On 2 July UNIDROIT entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Insolvency Law Academy (ILA) in India with a view to collaborate in areas of common interest. Apart from UNIDROIT’s project on Bank Insolvency, several UNIDROIT instruments contain provisions governing specific situations of insolvency, 
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On 4 July UNIDROIT Secretary-General Prof Ignacio Tirado and Deputy Secretary-General Prof Anna Veneziano participated in a roundtable discussion with senior public sector officials in India, organised by India’s Ministry of External Affairs in the context of India’s Presidency of the UNIDROIT General Assembly. The 
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On 3 July 2023, in the context of India’s Presidency of the UNIDROIT General Assembly, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs organised a seminar in New Delhi dedicated to the work of UNIDROIT. The seminar was opened by Ms Uma Sekhar, Additional Secretary at the 
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On 29 June in the context of UNIDROIT’s International Programme for Law and Development, Prof Astrid Stadler (University of Konstanz, Germany), presented UNIDROIT’s work on civil procedure (ALI-UNIDROIT Principles and ELI/UNIDROIT European Model Rules).   The IPLD day closed with a presentation by Prof Teresa Rodriguez 
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Professor Anna Veneziano, Deputy Secretary-General of UNIDROIT, participated in the Conference “Digital Vulnerability in European Private Law”, organised by the University of Ferrara on 14-15 June 2023. The conference focused on the current and future legal status of the concept of digital vulnerability – that 
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On 12 June 2023, the first meeting of the HCCH-UNIDROIT Joint Project on Law Applicable to Cross-Border Holdings and Transfers of Digital Assets and Tokens took place at the premises of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) in The 
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On Wednesday, 10 May 2023, the Governing Council adopted the UNIDROIT Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law at its 102nd session in Rome, Italy.   As consistent with the Institute’s established working methodology, the Principles were prepared by a Working Group on Digital Assets 
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UNIDROIT is pleased to announce that a proposal for a joint HCCH-UNIDROIT project received the endorsement of the HCCH Council on General Affairs and Policy on 10 March 2023. This endorsement mandates the Permanent Bureau to examine, jointly with the UNIDROIT Secretariat, the desirability of 
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UNIDROIT has just launched a public consultation in relation to the draft UNIDROIT Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law. For further information please see: Public Consultation: Digital Assets and Private Law The deadline to submit comments is 20 February 2023.
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On 16 November 2022, a UNIDROIT delegation visited the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Headquarters in Manila and participated in a hybrid session on international private law developments relating to private sector development, trade and sustainable development. The panel featured ADB General Counsel Thomas Clark (Chair), 
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