The second meeting of the Working Group on agricultural land investment contracts took place at UNIDROIT’s seat in Rome on 13-15 September 2017. The Working Group discussed recent developments and general considerations in relation to the work, in particular with respect to the future instrument’s 
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The sixth annual conference of the Cape Town Convention Academic Project (CTCAP) took place in Oxford On 12-13 September 2017. The Conference brought together around 100 leading scholars, practitioners, government officials, and industry experts to discuss the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and 
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On 8 September 2017, UNIDROIT hosted a Lecture for the 26th edition of the Summer Course on Space Law and Policy of the European Centre for Space Law, which this year was organised by La Sapienza University of Rome.   About 50 lawyers from 29 
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The instrument of accession to the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention has been deposited by Botswana with the Italian Government, Depositary of the Convention, on 28 August 2017 and the Convention will enter into force for Botswana on 1 February 2018.   >>> Further details about the 
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UNIDROIT is currently looking for high achieving young lawyers and law students for internship opportunities in Rome, Italy. Specifically, the Institute is looking for individuals with a specialised legal interest in the following subject areas: International Secured Transactions (with a particular focus on the Cape Town 
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On 20 July 2017 in Balaclava, Republic of Mauritius, Ministers responsible for culture in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Somalia and South Sudan issued a Joint Statement on Strengthening Synergies for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Eastern Africa and the adjacent Indian Ocean Island States. The 
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Following successful cooperation in Peru in 2016 and in Viet Nam in 2017, the APEC member economies have granted UNIDROIT a three-year guest status in the APEC Economic Committee. UNIDROIT looks forwards to future collaborative efforts with APEC to further the economic prosperity of the 
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On 11 July 2017 UNIDROIT and the Camera Arbitrale Milano hosted a conference on the new 2016 edition of the UNIDROIT Principles in Milan.   The proceedings were conducted in Italian.   Click here for the programme.
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Further to the release in 2015 of the English and French versions of the UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Contract Farming, the Spanish version has now been published.   Click here for the Contract Farming Webpage and an access to the full text in all three languages.   
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On 27 June 2017, the Kingdom of Sweden, which is already a Party to the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol, signed the Luxembourg Rail Protocol, which was adopted in February 2007 at a diplomatic Conference held in Luxembourg. The Luxembourg Rail Protocol will 
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