UNIDROIT is very pleased to announce it has been awarded the United Rule of Law Appeal (UROLA) Prize for 2019. UROLA is an NGO jointly managed by the International Law Institute and other NGOs focused on the rule of law. The purpose of the 2019 
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Between 25-26 October, Hamza Hameed, Legal Consultant at UNIDROIT, participated at the Conference on the Theory and Practice of: “Court Decision Enforcement in Commercial Disputes: Achievements, Challenges, and Future Development” held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. This conference was part of the project: Kyrgyz Republic – Bailiff 
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On 22 October 2019 UNIDROIT hosted a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan at its headquarters in Rome. The delegation was led by Dr Mirvokhid Azimov (Director-General of the Treaty Law Department) who was accompanied by Mr Abdraimov Ilkhomjon 
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On Tuesday 15 October UNIDROIT held an international briefing event to discuss the MAC Protocol to the Cape Town Convention at the UNIDROIT headquarters in Rome, Italy. The briefing brought together over 40 diplomatic representatives from 34 States to discuss the legal and economic benefits 
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On Monday 14 October the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, in partnership with UNIDROIT, convened a workshop to discuss the MAC Protocol. Hosted at the EU Council, the event brought together approximately 40 experts and representatives of EU Member States to 
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On Monday 14 October UNIDROIT Secretary-General Ignacio Tirado delivered a presentation on “UNIDROIT and its importance to EU Member States” to the EU Working Party on Civil Law Matters at the EU Council in Brussels. Under the Finnish Presidency of the Council, the meeting considered 
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On 25-26 September 2019, Deputy Secretary General Anna Veneziano participated in a face-to-face meeting on the draft Legal Guide to International Commercial Contracts (with a Focus on Sales) which was held in Frankfurt a.M., at the Max-Planck Institute for European Legal History. The meeting was 
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Between 23-26 September, Hamza Hameed, Legal Consultant at UNIDROIT, participated at the United Nations/Turkey/APSCO Conference on Space Law and Policy held in Istanbul. This conference was co-organised by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), Tubitak Space Technologies Research Institute, The Turkish Space 
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On 20 September 2019, Roma Tre University and UNIDROIT co-hosted the Sixth Edition of the Annual International Arbitration Lecture entitled “Globalization. A Deconstruction and Reformulation of Investor-State Arbitration within the Rubric of the UNIDROIT Principles. A Conceptual Journey”. It was part of the programme of 
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On 18 September 2019, on the occasion of the launch of the posthumous publication of “Diritto del Commercio Internazionale: Fondamenti e Prospettive”  (Mazzoni, A., Malaguti, M.C., Giappichelli Editore, 2019, Turin; Working English Title “International Commercial Law: Foundation and Prospects”, forthcoming), UNIDROIT hosted a round table 
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