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/80/17, paras. 250, 256 and 347).
The colloquium will take place on 11-12 December 2025, in the Vienna International Centre, after the sixty-seventh session of Working Group V. A report of the colloquium will be submitted to the Commission for consideration at its fifty-ninth session.
Sessions and Events
- 22 June–10 July 2026, New York
- No meeting scheduled until July 2026
- 13-17 October 2025, Vienna
- 16-20 February 2026, New York
- 28 September-2 October 2026, Vienna (tentative)
- 12-16 January 2026, New York
- 23-27 March 2026, Vienna (to be confirmed)
- 12-16 October 2026, Vienna (tentative)
- 20-24 October 2025, Vienna
- 23-27 March 2026, New York
- 5-9 October 2026, Vienna (tentative)
- 8-12 December 2025, Vienna
- 13-17 April 2026, New York
- 16-20 November 2026, Vienna (tentative)
- 15-19 December 2025, Vienna
- 20-24 April 2026, New York
- 9-13 November 2026, Vienna (tentative)
Events
11 December 2025 to 12 December 2025
29 October 2025
Co-hosted by UNCITRAL, KMOJ, KCAB INTERNATIONAL, and ICC Dispute Resolution Services, this year’s Conference will focus on the theme “Unveiling Excellence in Arbitration.” Expert discussions on critical topics, including the user experience in arbitration, innovation driven by arbitral tribunals, and a forward-looking debate on the necessity of an appellate system, will be featured.
For registration and programme details please visit: https://adrconference.com/
28 October 2025
The ADR Special Session (ADRSS) is an annual flagship event focusing on UNCITRAL dispute settlement texts and related developments in the Asia-Pacific region.
27 May 2025
At its upcoming fifty-eighth session, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) is expected to finalize a draft convention on negotiable cargo documents. The draft convention establishes negotiable cargo documents as new negotiable documents of title representing goods in transit across all modes of transport, which could be used to enhance flexibility in trade, bridge the trade finance gap and support the digital transformation of global trade. Once finalized, the draft convention will be submitted to the United Nations General Assembly for adoption in late 2025. To raise awareness of the draft convention, the UNCITRAL secretariat is organizing a conference entitled “Shaping the Future: The Impact of Negotiable Cargo Documents on Trade Finance, Regional Connectivity and Digital Evolution”, in partnership with the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT), and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
14 March 2025
On 14 March 2025, UNCITRAL RCAP and the Department of Justice of the Government of Hong Kong SAR, China will co-organize the Conference on Climate Change and International Trade Law. This one- day conference will consist of panel discussions covering the key takeaways of recent UNCITRAL colloquiums, sustainable supply chains (including PPs, PPPs and the CISG), insolvency and dispute prevention and settlement. Please click here to register for in-person or virtual participation. More details are available here.
New Articles
13 October 2025
The Islamic Republic of Iran has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts (2005) (the “Electronic Communications Convention”). With its ratification, Iran becomes the twenty-first State party to the Convention. The Electronic Communications Convention will enter into force for Iran on 1 May 2026. Read the full press release here.
29 September 2025
The European Union has approved the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration, also known as the "Mauritius Convention on Transparency", on 25 September 2025. The European Union becomes the tenth party to the Mauritius Convention on Transparency, which will enter into force for the European Union on 25 March 2026. Read the full press release here.
25 August 2025
Spain has ratified the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships, also known as the “Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships”. The ratification by Spain was effected on 21 August 2025 and the convention will enter into force on 17 February 2026. Read the full press release here.
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