Between 28 and 30 November 2022, UNIDROIT hosted the sixth session of the Model Law on Factoring Working Group at its Headquarters in Rome, Italy. 35 participants attended the meeting either in-person or remotely, including expert Working Group Members; representatives from the EBRD, UNCITRAL, the 
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On 24 November, Deputy-Secretary General Anna Veneziano and Legal Officer Philine Wehling delivered an online lecture on “The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts” to over 100 students of Shanghai University of Political Science and Law (SHUPL). The event was part of the 2022 SHUPL Partner 
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On 10 November 2022 UNIDROIT participated in the 5th Belt and Road Conference, organised by the Law Society of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China. Organised as one of the events as part of the Hong Kong Legal Week 2022 and supported by the Commonwealth Lawyers 
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On 9 November 2022, UNIDROIT spoke at the “ASEAN Online Dispute Resolution Workshop: ODR in Facilitating Cross-Border Trade and Investment for ASEAN and Hong Kong Businesses” held in Hong Kong, China. The Workshop included participation from representatives from the Member States and the Secretariat of 
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The inaugural Asia-Pacific Private International Law Summit, jointly organised by UNIDROIT and the Department of Justice (DoJ) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (HKSAR), was held on 7 November 2022 in the HKSAR. The Summit was the first event co-organised by UNIDROIT 
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On Friday 28 October 2022, Secretary-General Ignacio Tirado and Supreme Court Justice Minister Eugenio Jiménez Rolón of Paraguay signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the ties between the institutions and establish an official channel of cooperation and exchange of information on matters of joint 
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The afternoon of 26 October 2022 at the XXI IACL General Congress was dedicated to a panel on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (UPICC). Moderated by UNIDROIT Deputy Secretary-General Anna Veneziano, the workshop featured presentations by Stefan Vogenauer (MPI for Legal History and 
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UNIDROIT had the honour of being invited to the XXI General Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, the first since the pandemic, which was organised in Asunciòn from 23 to 28 of October 2022. At the opening of the IACL General Assembly that 
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On 12 October 2022, UNIDROIT held a virtual Question and Answer session on the Model Law on Factoring, as part of the public consultation that the Institute is undertaking on the draft instrument between July and October 2022. Chaired by Professor Henry Gabriel (UNIDROIT Governing Council 
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On 23 September 2022, Senior Legal Officer William Brydie-Watson delivered a virtual presentation on the draft UNIDROIT Model Law on Factoring at a conference in Istanbul, Türkiye. Organised by the FCI and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the conference discussed recent regional developments 
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