On 16 July 2019, Deputy Secretary-General Anna Veneziano participated in a meeting in Berne hosted by the Secretary General of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF), Mr Wolfgang Küpper, with participation of the Chair of the Rail Working Group Mr Howard Rosen and the Co-Chair of Preparatory Commission Mr Peter Bloch.
On 8 – 9 July 2019, UNIDROIT participated in a high-level conference entitled “UNIDROIT and China: The Cape Town Convention, Investing in Agriculture and UPICC”, hosted by the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing.
The instrument of accession to the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention has been deposited by Montenegro with the Italian Government, Depositary of the Convention, on 8 July 2019 and the Convention will enter into force for Montenegro on 1 February 2020.
On 4 July 2019, UNIDROIT had the pleasure of hosting the Italian Arbitration Association’s (AIA) annual conference co-organised with the Italian Forum for Arbitration and ADR (ArbIT).
On 4 July 2019, UNIDROIT hosted the Annual Seminar of the Italian Chapter of the CEA (Spanish Arbitration Association) and the Women’s Spanish Arbitration Association.
On 27 June 2019, Secretary-General Professor Ignacio Tirado delivered a keynote speech at the opening of the Masters in Private Law of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV).
On 27 June 2019, Secretary-General Professor Ignacio Tirado was invited to address a talk to the APRIMIN (Asociación de Proveedores Industriales de la Minería), the national association of suppliers of the mining industry of Chile on the Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on Matters Specific to Mining, Agricultural, and Construction Equipment.
The Aviation Working Group invited key stakeholders to attend an important Aviation Working Group (AWG) South American regional event on the Cape Town Convention and its Aircraft Protocol (CTC) and cross border transferability of aircraft (XBT).
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
The online consultation on the ALIC Zero Draft is open from 1 June until 30 September 2019.
Cape Town Convention Academic Project: 8th Annual Conference
(Oxford, UK, 10-11 September 2019)
Save the date:
MAC Protocol Diplomatic Conference
(Pretoria, South Africa, 11-22 November 2019)
University of Roma Tre - UNIDROIT
6th Annual International Arbitration Lecture
(Rome, 20 September 2019)
