UNCITRAL Events and Colloquia
Reflecting on UNCITRAL in Korea and the Asia-Pacific: A conference with the Supreme Court of Korea, the Ministry of Justice and KCAB International
Date: 16 September 2026 Venue: Grand Hyatt Seoul, Republic of Korea Format: in-person only The celebration to be co-hosted by the Supreme Court of Korea, the Korean Ministry of Justice (KMOJ) and Korean Commercial Arbitration…
MGIMO UNCITRAL Days 2026
Date: May 25–26, 2026 Venue: MGIMO University, Moscow The international conference MGIMO UNCITRAL Days 2026, dedicated to the work of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and current…
UNCITRAL Colloquium on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Dispute Resolution and Remote Hearings in Arbitration and Mediation
Dates and Time: Monday, 16 February -15:00-18:00 EST Tuesday, 17 February 2026 -10:00-13:00 and 15:00-18:00 EST Venue: United Nations Headquarters, New York, Conference Room 3 At its fifty-eighth session, the Commission…
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UNCITRAL Colloquium on "Harmonizing law in the age of digital trade and finance", 10-13 February, New York
At its fifty-eighth session (Vienna, 7–23 July 2025), the Commission requested the UNCITRAL secretariat (i) to continue exploratory work on secured transactions using new types of assets and (ii) to commence exploratory work…
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UNCITRAL Colloquium on Digital Payments and Paperless Trade, 19-22 January 2026, Vienna
At its 58th session (Vienna, 7-23 July 2025) (see A/80/17, para. 245, 270 and 347), the Commission requested the UNCITRAL secretariat to undertake exploratory and preparatory work on digital payments and paperless trade…
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UNCITRAL Colloquium on possible updates to the Guide to Enactment and Interpretation of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency
At its fifty-eighth session, in 2025, the Commission endorsed the proposal to hold a colloquium to discuss possible updates to the Guide to Enactment and Interpretation of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency ( A…
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UNCITRAL–UAE Global Summit on Digital Trade and Digital Platforms, 8–9 December 2025, Dubai
This is the first in a series of events being organized by the UNCITRAL secretariat to advance exploratory work on digital platforms and private law that was requested by the Commission at its 58th session (Vienna, 7–23 July…
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6th UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Judicial Summit 2025: Judicial Conference – “Building towards End-to-End Digitalization”
Jointly organised by UNCITRAL RCAP and the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the 6th UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Judicial Summit will take place from 1 to 2 December 2025. A biennial flagship…
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6th UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Judicial Summit 2025: Judicial Conference – “Building towards End-to-End Digitalization”
Jointly organised by UNCITRAL RCAP and the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the 6th UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Judicial Summit will take place from 1 to 2 December 2025. A biennial flagship…
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8th Conference on International Coordination of Secured Transactions Reform
The Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL) and the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong are co-organising with the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) the 8th Conference on…
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10th Intersessional meeting of UNCITRAL Working Group III
UNCITRAL Working Group III’s 10th Intersessional meeting on Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) reform, jointly organized by UNCITRAL and the Government of Viet Nam, concluded successfully after three days of productive…Uzbekistan accedes to the Singapore Convention on Mediation
Uzbekistan has acceded to the "Singapore Convention on Mediation." The accession by Uzbekistan was effected on 28 August 2026. Uzbekistan becomes the twenty-fourth State party to the Singapore Convention on Mediation, which…Mauritius ratifies the Singapore Convention on Mediation
Mauritius has ratified the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, also known as the “Singapore Convention on Mediation.” The ratification by Mauritius was effected on 17…