The fifth edition of the Official Commentary on the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Protocol thereto on Matters Specific to Aircraft Objects is now available in electronic format, with links both internal to the volume and to external websites. 
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On Friday 24 February, the Inland Transport Committee (ITC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe adopted Model Rules on the Permanent Identification of Railway Rolling Stock in Geneva. These rules create a new voluntary standard and responsibilities for permanently attaching an URVIS (Unique 
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On 15 February 2023, the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Space Economy Evolution (SEE) Lab of the SDA Bocconi School of Management. The MoU was signed at a ceremony in Rome which included 
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On 26 January 2023, His Excellency, Mr Saywan Sabir Mustafa Barzani, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Iraq in Italy, and Mr Zaid Tarik Mohammed Al-Ani, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Italy, visited UNIDROIT to deposit Iraq’s 
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The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) and the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) are pleased to announce the Canadian listed company, Information Services Corporation (ISC), through a wholly-owned subsidiary, has become the new owner of Regulis S.A., the 
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On 14 December 2022, UNIDROIT participated remotely in a workshop on International Best Practice on Security Interest Registration. Organised as a joint initiative between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and supported by the Swiss Cooperation 
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On 17 November 2022, H.E. Ambassador Fatimata Cheiffou handed over to the Principal Legal Officer and Treaty Depositary of UNIDROIT, Ms Marina Schneider, the original copy of the instruments of accession of the Republic of Niger to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment 
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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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The 11th Annual Cape Town Convention Academic Project Conference took place at Robinson College, University of Cambridge, and on Zoom on 13-14 September 2022. The Conference was organised by the Cape Town Convention Academic Project, which a partnership between UNIDROIT and the University of Cambridge Faculty 
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On 4-5 May 2022, UNIDROIT, represented by Deputy Secretary-General Professor Anna Veneziano, participated in the 5th  session of the Group of Experts on the Permanent Identification of Railway Rolling Stock, which addressed the development of the Model Clauses on the permanent marking on the Unique 
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