On 27 February 2024, UNIDROIT Secretary-General Ignacio Tirado participated in a Practical workshop on the implementation of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol in Madrid, jointly organised by the Rail Working Group and law firm Bird & Bird. The event, which brought together practitioners, academics, and industry 
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Between 23 and 24 November 2023, UNIDROIT undertook a mission to its 65th and newest Member State, Mongolia. Hosted by the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs of Mongolia, the visit featured a series of institutional meetings and a workshop. On 23 November, UNIDROIT Secretary-General 
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On 15 September 2023, the Specialised Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure and Energy (STC TTIIE) of the African Union released a resolution calling upon all remaining states to complete ratification procedures for the Luxembourg Protocol on Railway Rolling Stock. The African Union 
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On 30 and 31 August 2023, Deputy Secretary-General Anna Veneziano represented UNIDROIT at the first meeting of the Revisions Committee for the UN Model Rules on the permanent identification of railway rolling stock under the Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention, which was 
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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 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 20 January 2023, the Kingdom of Spain, which is already a Party to the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol, deposited its instrument of ratification of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol, with declaration under Articles XIII, XIV (2)-(3), XXIV, XXV and XXVI. The Luxembourg Rail Protocol has now reached the fourth ratification 
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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 11 November 2022, UNIDROIT Secretary-General Ignacio Tirado delivered the keynote speech on “Rule of Law and Sustainable Development” for the Rule of Law Congress in Hong Kong, China. Organised by the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, the Rule 
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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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