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A red light for corruption: How the Dominican Republic is using open data, better processes & collaboration to fight corruption

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. Corruption in public procurement makes us poorer and takes our rights away.” So the DGCP adopted a three-pronged approach to improve things. The team continues to add new variables.

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

These and other constraints under the model law are commendable anti-corruption measures, but may make it more difficult to accommodate emerging “green procurement” approaches. The threshold challenge here is to ensure that there is sufficient information in the marketplace to make this kind of requirement workable.

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Australian Arbitration Week Recap: Filling in the Gaps: Inferences, Presumptions, and Burdens of Proof in International Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

What Ethical Considerations Arise? The panel identified the difficulty that arises when participants to proceedings are operating under different ethical frameworks and legal customs. Ethical challenges may arise for experts in the grey areas where experts genuinely have differently held opinions on the spectrum of available beliefs.

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UAE’s Arbitration Law Transformation Through Federal Decree Law No.15 of 2023: Innovations, Ethical Compliance for Arbitrators, and Enhanced Procedural Roles for Arbitral Institutions

Kluwer Arbitration

For example, establishing the threshold for prejudice, setting standards for the recusal of arbitrators, outlining mandatory disclosure requirements, and building a body of precedent will be crucial to providing a comprehensive framework for the qualification of an arbitrator. from the arbitrators’ side.

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From Draft to Published Version: A Commentary on the Changes Implemented in the SVAMC AI Guidelines

Kluwer Arbitration

laws, treaties, domestic statues, ethical rules, etc.) More from our authors: Dealing with Bribery and Corruption in International Commercial Arbitration: To Probe or Not to Probe by Emmanuel Obiora Igbokwe € 190 Arbitration in Egypt: A Practitioner's Guide by Ibrahim Shehata € 190 Where rules and regulations (e.g.

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Bucharest Arbitration Days 2024: Critical Developments in International Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

Stefan Deaconu (Court of International Commercial Arbitration, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania) emphasised the importance of maintaining trust in the arbitral process, tracing back to ethics, legitimacy, and personal reputation. Ethics and Conflicts in International Arbitration Panel 1 was moderated by Julie Bedard.

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Sole Source Procurement: A Guide to Single-Source Acquisitions

Select GCR

For procurements exceeding specified thresholds, justification must document the effort to find alternative suppliers, listing unique technical requirements and companies contacted. A sole source purchase is justified when unique attributes or circumstances dictate that only one provider is capable of supplying the desired goods or services.