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UNCITRAL Colloquium on Civil Asset Tracing and Recovery

06 December 2019

At its fifty-second session, in 2019, the Commission requested the Secretariat to organize a colloquium, in cooperation with other relevant international organizations, to further clarify and refine various aspects of the Commission’s possible work on civil asset tracing and recovery, for consideration by the Commission at its fifty-third session, in 2020. The Commission was of the view that the colloquium should consider the elements of a possible toolkit on civil asset tracing and recovery and collect more information on civil law jurisdictions practices.

Coloquio sobre localización y recuperación de bienes

06 December 2019

Durante el 52o período de sesiones en 2019, la Comisión pidió a la Secretaría que organizara un coloquio, en cooperación con otras organizaciones internacionales competentes, a fin de aclarar y perfeccionar diversos aspectos de la posible labor futura de la Comisión sobre localización y recuperación civil de bienes, para que la Comisión lo examinará en el 53º período de sesiones, en 2020.

L’intelligence artificielle universelle : uniformiser les règles du jeu

15 November 2019

La conférence sur « l’intelligence artificielle universelle : uniformiser les règles du jeu », organisée conjointement par la CNUDCI, Shearman & Sterling et BCG Gamma aura lieu le 15 novembre 2019 à Paris. Un représentant du Secrétariat de la CNUDCI interviendra en visio-conférence dans le panel intitulé « L’intelligence artificielle en droit : l’intelligence artificielle contre le jugement humain. »

Universal Artificial Intelligence: Levelling the Playing Field

15 November 2019

The Universal Artificial Intelligence: Levelling the Playing Field conference, co-organized by UNCITRAL, Shearman & Sterling, and BCG Gamma, will be held on 15 November 2019 in Paris, France. A member of the UNCITRAL secretariat will participate remotely in a panel titled “Artificial Intelligence in Law: Artificial Intelligence v. Human Judgment.” 
 
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The 3rd UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Judicial Summit 2019

04 November 2019

The Hong Kong Judicial Conference, co-organized by the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific, the Department of Justice, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China, and Asian Academy of International Law, will take place on 4 November 2019 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

第叁届联合国国际贸易法委员会亚太司法会议2019

04 November 2019

由联合国国际贸易法委员会亚太区域中心、中华人民共和国香港特别行政区律政司及亚洲国际法律研究院合办的香港司法会议将於2019年11月

2019 UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Day

30 October 2019 to 19 December 2019

The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) was established by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2205 (XXI) of 17 December 1966 and has since come to be the core legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law.

2019联合国国际贸易法委员会（UNCITRAL) 亚太日

30 October 2019 to 19 December 2019

联合国国际贸易法委员会（以下简称UNCITRAL）是由联合国大会依据其1966年12月17日第2205（XXI）号决议成立，自此成为联合国系统中国际贸易法领域的核心法律机构。2014年，联合国国际贸易法委员会亚洲及太平洋区域中心设立了联合国国际贸易法委员会亚太日（以下简称“亚太日”），以此纪念这个历史性的决议。

Third Inter-sessional Regional Meeting on ISDS

25 September 2019 to 26 September 2019

The third inter-sessional regional meeting on ISDS reform will take place in Conakry (Guinea) on 26th September 2019. A capacity building workshop is scheduled to take place on 25th September 2019, at the initiative of the Government of Guinea and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF programme). 

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Troisième réunion régionale intersessions sur la réforme du RDIE

25 September 2019 to 26 September 2019

La troisième réunion régionale intersessions sur la réforme du RDIE se déroulera les 25 et 26 septembre 2019 à Conakry (Guinée). La réunion sera précédée d’une journée de formation organisée le 25 septembre 2019 à l’initiative du Gouvernement de Guinée et de l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) (programme disponible ici).

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UNCITRAL Working Group III Concludes its Work on the Draft Statute of an Advisory Centre on International Investment Dispute Resolution

08 April 2024

Representatives of more than 70 State delegations and 40 international organizations gathered at the United Nations Headquarters in New York last week to complete another set of reforms in investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS), which Working Group III of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) was mandated to carry out in 2017. Read the full press release here.

Bibliography of recent writings related to the work of UNCITRAL

04 April 2024

The monthly compilation for March of the bibliography of recent writings related to the work of UNCITRAL is now available.

Belgium and the European Union sign the “Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships”

18 March 2024

Belgium and the European Union have become signatories to the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships (the “Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships”). Read the full press release here.

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