Timor-Leste

New York Convention, Timor-Leste

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On 17 January 2023, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (“Timor-Leste”) became the 172nd country to accede to the United Nations Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 1958 (the “New York Convention”)1)United Nations, Timor-Leste accedes to Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, https://unis.unvienna.org/unis/en/pressrels/2023/unisl339.html.. Thereafter, in accordance with the convention’s…

2020 In Review, AIAC, ASEAN, Diversity, Indonesia, Malaysia, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, SIAC, SIAC Congress, Singapore, Singapore Convention on Mediation, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, YSIAC

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Today is the last day of 2020. For most of us, 2020 has been a particularly unusual year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prompted by necessity, arbitration in Southeast Asia adapted to the sea-change by: (i) using technology for virtual hearings, events and to build on existing diversity initiatives, (ii) developing domestic arbitration case law…

Australia, Conciliation, Timor-Leste, UNCLOS

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On 11 April 2016, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (“Timor-Leste”) commenced the first ever compulsory conciliation proceedings under Annex V, section 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“UNCLOS”). The proceedings concern the disputed maritime boundary between Timor-Leste and Australia in the Timor Sea. Australia objected to the conciliation on…