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In Kazakhstan, opening up procurement boosts public oversight and prevents millions in wasteful spending

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge: Despite ongoing government reforms, corruption and inefficient spending remains pervasive in Kazakhstan’s public procurement. Finally, the Anti-Corruption Agency is proactively supporting the development of civic monitoring and has agreed to cooperate with the civil society coalition to monitor procurement.

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Public procurement (entry for an Encyclopaedia)

How to Crack a Nut

However, as the pervasive abuses of direct awards under the emergency conditions generated by the covid pandemic evidenced in virtually all jurisdictions, dispensing with those requirements, checks and balances comes with a very high price tag for taxpayers in terms of corruption, favouritism, and wastage of public funds.

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Interviews with Our Editors: In Conversation with Datuk Sundra Rajoo, Director of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)

Kluwer Arbitration

Even though I was resoundingly vindicated by the Malaysian High and Federal Courts in a process that ended in April 2021, AIAC and I now face the challenge of making up for AIAC’S loss of high value and international cases over the past few years. The 2023 Rules are crafted to be in close alignment with the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.

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The Double Hatting Paradox in Investment Arbitration: Justification For Abolition?

Kluwer Arbitration

This illustrates the possibility of an arbitrator getting influenced by his counsel role in other cases. Interestingly, Article 11 has introduced “justifiable doubts” as the standard of disclosure which has its original basis in the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 2021. However, Eiser already made these requirements obligatory.

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Mongolia: Investment Related Developments in the Mining Sector

Kluwer Arbitration

Indeed in 2021, the Prime Minister of Mongolia reaffirmed Mongolia’s commitment to a stable and attractive investment environment and extended apologies to foreign investors for past uncertainties and challenges.

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The Revised IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest: A Call to Action for Parties and Counsel?

Kluwer Arbitration

This issue was addressed in a 2021 Blog post by Panagiotis Kyriakou and Charlène Thommen, which commented on the Swiss Federal Tribunal’s (“SFT”) revision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”) award in WADA v. The first addition (“a person or entity over which a party has a controlling influence”) is easy to explain.

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Is the Last Bastion of State Immunity Under Siege? Some Reflections on the English High Court’s Decision in General Dynamics v Libya

Kluwer Arbitration

Waiver of Execution Immunity Under the SIA The increasing acceptance of the doctrine of restrictive immunity has influenced how municipal courts treat arbitration agreements entered into by States and State-owned entities (“SOEs”). That said, the ‘double waiver’ argument has not been received well, at least under English law.