights defenders

We, the 16 undersigned organizations,

call on the Thai authorities and ...

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Japan enacts law opening door

wider to foreign labour

With Japan on track to open its doors

wider to foreign workers to address ...

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A tinge of green in Cambodia:31st LAWASIA Conference

More than 500 legal professionals from

around the world descended on ...

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NOTICEBOARD

 

»    Meet the 2018-2019 Executive Committee

Click here to view the quick reference PDF, or browse the ExCo profiles on the

LAWASIA website here. 

 

»    Notice of office closure

The Secretariat will be closed over the holiday period from 22 December 2018

to 6 January 2019, with staff returning on Monday, 7 January 2019.

 

»    Best wishes from LAWASIA

A New Year's message to our members (click to view).

CONFERENCE UPDATES

Report: 31st LAWASIA

Conference | Siem Reap 2018

The 31st LAWASIA Conference took

place at the Sofitel Angkor Phokeethra

Golf & Spa Resort, Siem Reap,

Cambodia, from 2-5 November 2018 ...

 

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Conference photos available to

delegates via Dropbox

Photographs from the 2018 annual

conference are available online via

Dropbox. A limited album has also been

posted to the LAWASIA Facebook page.

 

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OTHER LEGAL EVENTS

 

»    Doing Business in and with the Emerging Markets

  UIA Foreign Investment Commission and Tokyo Bar Association

  28-30 Mar 2019 | Tokyo, JAPAN

 

»    IPBA Annual Meeting and Conference

   'Technology, Business and Law - Global Perspectives'

   25-27 Apr 2019 | SINGAPORE

 

»    AIJA Half Year Conference

   International Association of Young Lawyers

   22-25 May 2019 | HONG KONG SAR

 

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IN NUMBERS

Gender equality and the SGDs in

the Asia Pacific

The ADB-UN Women Report is the first

comprehensive review of the status ...

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