On 23 June 2021, Ms Marina Schneider, Principal Legal Officer and Treaty Depositary at UNIDROIT, participated in the 2021 edition of the Summerschool of the Art-Law Centre and the UNESCO Chair in the International Law of the Protection of Cultural Heritage of the University of 
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Between 14-18 June 2021, Mr Hamza Hameed (Legal Consultant) participated in the Global Space Exploration Conference 2021 (GLEX 2021) organised by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and ROSCOSMOS in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Conference celebrated the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s spaceflight and had over 
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On 10 June 2021 Senior Legal Officer William Brydie-Watson participated in an APEC Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) workshop on resolving insolvency in APEC economies. UNIDROIT participated in a panel discussing the impact of insolvency systems on interested parties, providing expertise on (i) international instruments 
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The Space Protocol of the Cape Town Convention was presented twice as part of the 60th Session of the Legal Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). On 7 June 2021, Secretary-General Professor Ignacio Tirado delivered a statement 
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On 27 May 2021, Secretary-General Ignacio Tirado and Deputy Secretary-General Anna Veneziano participated in the second lecture in the Transatlantic Lectures on Insurance Law (ATILA) series organised by the Insurance Law SIG at the European Law Institute, which was dedicated to the illustration of the 
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On this World Environment Day and for Generation Restoration 2021, UNIDROIT highlights its efforts to develop international private law instruments which take environmental objectives into account. For instance, the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Mining, Agricultural and Construction Equipment 
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On 3rd June 2021, the European Transport Council issued its Conclusions on “Putting Rail at the Forefront of Smart and Sustainable Mobility”, as the outcome of a dedicated meeting linked to the European Year of Rail. In this context, the EU Transport Council Declaration expressly recognised 
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On 20 May 2021, UNIDROIT participated in the regional webinar “Trafficking in Cultural Property: The Business of Organised Crime”, organised by the Justice Systems Cooperation Component of the EL PAcCTO programme (Europe Latin America Programme of Assistance against Transnational Organised Crime). On this very sensitive subject 
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Due diligence of all actors on the art market is key to fight illicit traffic. The 1995 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects gives criteria for the determination of due diligence in acquiring a cultural object, one of which being the consultation 
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On the occasion of the International Museum Day 2021, and after the reopening of the National Museum of Somalia on 1 July 2020 after being closed for almost 30 years due to civil war and conflict, UNIDROIT was invited to celebrate with the Somali authorities 
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