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| The '''International Institute for the Unification of Private Law''' (UNIDROIT) is an independent ] organisation whose purpose is to study needs and methods for modernising, harmonising and |
The '''International Institute for the Unification of Private Law''' (UNIDROIT) is an independent ] organisation whose purpose is to study needs and methods for modernising, harmonising, and coordinating ] and in particular ] between ]s. | ||
| Set up in ] as an auxiliary organ of the ], the Institute was, following the demise of the League, re-established in ] on the basis of a multilateral agreement, the . Its seat is in ]. | Set up in ] as an auxiliary organ of the ], the Institute was, following the demise of the League, re-established in ] on the basis of a multilateral agreement, the . Its seat is in ]. | ||
| Membership of UNIDROIT is restricted to States acceding to the UNIDROIT Statute. UNIDROIT's 60 member States are drawn from five continents, and represent a variety of different legal, economic, and political systems as well as different cultural backgrounds. | |||
| ==Achievements== | |||
| UNIDROIT has over the years prepared the following international Conventions, drawn up by UNIDROIT and adopted by diplomatic Conferences convened by member States of UNIDROIT: | |||
| Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods (The Hague, 1964) | |||
| Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (The Hague, 1964) | |||
| International Convention on Travel Contracts (Brussels, 1970) | |||
| Convention providing a Uniform Law on the Form of an International Will (Washington, D.C., 1973) | |||
| Convention on Agency in the International Sale of Goods (Geneva, 1983) | |||
| UNIDROIT Convention on International Financial Leasing (Ottawa, 1988) | |||
| UNIDROIT Convention on International Factoring (Ottawa, 1988) | |||
| UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects (Rome, 1995) | |||
| Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town, 2001) | |||
| Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment (Cape Town, 2001) | |||
| ==Work-in-Progress== | |||
| UNIDROIT has as a work in progress a draft convention on Intermediated Securities - Study LXXVIII.. The next session of the Committee of Governmental Experts for the Preparation of a draft Convention on Substantive Rules regarding Intermediated Securities will be held from 6 to 15 November 2006. | |||
| ==External link== | ==External link== | ||
Revision as of 18:46, 23 July 2006
The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) is an independent intergovernmental organisation whose purpose is to study needs and methods for modernising, harmonising, and coordinating private law and in particular commercial law between states.
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. Its seat is in Rome.
Membership of UNIDROIT is restricted to States acceding to the UNIDROIT Statute. UNIDROIT's 60 member States are drawn from five continents, and represent a variety of different legal, economic, and political systems as well as different cultural backgrounds.
Achievements
UNIDROIT has over the years prepared the following international Conventions, drawn up by UNIDROIT and adopted by diplomatic Conferences convened by member States of UNIDROIT:
Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods (The Hague, 1964)
Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (The Hague, 1964)
International Convention on Travel Contracts (Brussels, 1970)
Convention providing a Uniform Law on the Form of an International Will (Washington, D.C., 1973)
Convention on Agency in the International Sale of Goods (Geneva, 1983)
UNIDROIT Convention on International Financial Leasing (Ottawa, 1988)
UNIDROIT Convention on International Factoring (Ottawa, 1988)
UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects (Rome, 1995)
Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town, 2001)
Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment (Cape Town, 2001)
Work-in-Progress
UNIDROIT has as a work in progress a draft convention on Intermediated Securities - Study LXXVIII.. The next session of the Committee of Governmental Experts for the Preparation of a draft Convention on Substantive Rules regarding Intermediated Securities will be held from 6 to 15 November 2006.