UNIDROIT meets H.E. Mr Akbar Toshkulov  on the occasion of its participation to the III Tashkent Law Spring 2023 organised by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Deputy Secretary-General Professor Anna Veneziano had the honour of meeting with H.E. Mr Toshkulov, Minister 
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On 17-18 May 2023, UNIDROIT was invited by the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan to participate in the III International Legal Forum “Tashkent Law Spring”, an event bringing together over 800 participants, with support of the OSCE office in Uzbekistan. The event was opened by 
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Unidroit was happy to host the “Emotions and Arbitration” Conference on 23 May 2023, part of a series of conferences with the Institute’s partners from the Department of Law of the University of Roma Tre and the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan (CAM), also in 
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The theme for the 2023 International Museum Day edition, celebrated on 18 May, is Sustainability and Well-being. Indeed, at the global level, culture has been recognised as an enabler of growth and sustainable development. In 2021, the Rome Declaration of G20 Ministers firmly positioned culture as an 
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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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On 16 May 2023, Deputy Secretary-General Anna Veneziano and Legal Officer Philine Wehling participated in the first UNIDROIT Conference organised at Özyeğin University Law School in Istanbul, Turkey.   The Conference was opened with a presentation by Deputy Secretary-General Anna Veneziano introducing UNIDROIT and its 
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On Wednesday 10 May 2023, the Governing Council adopted the UNIDROIT Model Law on Factoring at its 102nd session in Rome, Italy. Initially proposed by the World Bank Group in 2018, the Model Law on Factoring was negotiated over a three-year period by a Working 
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At its 102nd session, held on 10-12 May 2023 in Rome, the Governing Council unanimously approved the draft UNCITRAL/UNIDROIT Model Law on Warehouse Receipts, to be submitted next to intergovernmental negotiations at UNCITRAL. The joint project to develop a Model Law on Warehouse Receipts had been proposed 
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On 10-12 May 2023, UNIDROIT hosted the 102nd session of the Governing Council (GC), opened and chaired by UNIDROIT and GC President Prof. Maria Chiara Malaguti. Prof. Arthur Hartkamp (Doyen) and Dr Jorge Sánchez Cordero were appointed as first and second Vice Presidents of the 
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UNIDROIT is pleased to announce that the Governing Council at its 102nd Session (Rome, 10-12 May 2023) has unanimously reappointed Professor Ignacio Tirado as Secretary-General of the Institute for a second term between 2023-2028. This reappointment is in line with Article 8(2) of the UNIDROIT 
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