UNIDROIT

Promoting Cross-Border Investment Through Transnational Legal Standards
2023-03-06 16:30 - 19:00 (Europe/Rome) | UNIDROIT
UNIDROIT and the Chinese Embassy in Rome, in cooperation with the Italian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Italia), the Milan Chamber of Arbitration (CAM), the Associazione Italiana per l’Arbitrato (AIA) and the Association of Italian Joint Stock Companies (Assonime), are holding a Conference on Promoting Cross-Border Investment Through Transnational Legal Standards at the Seat of UNIDROIT on 6 March 2023 at 4.30 pm. The Conference will feature a key note speech delivered by Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China The Honourable Paul Lam, SBS, SC, JP.
This conference is invitation only.
Promoting Cross-Border Investment Through Transnational Legal Standards_ Programme 28 Feb

Model Law on Warehouse Receipts – 3rd Meeting of the Drafting Committee
2023-03-06 - 2023-03-07

Model Law on Warehouse Receipts - 6th session of the Working Group
2023-03-01 - 2023-03-03 | UNIDROIT

CCLS - UNIDROIT Relaunch of Institute for Transnational Commercial Law
2023-02-09 08:00 - 14:30 (Europe/London)
CCLS - UNIDROIT Agenda

Principles of Reinsurance Contract Law: striving for the improved quality of reinsurance cover
2023-01-25 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Rome) | UNIDROIT
UNIDROIT, ELI and the PRICL Project Group, are pleased to invite you to the 8th ATILA Lecture – special edition:
Principles of Reinsurance Contract Law: striving for the improved quality of reinsurance cover
The event will take place on 25 January 2023 (Wednesday) from 16:00 to 18:00 at the premises of the Institute
for the Unification of Private Law UNIDROIT (Via Panisperna 28, 00184 Rome).
To confirm your participation, please register here.
Reinsurance law presents many challenges. The unique process of contract formation, the lack of consistency in
how reinsurance contract is codified among different jurisdictions and no common understanding of customs
and usages on which reinsurance law is largely based – it all comes down to the lack of legal certainty affecting
the overall quality of reinsurance coverage.
In pursuit of looking for a solution, leading academics from the University of Zurich, University of Frankfurt am
Main and University of Vienna established in 2015 an international project called the Principles of Reinsurance
Contract Law (PRICL). The Project is run in cooperation with UNIDROIT, scholars and (re)insurance practitioners from all over the world.
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The PRICL aspires to formulate a “restatement” of existing global reinsurance law and providing the reinsurance
market with transnational uniform soft law rules which are ready to be used in practice. The first volume of the
PRICL was published in 2019 and is publicly available at the PRICL Project’s website. Today, the Project is in its
final phase and the second and last volume is expected to be published by the end of 2024.
The event offers a unique opportunity to find out how the PRICL may solve the abovementioned problems of
reinsurance market and how the Principles could be used in practice, for instance in reinsurance disputes arising
over COVID-19 claims. The presentation will be followed by a discussion and Q&A session.
We highly value discussing ideas in person, strengthening social bonds, and enlarging the community around
the PRICL Project. However, if you cannot join us at UNIDROIT, we also provide the possibility to attend the
Lecture virtually. Please indicate your preference for online participation in the registration form.

11th PRICL Workshop
2023-01-25 - 2023-01-27 | UNIDROIT

Working Group on Digital Assets and Private Law - 7th session
2022-12-19 13:00 - 2022-12-21 18:00 (Europe/Rome)
Digital Assets and Private Law – UNIDROIT

Side Event to 81st session of General Assembly - Soft Law in International Governance
2022-12-15 14:30 - 16:30 (Europe/Rome) | UNIDROIT
SOFT LAW IN INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE _Programme Final print- website

81st Session of the General Assembly
2022-12-15 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Rome) | UNIDROIT
Annotated draft agenda

On the occasion of the 81st Session of the UNIDROIT General Assembly, the President of UNIDROIT and the Italian Republic, in its capacity as Chair of the General Assembly for 2021-2022, are also inviting the Legal Advisers of UNIDROIT Member States and the National Representatives and Observers of the Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI) to a High-Level Side Event on SOFT LAW IN INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE at 14.30 p.m.

Working Group on Best Practices for Effective Enforcement - 5th session
2022-12-12 - 2022-12-14 | UNIDROIT

Model Law on Warehouse Receipts - Drafting Committee 2nd Meeting
2022-12-08 - 2022-12-09

Working Group on Model Law on Warehouse Receipts - 5th session
2022-12-05 - 2022-12-07

Preparatory Commission for the Establishment of the International Registry for Railway Rolling Stock under the Luxembourg Protocol – 11th session
2022-11-29 14:00 - 2022-11-30 12:00 (Europe/Rome)
Annotated draft agenda

Model Law on Factoring – 6th Working Group Meeting
2022-11-28 - 2022-11-30

MAC Preparatory Commission - 5th session
2022-11-22 - 2022-11-23

UNIDROIT Knowledge Sharing Event in Manila
2022-11-16 14:00 - 15:15 (Asia/Manila) | ADB Headquarters Manila, Manila, Philippines
A high-level delegation from the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) will visit ADB headquarters and a special session will be held with ADB staff to shed light on important international private law developments relating to private sector development, trade and sustainable development. In particular, the UNIDROIT experts will cover legal instruments that can help increase access to credit especially in the agriculture sector and discuss the emergence of digital assets and their implications. ADB and UNIDROIT will consider the prospects for these legal instruments in the Asia and the Pacific context and explore collaboration opportunities.
Register here
UNIDROIT Knowledge Sharing Event on 16 November 2022

Asia-Pacific Private International Law Summit
2022-11-07
The first Asia-Pacific Private International Law Summit organized by UNIDROIT and the Department of Justice of Hong Kong (China) will be held on 7 November 2022 in Hong Kong (China) and will discuss important legal issues including relating to access to credit, digital assets, and bank insolvency. Online participation is available.
See the program and register to attend the Summit here.

Working Group on Legal Structures of Agricultural Enterprises - 2nd session
2022-11-02 - 2022-11-04 | UNIDROIT

IACL Asunción General Congress - UNIDROIT Sessions
2022-10-25 - 2022-10-26 | Asunción, Paraguay
This year’s International Academy of Comparative Law’s Conference taking place in Asunción and will feature a series of sessions organised by UNIDROIT on its instruments in the fields of finance, agriculture and UPICC.

Programme of the UNIDROIT Sessions
Sign up for the conference here .

Finance Committee (94th session)
2022-10-20 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Rome) | UNIDROIT
Documents available here

Working Group on Bank Insolvency - 3rd session
2022-10-17 - 2022-10-19

DEALING WITH FORCE MAJEURE EVENTS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE
2022-10-14 09:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Rome) | UNIDROIT
In the last years, Force Majeure and Hardship have become “hot issues” for business, and many companies found themselves unprepared, not having provided adequate clauses in their contracts.
The lack of uniformity of domestic rules on the issue of Force Majeure is covered by existing international instruments, such as the ICC Force Majeure and Hardship Clauses and the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts.
The Conference will analyse and discuss recent developments regarding force majeure and hardship, as well as possible adjustments to the standard clause, which may be appropriate in specific situations, such as in the context of the increase of raw materials’ price, in particular energy products.
Conference Programme
Register here

UNIDROIT Model Law on Factoring Q&A session
2022-10-12 15:45 - 17:00 (Europe/Rome)
As part of the ongoing online consultation on the draft Model Law on Factoring (MLF), on Wednesday 12 October 2022 UNIDROIT will hold a virtual Question and Answer (Q&A) session. The Q&A will provide an opportunity for stakeholders to discuss the draft MLF before the consultation window closes on 21 October. To register your participation, please email MLFconsultation@unidroit.org.
UNIDROIT - Model Law on Factoring Virtual Q&A 12 October - event flyer

13th Transnational Commercial Law Teachers’ Meeting
2022-10-06 - 2022-10-07 | UNIDROIT
UNIDROIT is delighted to host the 13th Transnational Commercial Law Teachers’ Meeting in Rome on 6-7 October 2022. Kindly note that this event is invitation only. Please write to tcl2022rome@unidroit.org for further information.

5th Conference on International Coordination of Secured Transactions Reform
2022-10-04 14:30 - 2022-10-05 18:00 (Europe/Rome)

9th Annual International Arbitration Lecture (Roma Tre-UNIDROIT)
2022-09-30 15:30 - 17:00 (Europe/Rome)
Register now for the 9th Annual International Arbitration Lecture organised by Roma Tre University and UNIDROIT, which will be held at UNIDROIT and online on 30 September 2022!
The lecture will be delivered by Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo on 30 September 2022 on “Beyond Nationalists Mirages in Arbitration: The Inescapable Transnational Approach”. Register at arbitration.certificate@uniroma3.it

Cape Town Convention Academic Project – 11th Conference
2022-09-13 - 2022-09-14 | University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
This year’s conference will be held on Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14th of September 2022. It will be held in Cambridge as an in-person conference, but also with the opportunity to join virtually for anyone who is not able to join in person. It will be at Robinson College, with the conference dinner at Gonville and Caius College.
In light of the current international context, the conference this year will focus on Public International Law and the Cape Town Convention. The programme will include contributions from leading international law academics and other experts, as well as discussion involving Cape Town Convention experts from all fields.
Topics to be discussed include treaty compliance surrounding events in Russia and Ukraine and the scope and limits to defences to treaty compliance generally. In addition, the interplay and the relationship between the Cape Town Convention and any other treaties (including bilateral investment treaties) will be covered, as well as legal recourse for violations of the Cape Town Convention, and interpretation of the Cape Town Convention in light of military and public health related developments.
Please save the date and await further information on the conference and instructions for booking.
We look forward to welcoming you in Cambridge (or online) for what promises to be yet another excellent and inspiring conference.
Yours Sincerely,
Professor Louise Gullifer Q.C. (hon) FBA
Professor Ignacio Tirado
Professor Jeffrey Wool

For more information, please regularly visit the website of the Cape Town Convention Academic Project
Conference Sponsors

Working Group on Digital Assets and Private Law - 6th session
2022-08-31 - 2022-09-02 | UNIDROIT

UNIDROIT Governing Council
2022-06-08 - 2022-06-10
101st session

Finance Committee 93rd session
2022-05-25 | UNIDROIT
