On 26 and 27 September 2024, UNIDROIT Legal Officer Ms Myrte Thijssen delivered a keynote speech at the Third Forum on Rule of Law in Global Digital Trade, held in Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China. The event was co-organised by the Wuhan University Academy of 
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On 21 and 22 August 2024,  UNIDROIT participated in the second annual session of the APEC Economic Committee in Lima, Peru. UNIDROIT has held guest organisation status with the APEC Economic Committee since 2017. During the Economic Committee session, UNIDROIT Senior Legal Officer William Brydie-Watson 
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On 6-7 June 2024, the German-Greek Lawyers’ Association (DGJV), the University of Hamburg, the Chamber of Commerce of Hamburg and the Bucerius Law School, in cooperation with UNIDROIT, the Union International des Avocats (UIA) and the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, joined forces in a conference to 
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From 3 to 5 June 2024, the Working Group on International Investment Contracts met for its third session at the seat of UNIDROIT and online via Zoom. The meeting was attended by 35 Working Group Members and (representatives of) Observers. The project on the UNIDROIT 
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On 27 and 28 May 2024, UNIDROIT held an Exploratory Workshop for its new project on the development of a legal guidance document on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence in Global Value Chains, at its seat in Rome. The Workshop was aimed to further delineate the 
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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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UNIDROIT is proud to be represented at the CODEWAY EXPO 2024. President Maria Chiara Malaguti participated in the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Grand Opening this morning, and a very rich programme of events will unfold this afternoon and in the coming days. The complete 
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On 6-7 May 2024, UNIDROIT hosted an international conference to mark the 30th anniversary of one of its most well-known instruments: the UNIDROIT Principles on International Commercial Contracts (UPICC). Governing Council members and other experts, many of whom participated firsthand in the drafting of the 
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On 16 April 2024, Legal Officer Philine Wehling delivered a lecture on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (UPICC) at the Transversal Skills Laboratory on “Management & Practice of International Contracts in the Foreign Direct Investments Sector” coordinated by Professor Antonio Leandro from the 
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Between 8 – 10 April 2024, the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) hosted the 1st session of the Working Group responsible for the preparation of the Guide to Enactment for the UNIDROIT Model Law on Factoring.   The UNIDROIT Model Law on 
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