Rome, 16 June 2025 – UNIDROIT officially inaugurated the residential session of the fourth edition of its flagship International Programme for Law and Development: IPLD Africa Plus, during a ceremony held at its historic headquarters in Villa Aldobrandini. The event welcomed members of the Rome-based 
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On 6 June, UNIDROIT proudly launched the 2025 edition of its flagship International Programme for Law and Development (IPLD) – Africa Plus with a successful online opening session. This fourth and most expansive edition has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the 
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On 9 May 2025, UNIDROIT President Professor Maria Chiara Malaguti gave a Keynote Speech at the DLA Piper FIAMC’s Pre-Moot Conference at DLA Piper offices in Milan entitled “Shaping the future of the energy sector: navigating the landscape of investment treaties of which Italy is 
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On 17 February 2025, UNIDROIT President Maria Chiara Malaguti participated in the launch of the Group of Friends on Desertification, Land Degradation, and Drought (GoF-DLDD), organised by the Chairperson of the Africa Regional Group, Her Excellency Fatimata Cheiffou, Ambassador of the Republic of Niger to 
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On 20 and 21 February 2025, UNIDROIT participated in a Colloquium on “Navigating the New Era of Digital Finance”, organised by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). Held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the two-day event focused on the 
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On 18 and 19 February 2025, a UNIDROIT delegation travelled to Washington, D.C. to undertake consultations with a number of intergovernmental organisations, international financial institutions and nongovernmental organisations. During the mission, UNIDROIT Secretary-General Prof. Ignacio Tirado, Deputy Secretary-General Prof. Anna Veneziano and Senior Legal Officer 
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On 13 December, as a Side Event to the 84th session of the UNIDROIT General Assembly, Member State and Non-Member State delegations were invited to attend an event that UNIDROIT co-hosted with the cooperation of the South African Embassy in Rome, to celebrate the 2024 
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On 12 December 2024, as a side event to the 84TH session of the General Assembly, UNIDROIT invited Legal Advisers from its Member States, CAHDI National Representatives, and Observers to attend the third edition of the series of High-Level Dialogues on Soft Law. This year’s 
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From 14 to 19 November 2024, UNIDROIT Legal Officer Ms Philine Wehling taught the module on “International Harmonisation of Private Law” of the LL.M. in International Economic Law at the European School of Law (ESL), Toulouse Capitole University. Over five sessions, the module firstly provided 
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UNIDROIT stands ready to support the historical decision of the Conference of Parties adopted on the first day of the UN Climate Change Conference on standards for the creation of carbon credits under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement. In the development of legislative guidance 
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