Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC).

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Found this surfing...nothing new, but may be of interest as IE7 brings out a new round of domain wars. They were formed to handle the gTLD, but have expanded to handle the ccTLD's. CIETAC has handled over 8000 cases so far. I think they may need to add some staffers soon!

http://www.adndrc.org/adndrc/index.html
Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC).
The ADNDRC is a joint undertaking between the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC).

CIETAC is the leading international commercial arbitration institution in China, with its headquarters in Beijing. It was originally established in April 1956 within the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. In keeping with the modernisation of China's economic and trade development the organization was reorganised and took on its current name in 1988. In 1989, CIETAC established a Sub-Commission in Shenzen and in 1990 a Sub-Commission was established in Shanghai. Its current Panel of Arbitrators, selected and appointed from among Chinese and foreigners with special knowledge and practical experience in trade and economics, science and technology, law and other fields, contains 518 arbitrators who come from more than 30 countries and regions around the world. The foreign arbitrators and the arbitrators from the Hong Kong SAR, the Macau SAR and Taiwan amount to 174. Up to now, CIETAC has concluded nearly 8000 cases and become one of the well-known international arbitration institutions in the world.

CIETAC is one of two, the other being HKIAC, domain name dispute resolution providers for .cn ccTLD.

HKIAC is an independent non-profit organization established in 1985 to assist disputing parties to solve disputes by arbitration and by other means of alternate dispute resolution. One of its main objectives is to help Hong Kong become a leading Asian international dispute resolution center. In terms of caseload, the HKIAC has grown from 8 in its initial year of operation to over 300 in 2001.It has co-operation agreements with 18 international arbitral and ADR bodies around the world, including, among others, the International Court of Arbitration, the American Arbitration Association and the International Chamber of Commerce.

In 2001, the HKIAC was appointed as the sole domain name dispute resolution provider for the .hk ccTLD.

The ADNDRC was formed to provide dispute resolution services in regard to disputed generic top level domain names (gTLD's), which are the top level domains approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which appointed the ADNDRC as a domain name dispute provider on 3 December, 2001.