On Wednesday 17 October 2018 UNIDROIT partnered with the Rail Working Group to deliver a Luxembourg Rail Protocol stakeholder briefing in Madrid, hosted by Bird&Bird. Building upon earlier implementation activities in Spain, the event brought together legal experts, manufacturers and private sector stakeholders to 
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  On 16-17 October 2018 UNIDROIT participated in the second Conference on International Coordination of Secured Transaction Law Reforms: Advancing Global Reforms and Building a Uniform System in Madrid, Spain. Co-sponsored by NatLaw, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the International Insolvency Institute, the Conference 
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The instrument of ratification of the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention has been deposited by Burkina Faso with the Italian Government, Depositary of the Convention, on 2 October 2018 and the Convention will enter into force for Burkina Faso on 1 April 2019.   -> Further details about 
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  On Monday 15 October 2018 UNIDROIT partnered with the Fundación para la Investigación sobre el Derecho y la Empresa (FIDE) in delivering a MAC Protocol consultation workshop in Madrid, Spain. The event brought together international experts, registrars, governmental representatives and private sector stakeholders to 
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  The fourth meeting of the Working Group on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts took place at UNIDROIT’s seat in Rome on 9-11 October 2018. The Working Group began by discussing recent developments, including a presentation of the work at the panel on “Sustainable Investment in 
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On 9 October 2018, Ms Frederique Mestre, Senior Legal Officer, participated in an all-fora session on “The Future of Food: a Global Issue for Humanity” designed to debate the multifaceted nature of food security, resources, quality, transportation and production. Ms Mestre’s presentation focused on contract 
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On 9 October 2018, Governing Council member Mr José Antonio Moreno Rodriguez (Altra Legal Services, Asuncion, Paraguay) spoke of the importance of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts at the International Bar Association’s Annual Conference in Rome. His presentation was included on a panel 
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On 9 October 2018, the IBA Working Group on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts discussed practical cases on the application of the UNIDROIT Principles at the Annual IBA Conference in Rome. The panel was introduced by project coordinator Willem Calkoen (NautaDutilh, Amsterdam) and 
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On 8 October 2018, Deputy Secretary-General Professor Anna Veneziano was invited by co-chairs of the Space Law Committee of the IBA, Ms Caroline Videlier-Gutmann and Ms Grace Nacimiento, to address the Legal and Financial Pros and Cons of the Space Protocol, which was included in 
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  On 2 October, UNIDROIT Deputy Secretary-General Anna Veneziano presented on “The Space Protocol of the Cape Town Convention: An International Secured Transactions Regime for Space Assets’, within the International Institute for Space Law’s session on ‘Financing space: Procurement, competition and regulatory approach’ at the 69th 
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