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On 14 March, Professor Louise Gullifer, co-Director of the Cape Town Convention Academic Project and UNIDROIT Legal Consultant Theodora Kostoula participated in a workshop at the European Law Institute (EUI). The workshop was co-hosted by the Finance, Innovation and Regulation Working Group, the International Law Working Group, and the International Economic Law and Policy Working […]

A planning session on the Implementation of and Compliance with International Commercial Law Treaties Project (Treaty Project) took place on 15 February 2024 at the seat of UNIDROIT in Rome and online. The session was attended by 12 participants. The Treaty Project is organised under the auspices of the Cape Town Convention Academic Project, which is […]

The 9th Workshop of the Economic Assessment of International Commercial Law Reform (EA ICLR) Project took place on 14 and 15 February 2024 at the seat of UNIDROIT in Rome and online. The Workshop was attended by 12 participants. The project is managed under the auspices of the Cape Town Convention Academic Project, in partnership with the UNIDROIT […]

The 7th Workshop for the project on Best Practices in the Field of Electronic Registry Design and Operation (BPER) was organised by the Cape Town Convention Academic Project at the UNIDROIT Headquarters, and on Zoom, on 13 and 14 February 2024. This project is supported by the UNIDROIT Foundation and Aviareto. The Workshop had 48 […]

We are pleased to announce the launch of the UNIDROIT Essay Competition, supported by the International Law Institute (ILI) and facilitated by the UNIDROIT Foundation. Participants are invited to author an essay in English between 2000 and 3000 words (excluding footnotes and references) examining the use of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts in practice and their […]

We are pleased to announce the launch of the UNIDROIT Essay Competition, supported by the International Law Institute (ILI) and facilitated by the UNIDROIT Foundation. Participants are invited to author an essay in English between 2000-3000 words (excluding footnotes and references) examining how UNIDROIT instruments can contribute towards sustainable development, and help countries achieve their targets for […]

The 6th  Workshop of the Economic Assessment of International Commercial Law Reform Project was held on 8 September at the UNIDROIT Headquarters in Rome. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the meeting was held in hybrid format, with 10  participants present at the Institute, 25 remote participants and over 30 remote observers. The project is managed […]

The 4th Workshop for project on Best Practices in the Field of Electronic Registry Design and Operation took place at the UNIDROIT Headquarters in Rome on 9 September. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the meeting was held in hybrid format, with 9 participants present at the Institute, 42 remote participants, and over 20 remote observers. […]

We are pleased to announce the launch of the UNIDROIT Essay Competition, supported by Stibbe, and facilitated by the UNIDROIT Foundation. Participants are invited to author an essay in English between 2000-3000 words (excluding footnotes and references) examining the impact and usefulness of UNIDROIT instruments either during the COVID-19 pandemic, or in the post COVID-19 economy. The […]

The fourth meeting of the Economic Assessment of International Commercial Law Reform Project was held on 8-9 October 2018 at the headquarters of Unidroit in Rome, Italy. This project is a joint undertaking between the UNIDROIT Foundation, the Commercial Law Centre of Harris Manchester College at Oxford University, and the Global Business Law Institute at […]

The Cape Town Convention Academic Project held its seventh annual conference in Oxford from 12-13 September 2018 at the Blavatnik School of Government. The Conference, sponsored by University of Washington School of Law and the University of Oxford Faculty of Law, covered and discussed a number of crucial issues relating to the interpretation and implementation […]

The third meeting of the Economic Assessment of International Commercial Law Reform Project was held on September 13 and 14, September 2017 at Harris Manchester College in Oxford. This project is a joint undertaking between the UNIDROIT Foundation, the Commercial Law Centre of Harris Manchester College at Oxford University, and the Global Business Law Institute […]

The Cape Town Convention Academic Conference is an annual conference that brings together leading scholars, practitioners, government officials, and industry experts to discuss the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and its protocols (collectively, the ‘CTC’). The 2017 Cape Town Academic Conference took place in September. To get all the details of the Conference […]

The UNIDROIT Foundation’s joint project Best Practices in the Field of Electronic Registry Design and Operation undertaken in collaboration with the Oxford Commercial Law Centre held an academic workshop from 27 – 28 March 2017 at Harris Manchester College, Oxford.

The UNIDROIT Foundation’s joint project Economic Assessment of International Commercial Law Reform undertaken in collaboration with the Oxford Commercial Law Centre held an academic workshop from 29 – 30 March 2017 at Harris Manchester College, Oxford.

The UNIDROIT Foundation website has been updated! The new interface provides a modern, state of the art interface to allow users to navigate the various projects undertaken by the Foundation, and now allows for direct donations in support of the Foundation’s work