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The Commonwealth Model Law on Digital Trade and Guide to Enactment

The Commonwealth Model Law on Digital Trade offers transformative benefits for governments, businesses and consumers across member countries.

By providing legal certainty for electronic communications, records, signatures and contracts, the law eliminates long-standing barriers that have limited the adoption of paperless trade. Its implementation enables faster, more efficient transactions, reducing delays and administrative burdens, and improving overall trade performance.
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Progress in key areas would benefit Trinidad and Tobago democracy, says Commonwealth’s final report on 2025 parliamentary elections

The Commonwealth Observer Group's (COG) final report on Trinidad and Tobago's Parliamentary Elections has identified how democratic processes can be further consolidated, ensuring all citizens have a voice in shaping their future.  
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Fourteenth Commonwealth Regional Conference and Annual General Meeting for Heads of Anti-corruption Agencies in Commonwealth Africa

This report is a record of the proceedings of the 14th Commonwealth Regional Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa held from 6 to 11 May 2024 at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel, Accra, Ghana, under the theme ‘Strengthening institutions and promoting transparency: A means of fighting corruption in Commonwealth Africa’.

The conference was convened by the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) of Ghana, the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
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Commonwealth Observer Group says Trinidad and Tobago elections well organised, and notes areas for improvement

The Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) has commended key election stakeholders of Trinidad and Tobago on a well-organised parliamentary election, in preliminary findings on the 2025 polls, but urged action to regulate campaign finance to ensure a level playing field for all candidates.
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