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由中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会(CIETAC)、联合国国际贸易法委员会(UNCITRAL)、国际商事仲裁机构联合会(IFCAI)以及中华全国律师协会(ACLA)联合举办的2024中国仲裁高峰论坛暨中国-中东北非仲裁高峰论坛将于2024年9月26日在北京国贸大酒店举办。

作为中国仲裁周期间最高规格的盛会，本届论坛以“跨越时代的国际仲裁”为主题，携手全球仲裁法律专家聚焦新时代背景下的前沿热点问题，积极探索国际仲裁未来发展方向，共创跨越时代的国际仲裁。同时，为进一步加强国际商事仲裁法治交流与合作，促进中国及中东北非地区争议解决的合作与发展，将同期举办中国-中东北非仲裁高峰论坛。

Co-organized by UNCITRAL and Dalian Maritime University and supported by the Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM), the “International Symposium on the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) and Law Relating to Electronic B/L in Transition” will be held in person and virtually on Friday, 31 May 2024. Against the backdrop of China's commitment to international high-standard economic and trade rules, the symposium intends to take stock of the gap analysis between national legislation and the MLETR, as well as examine the practice-related and legal issues associated with electronic maritime bills of lading in the context of China’s planned revision of the Maritime Law.

Co-organized by UNCITRAL and the Faculty of Law of Ain Shams University, the "Symposium on the Quest for Transparency in International Investment Arbitration: Opportunities and Challenges" will be held in person and virtually on Tuesday, 28 May 2024. The year 2024 marks the tenth anniversary of the UNCITRAL Transparency Standards. The symposium aims to increase awareness about the UNCITRAL Transparency Standards in the region by focusing on the critical issues of transparency in international investment arbitration, looking into newly adopted UNCITRAL instrument reflecting transparency, and examining both the opportunities and the challenges that lie ahead. 

The Fourteenth Multinational Judicial Colloquium on Insolvency, co-sponsored by INSOL International, UNCITRAL and The World Bank Group, will take place in San Diego on Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 May 2024. Since 1995 INSOL International and UNCITRAL have co-sponsored Multinational Judicial Colloquia on Insolvency. Since 2007 The World Bank Group has joined as co-sponsor.  These Colloquiums, held biannually in various locations around the world, have brought together judges, regulators and judicial officials from different jurisdictions to consider a wide range of insolvency-related issues. These issues have included judicial co-operation in cases of cross-border insolvency, access to courts by insolvency practitioners and recognition of insolvency administrations by foreign courts.The Colloquium is restricted to judges who deal with insolvency matters. The Colloquium will be in English. Click here for more information.