UNIDROIT welcomes information Contracting States provide to it about their laws and policies relating to matters covered by the Convention and its Protocols. Such information is provided at the discretion of the Contracting State and is separate and distinct from any declarations deposited by that State with the Depositary pursuant to the Convention and its Protocols.
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The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) is an independent intergovernmental Organisation with its seat in the Villa Aldobrandini in Rome. Its purpose is to study needs and methods for modernising, harmonising and co-ordinating private and in particular commercial law as between States and groups of States and to formulate uniform law instruments, principles and rules to achieve those objectives.
Professor Ignacio Tirado was appointed Secretary-General by the Governing Council at its 97th session, and officially took office on 27 August 2018. A national of Spain, Professor Tirado (Commercial, Corporate and Insolvency Law, Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, Spain) holds a PhD from the Universities of Bologna and Autónoma de Madrid and an LLM from the University of London. Professor Tirado has been a Senior Legal Consultant at the World Bank’s Legal Vice-Presidency and Financial Sector Practice for more than nine years, having also consulted for the IMF on insolvency related matters as well as for the Asian Development Bank on commercial legal reform.
Amongst other accolades to his professional experience, Professor Tirado is a founding member of the European Banking Institute, an International Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and has been Director and Academic Co-Chair of the International Insolvency Institute.
Territory | Entry into force |
Bermuda | 01.01.2018 |
Cayman Islands | 01.11.2015 |
Gibraltar | 01.11.2015 |
Island of Guernsey | 01.11.2015 |
Isle of Man | 01.01.2018 |
Territory | Entry into force |
Carribean part | 01.10.2010 |
Aruba | 01.09.2010 |
Curaçao | 01.10.2010 |
Sint Maarten | 01.10.2010 |
State | Entry into force |
Alberta | 01.06.1978 |
British Columbia | 31.03.2014 |
Manitoba | 02.09.1978 |
Newfoundland | 02.09.1978 |
New Brunswick | 05.12.1997 |
Nova Scotia | 27.05.2001 |
Ontario | 31.03.1978 |
Prince Edward Island | 22.03.1995 |
Saskatchewan | 08.10.1982 |
Territory | Entry into force |
Bermuda | 01.01.2018 |
Cayman Islands | 01.11.2015 |
Gibraltar | 01.11.2015 |
Island of Guernsey | 01.11.2015 |
Isle of Man | 01.01.2018 |
Territory | Entry into force |
Carribean part | 01.10.2010 |
Aruba | 01.09.2010 |
Curaçao | 01.10.2010 |
Sint Maarten | 01.10.2010 |
Territory | Entry into force |
Alberta | 01.04.2013 |
British Columbia | 01.04.2013 |
Manitoba | 01.04.2013 |
New Brunswick | 01.07.2016 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 01.04.2013 |
Northwest Territories | 01.04.2013 |
Nova Scotia | 01.04.2013 |
Nunavut | 01.04.2013 |
Ontario | 01.04.2013 |
Prince Edward Island | 01.10.2014 |
Quebec | 01.04.2013 |
Saskatchewan | 01.04.2013 |
Yukon | 01.10.2014 |
State | Entry into force |
Alberta | 01.06.1978 |
British Columbia | 31.03.2014 |
Manitoba | 02.09.1978 |
Newfoundland | 02.09.1978 |
New Brunswick | 05.12.1997 |
Nova Scotia | 27.05.2001 |
Ontario | 31.03.1978 |
Prince Edward Island | 22.03.1995 |
Saskatchewan | 22.03.1995 |
Yukon | 06.01.2022 |