TRIPARTITE LEGAL GUIDE ON INTERNATIONAL SALES PRESENTED IN INTERNATIONAL HYBRID CONFERENCE

img03On 22 September 2020, the UNIDROIT Secretariat hosted a Hybrid International Conference illustrating the contribution of HCCH, UNCITRAL and UNIDROIT to the harmonisation of the law of international sales, and the Tripartite Legal Guide to Uniform Legal Instruments in the Area of International Commercial Contracts (with a focus on sales).

The event featured opening addresses from the President and Secretary-General of UNIDROIT, Professors Maria Chiara Malaguti and Ignacio Tirado, the Secretary-General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law Mr Christophe Bernasconi, and the Secretary of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Ms Anna Joubin-Bret, and was followed by three panels. The first Panel chaired by Ms Ning Zhao featured Professors Stefan Vogenauer who spoke on ā€œChoice of contract law and choice forum: new developments with regard to regulatory competitionā€, Neil Cohen who presented ā€œThe HCCH Principles on choice of law in contracts and their relationship to CISG and the UNIDROIT Principlesā€, and Michael Joachim Bonell who illustrated ā€œThe application of the UNIDROITĀ img01Principles in practice: past experience and future prospectsā€. The second panel was chaired by UNIDROIT Governing Council Member Prof. Henry Gabriel, and featured UNCITRAL Principal Officer JosĆ© Angelo Estrella Faria (ā€œFrom the Hague Conventions to CISG: UNIDROIT’s early legacy to the uniform law on international salesā€), Prof Lauro Gama (ā€œThe interaction between CISG and UPICCā€) and Prof Hiroo Sono ( ā€œLimitation Periods in International Salesā€. The final panel, chaired by Secretary-General Prof Ignacio Tirado featured contributions from Professors Pilar Perales Viscasillas on ā€œForce Majeure and Hardship in the context of the regulation of long-term contractsā€, BĆ©nĆ©dicte Fauvarque-Cosson (UNIDROIT Governing Council Member) on ā€œThe CISG and the UNIDROIT Principles as a model for legislators: the case of Franceā€, and Jingxia Shi (UNIDROIT Governing Council Member) on ā€œThe influence of CISG and the UNIDROIT Principles on the new Chinese Civil Codeā€. The event featured a discussion with UNIDROIT Governing Council members and about 60 attendees participated live with a very interesting Q&A session that fed very well into the debate. The video of the event will soon be published on the YouTube channel of UNIDROIT.

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