On 23 June, Jose Angelo Estrella-Faria, Principal Legal Officer and Head of the Legislative Branch, UNCITRAL, and Philine Wehling, Legal Officer at Unidroit presented the draft UNCITRAL/UNIDROIT Model Law on Warehouse Receipts to the International Programme for Law and Development, focusing on the objectives and 
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On 20 June 2023, the participants in the UNIDROIT International Programme for Law and Development enjoyed great discussions about the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (UPICC), led by Secretary-General Ignacio Tirado and Deputy Secretary-General Anna Veneziano. Additionally, Legal Officer Philine Wehling focused on the 
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UNIDROIT President Professor Maria Chiara Malaguti took part in the Symposium “Construire demain / Build Tomorrow”, organised for the 150th Anniversary of the International Law Association (ILA), which was held in Paris on 18-20 June. In particular, the President participated in the Opening Ceremony, presenting 
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On 6 June 2023, UNIDROIT and the Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration of the University of Lausanne (UNIL FDCA) concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalise their cooperation in legal research and education. Among other things, the MoU provides for academic 
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On 5th June 2023 Unidroit launched the International Program for Law and Development with an opening speech from Prof. Maria Chiara Malaguti, President of Unidroit, Prof. Ignacio Tirado, Secretary-General and Prof.Anna Veneziano, Deputy Secretary-General. Unidroit was delighted to have the contribution of Minister Pasquale Velotti, 
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On Tuesday 9 May, UNIDROIT and the Queen Mary University of London Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) were delighted to join forces to celebrate Prof. Sir Roy Goode’s 90th birthday. Maria Chiara Malaguti, Ioannis Kokkoris, Ignacio Tirado, Jeffrey Wool, Lord David Kitchin, Rosa Lastra, 
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On Friday 28 October 2022, Secretary-General Ignacio Tirado and Supreme Court Justice Minister Eugenio Jiménez Rolón of Paraguay signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the ties between the institutions and establish an official channel of cooperation and exchange of information on matters of joint 
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The first UNIDROIT session organised within the XXI IACL General Congress, entitled “Financial Systems”, was held on the 25th of October 2022 and featured the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between UNIDROIT and the Central Bank of Paraguay. Opening statements from the President of 
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UNIDROIT had the honour of being invited to the XXI General Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, the first since the pandemic, which was organised in Asunciòn from 23 to 28 of October 2022. At the opening of the IACL General Assembly that 
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