UNCITRAL Events and News

At its fifty-second session, in 2019, UNCITRAL considered a proposal from the European Union on applicable law in insolvency proceedings (see A/CN.9/995). UNCITRAL requested the Secretariat to organize a colloquium, in cooperation with other relevant international organizations, with a view to submitting concrete proposals for UNCITRAL’s possible future work on such topic, for consideration by the Commission at its fifty-third session, in 2020.

The UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RCAP) is pleased to announce that Ms Athita Komindr, Head of UNCITRAL RCAP and Ms Jenny Hui, RCAP Legal Expert, will be speaking at the "2020 UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Day, Webinar: The Future Practice of Commercial Dispute Resolution after Extending the Application of CISG to Hong Kong" co-organized by UNCITRAL RCAP, the Department of Law, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong Mediation Centre (HKMC), and International Dispute Resolution & Risk Management Institute (IDRRMI). The Webinar will examine the future practice of commercial dispute resolution, the various benefits to Hong Kong and ways practitioners can prepare themselves, if the application of the CISG is extended to Hong Kong. 

The UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific, the Centre for Transnational Commercial Law at The National Law University, Delhi, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) and INSOL India are pleased to announce the 2020 Moot Competition on Insolvency and Bankruptcy. The theme for this year’s competition is “Corporate Insolvency Resolution” and it will be held virtually from 10 – 12 December 2020.

联合国国际贸易法委员会很高兴地宣布委员会将与韩国司法政策研究院（JPRI）、海牙国际私法会议（HCCH）和国际统一私法协会（UNIDROIT）共同举办主题为“国际商事诉讼：近期发展与未来挑战”的 2020年JPRI国际会议。会议将涵盖的主题包括“国际商事合同的现代化和统一”、“担保交易和破产”、“仲裁裁决和调解所产生的和解协议之执行”等。联合国国际贸易法委员会秘书长Anna Joubin-Bret女士将出席此次会议。该会议届时将在JPRI的YouTube频道公开直播。