On  26, 27 and 28 October 2024 the National Conference on Civil Law (Jornadas Nacionales de Derecho Civil) took place at the Universidad Austral in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Conference, which has been held annually since 1963, is the most significant scientific event in Argentine 
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On 11 October, UNIDROIT organised a Workshop on the Nordic Approach to the Contract/Tort Divide, hosted by the UNIDROIT Nordic Law Centre (UNIDROIT Centre for Nordic Studies and Transnational Private Law – NLC). The Workshop was held in a hybrid format and provided a comparative 
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 We are pleased to announce the winners of the Essay Competition on 30 Years of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (UPICC), supported by the International Law Institute (ILI) and facilitated by the UNIDROIT Foundation:   First Place: Anna Fonseca – The choice for 
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The 13th Annual Cape Town Convention Academic Project Conference took place at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, and online on 11-12 September 2024. The Conference was organised by the Cape Town Convention Academic Project, which is a partnership between UNIDROIT and the University of Cambridge 
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On 26 September 2024, UNIDROIT participated in a workshop associated with Japan’s ongoing secured transactions reform project. Hosted by Tokyo University, the event brought together Japan’s leading secured transactions law professors to discuss Japan’s consideration of international secured transactions standards, including Professors Hiroto Dogauchi, Hiroo Sono, Masami 
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On 25 September 2024, UNIDROIT co-hosted a consultation workshop with the Japanese Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and the Japan Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) on the Mining, Agriculture and Construction (MAC) Protocol to the Cape Town Convention. Held at Chuo University in Tokyo, the workshop 
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On 13 September 2024, UNIDROIT and the University of Cambridge jointly hosted an international conference regarding Sustainable Economic Development through Credit Expansion – A Focus on the Mining, Agriculture and Construction (MAC) Protocol and Rail Protocol”. Held at the Cavonius Centre of Gonville and Caius 
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The application window for the 2025 UNIDROIT Scholarship, Internship and Research Programme is now open. In 2025, UNIDROIT will grant a limited number of research scholarships (€1000 per month) to outstanding post-graduate (doctoral) law students, lawyers, academics and government officials to undertake two months of 
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On 22 May 2024, UNIDROIT’s Deputy Secretary General Professor Anna Veneziano and Legal Consultant Benedetta Mauro delivered a lecture titled “An introduction to the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts” to postgraduate students of the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITC-ILO) online. 
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On 30 April 2024, UNIDROIT participated in a workshop for the Central Bank of Jordan on “Legal Perspectives in Factoring and Supply Chain Finance”. Organised by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Legal Transition Team and Trade Facilitation Programme in collaboration with the 
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