On 28 November 2023, UNIDROIT received an official visit from Ambassador Rubén Ramírez Lezcano and Minister Cesar Diesel, respectively Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay. The High-Level Delegation met with UNIDROIT President Professor Maria Chiara Malaguti, Deputy 
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Under the direction of Governing Council member Professor Henry Deeb Gabriel, Elon University hosted the 14th  Transnational Commercial Law Teachers Meeting in Greensboro, North Carolina. The conference gathered transnational law experts to discuss various topics including contemporary uses of international instruments (including the UNIDROIT Principles 
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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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The 12th Annual Cape Town Convention Academic Project Conference took place at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, and on Zoom on 27-28 September 2023. The Conference was organised by the Cape Town Convention Academic Project, which is a partnership between UNIDROIT and the University of Cambridge 
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On 4 July UNIDROIT Secretary-General Prof Ignacio Tirado and Deputy Secretary-General Prof Anna Veneziano participated in a roundtable discussion with senior public sector officials in India, organised by India’s Ministry of External Affairs in the context of India’s Presidency of the UNIDROIT General Assembly. The 
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On 22 May 2023, UNIDROIT hosted a Workshop on UNIDROIT Instruments and Projects for a delegation from the Georgian Lawyers for Independent Profession, comprising judges, professors, legal aid lawyers, in-house counsel and practitioners. UNIDROIT’s Deputy Secretary-General, Professor Anna Veneziano, together with Principal Legal Officer Ms 
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On 17 April 2023, UNIDROIT Secretary-General Ignacio Tirado and An-Najah National University (Nablus, Palestine) President Professor Abdel Naser Zaid signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote academic exchange and cooperation between the two institutions. The MoU aims to promote further research and work in the areas 
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UNIDROIT is pleased to announce that a proposal for a joint HCCH-UNIDROIT project received the endorsement of the HCCH Council on General Affairs and Policy on 10 March 2023. This endorsement mandates the Permanent Bureau to examine, jointly with the UNIDROIT Secretariat, the desirability of 
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On 6 March 2023, UNIDROIT and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Italy co-organised a Conference entitled “Cross-Border Investment Through Transnational Legal Standards” in cooperation with the Italian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Italia), the Milan Chamber of 
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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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