The Deputy Secretary for Justice, Mr Cheung Kwok-kwan, continued his talk to to Europe. On March 7 (Vienna time), he arrived at Vienna, Austria, to toughen co-operation with the United Nations Rate on World Change Law (UNCITRAL), in particular the promotion of online dispute resolution (ODR) below the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and the nurturing of Hong Kong’s talents within the be conscious of international-linked excellent affairs, with a interrogate to contributing to the nation’s relevant work and consolidating Hong Kong’s keep because the centre for world excellent and dispute resolution providers within the Asia-Pacific plight.

     Mr Cheung met with the Secretary of the UNCITRAL, Ms Anna Joubin-Bret, to focus on further collaboration between the 2 facets. The meeting agreed to retain in Hong Kong the fifth Asia Pacific Judicial Summit on November 6 and 7 this year, enabling judges and extremely most animated practitioners of somewhat a few areas to procure to alternate views on somewhat a few matters, such as dispute resolution on investment. The occasion could even be one of many highlights of this year’s Hong Kong Good Week, which is ready to garner consideration from the Asia-Pacific plight’s judiciaries and extremely most animated communities.

     The UNCITRAL, the core excellent body of the United Nations plot within the condominium of world substitute law, has been working in industrial law reform worldwide for over 50 years with a interrogate to harmonising and modernising somewhat a few world industrial guidelines. It has been working closely with the Department of Justice (DoJ) in recent years, along side the distance up of the Inclusive World Good Innovation Platform on ODR (iGLIP on ODR) to facilitate learn on ODR-linked considerations.

     Mr Cheung wired that the DoJ hooked up the utmost significance to the co-operation with the three celebrated world organisations on non-public world law, among which is the UNCITRAL. Hence, the DoJ made up our minds to talk to those organisations in its first foreign talk to after Hong Kong has resumed normalcy, with a interrogate to deepening mutual co-operation.

     He expressed his gratitude to the UNCITRAL for its increase in its secondment programme with the DoJ, which enables DoJ officers to take hold of piece within the UNCITRAL’s work and toughen their data of world excellent matters, strengthening Hong Kong’s potential in international-linked excellent affairs.

     He changed into as soon as also contented to learn that the seconded DoJ officers with journey within the final law comprise performed a obvious characteristic within the work of the UNCITRAL, highlighting that this changed into as soon as a shimmering instance of Hong Kong’s inspiring strengths below “one nation, two programs”.

     Mr Cheung also called on the Everlasting E-book and Ambassador Unparalleled and Plenipotentiary of the Folk’s Republic of China to the United Nations Place of work at Vienna and Other World Organizations in Vienna, Mr Li Song, and the Ambassador Unparalleled and Plenipotentiary of the Folk’s Republic of China to the Republic of Austria, Ms Qi Mei. He updated them of essentially the most stylish excellent trends in Hong Kong, and took the chance to learn the hot location in somewhat a few facets of the United Nations and Austria.

     After a day’s dwell in Vienna, Mr Cheung has departed for Geneva, Switzerland, this day (March 8, Vienna time) to continue his talk to.

Ends/Wednesday, March 8, 2023

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