UNIDROIT Work Programme 2020 - 2022

UNIDROIT Work Programme for the triennial period 2020 - 2022

(adopted by the UNIDROIT General Assembly at its 78th session – 12 December 2019)

A. Legislative activities

1. Secured transactions

(a) Implementation of Rail and Space Protocols ***

(b) Implementation of the MAC Protocol ***

(c) Preparation of other Protocols to the Cape Town Convention

(i) Ships and maritime transport equipment *

(ii) Renewable energy equipment *

2. Private law and agricultural development

(a) Preparation of an international guidance document on agricultural land
      investment contracts ***

(b) Legal structure of agricultural enterprises **
     [priority to be confirmed at 99th session of the Governing Council (6-8 May 2020)]

3. Transnational principles of civil procedure

(a) Formulation of regional rules ***

(b) Principles of effective enforcement **
     [priority to be confirmed at 99th session of the Governing Council (6-8 May 2020)]

(c) International Civil Procedure in Latin America*

4. International Sales Law

Preparation of a guidance document on existing texts in the area of
international sales law in cooperation with UNCITRAL and the Hague
Conference on Private International Law ***

5. International Commercial Contracts

Formulation of principles of reinsurance contracts *

6. Cultural Property

Private art collections*

7. Leasing and Factoring

(a) Model Law on Factoring ***

(b) Guide for enactment of the Unidroit Model Law on Leasing*

8. Insolvency Law

The harmonisation of national insolvency laws for the liquidation of banks and rules of cooperation and coordination in cross border cases **
[priority to be confirmed at 99th session of the Governing Council (6-8 May 2020)]

9. Law and Technology

Artificial Intelligence/Smart Contracts/Distributed Ledger Technology**
[priority to be confirmed at 99th session of the Governing Council (6-8 May 2020)]

B. Implementation and promotion of UNIDROIT instruments

1.  Depositary functions ***

2.  Promotion of UNIDROIT instruments ***

(a) UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts

(b) UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Contract Farming

(c) UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects and
     UNESCO-UNIDROIT Model Provisions on State ownership of undiscovered
     cultural objects

(d) UNIDROIT instruments on capital markets

C.  Non-legislative activities

1. UNIDROIT Library and Depository Libraries ***

2. Publications ***

3. Internships and scholarships ***

The level of priority assigned to the projects is as follows : high *** – medium ** – low *.