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Hong Kong mediation body ready for state disputes, aims for Asian legal hub status

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The International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed), based in Hong Kong, has announced its readiness to mediate state-to-state disputes. The organization's head, Teresa Cheng, stated that six countries have nominated 26 mediators from legal, diplomatic, and academic backgrounds. Hong Kong aims to establish itself as a leading legal hub in Asia, and IOMed has received numerous inquiries about its services. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Jess Ma ·

    Hong Kong-based mediation body ‘ready to tackle state disputes, serve as Asian legal hub’

    A former Hong Kong justice minister who now heads an intergovernmental mediation body based in the city has said the organisation is ready to handle state-to-state disputes, with six countries having nominated more than 100 mediators from the legal, diplomatic and academic fields…

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