On 26 March 2020, UNIDROIT and UNCITRAL co-organised a webinar to discuss with a broader expert audience the proposal of developing an international Model Law on Warehouse Receipts.
On 2-3 March 2020, the UNIDROIT Secretariat hosted a drafting committee meeting for the finalisation of the future Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts.
It is with profound sadness that UNIDROIT mourns the loss of Mr Walter Rodinò, who passed away on the morning of 26 March 2020, surrounded by the affection of his loved ones.
On 11-12 March 2020, Legal Officer Ms Philine Wehling delivered, by video conference, a lecture on “International Sources of Contract Law: The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts” to a group of 23 postgraduate students from the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITC-ILO) in Turin.
On 10-11 March 2020, UNCITRAL hosted the second session of Joint Workshops, co-organised by sister organisation UNIDROIT, to develop a legal taxonomy of key emerging technologies and their applications (including Artificial Intelligence, Data transactions, Digital Assets, and Distributed Ledger Technology).
On 10 March 2020, co-sponsors UNIDROIT and the Rail Working Group participated in a conference funded by Aston University and the Global Challenges Research Fund in Lagos, Nigeria.
UNIDROIT participated in a workshop organised in Kingston, Jamaica, from 2 to 5 March 2020 by the Jamaican National Commission for UNESCO, the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport of Jamaica and the UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean to discuss...
Between 15-17 February 2020 UNIDROIT participated in several APEC-related meetings in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Governing Council
99th session (A)
(Remote session April/May 2020)
6th Workshop for the Economic Assessment of International Commercial Law Reform Project
(Postponed to 8 September 2020, Cambridge, UK)
4th Workshop for the project on Best Practices in the Field of Electronic Registry Design and Operation
(Postponed to 9 September 2020, Cambridge, UK)
9th Annual Cape Town Convention Academic Conference
(10-11 September 2020, Cambridge, UK)
