U.S. Supports Strengthening High-Level Legal Networks in ASEAN
Over 70 judges and justice ministry officials from throughout ASEAN gathered at a U.S.-supported ASEAN legal and judicial cooperation workshop in Cambodia this week for an unprecedented exchange of ideas on the rule of law in the ASEAN region. Representatives from the ASEAN Senior Law Officials Meeting (ASLOM), ASEAN Member State judicial bodies, and the ASEAN Secretariat discussed such challenges as national implementation of international treaties, the nature of ASEAN law, transnational crime, justice administration, international arbitration, and trade and investment law. …
