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Watch trainer @GustavoLaborde reflect on two days of the Annual African Women in Arbitration Training: Investment Arbitration in Kampala. 馃帴
Thank you, Gustavo, for the expertise and energy. 馃憦
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Three years of African Women In Arbitration !
We ended the Annual @WArbitration Training: Investment Arbitration with a sweet surprise: celebrating 3 years of AWA!
After two days of learning, debate and connection, participants joined us in Kampala to cut the cake, share
a toast and mark the milestone together.
Three years ago, AWA set out to open doors for African women in arbitration. Seeing a room full of curious, capable and driven women (and the many more who joined online) is the best birthday gift we could ask for.
To everyone who has
Behind every great training are great people:Thank you for making it possible
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The Annual @WArbitration Training: Investment Arbitration would not have been possible without the people who gave their time, expertise and support. As a small token of our appreciation, we
Out partners:
馃敼 International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
馃敼 Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Centre for Arbitration and Dispute Resolution (CADR)
馃敼 Birungyi Barata & Associates
馃敼 Uganda Law Society - LAP
Thank you for
Certificates awarded!
Two days of learning, debate and connection in Kampala and online ended with a proud moment: participants of the Annual African Women In Arbitration Training: Investment Arbitration received their certificates of completion.
Along the way, they:
馃敼 Traced the historical evolution of investment protections in Africa
馃敼 Followed an ICSID case from jurisdiction through to enforcement
馃敼 Argued both sides of a fictional investor-State dispute as investor and State counsel
馃敼 Earned 10 CLE points toward their professional
Recapping the Annual African Women in Arbitration Training: Investment Arbitration!
Special guest: The Vice President of the @ug_lawsociety , @AsiimweAnthony2 , joined us and spoke on why trainings like this matter for professional development, the growth of alternative dispute
effective, lawful pathways to resolving disputes while fostering investment, commercial confidence, and access to justice."
He also thanked CADR at the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, whose commitment to strengthening arbitration in Uganda was clear throughout.
Thank you to our partners @icsid ICSID), @CADR_MoJCA , Birungyi Barata & Associates and the @ug_lawsociety and to everyone who joined us in person and online.
The future of African arbitration is bright, and we are only getting started.
Two days. One fictional ICSID case. Zero easy answers.
The Annual African Women in Arbitration Training: Investment Arbitration has wrapped up, and the practical exercise was the highlight.
The case: Orion Resources Ltd. and others v Republic of Kintaba
Participants argued
mining code, a base convention and a bilateral investment treaty. These are the same questions real tribunals grapple with.
What stood out was the energy, the sharp analysis, and the willingness to argue a position participants might never take in practice. That is how great