PURPOSE

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.

 

 

ORIGINS

Set up in 1926 as an auxiliary organ of the League of Nations, the Institute was, following the demise of the League, re-established in 1940 on the basis of a multilateral agreement, the UNIDROIT Statute.

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UNIDROIT President Malaguti receives Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Supreme Court of Paraguay

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 

Fourteenth Transnational Commercial Law Teachers Meeting held at Elon University

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 

DECLARATION OF THE FOURTH STC TTIIE OF THE AFRICAN UNION RECOMMENDS RATIFICATION OF LUXEMBOURG RAIL PROTOCOL

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 

12th Cape Town Convention Academic Project Conference organised in Cambridge

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