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The Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts has shaped the way international trade law is understood, applied and taught across jurisdictions. Ranging throughout the years from a paper-based collection of cases in the 1980s, the CLOUT system has been through several phases including digitalization efforts as well as an electronic database of CLOUT cases ("the CLOUT database") in its most recent form. In an effort to continue to harmonize the interpretation and application of UNCITRAL texts and spread the word about CLOUT, its objectives and its use for judges, lawyers, law professionals, members of academic institutions and other interested users, the UNCITRAL secretariat is making available on its official website all published CLOUT abstracts in the six languages of the United Nations, and continues to explore partnerships with third-party platforms, and especially online platforms, academic and professional institutions, and other interested relevant entities, to disseminate further CLOUT abstracts and the system. The CLOUT collection hosts more than 2,300 CLOUT cases from more than 90 jurisdictions across the globe, interpreting and applying thirteen UNCITRAL texts.

Information on the background and structure of the CLOUT system, and details for anyone wishing to explore ways on how to join our Network and contribute, are available at the official CLOUT web page.

CLOUT abstracts per UNCITRAL text

CLOUT abstracts on the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 1958) (the "New York Convention")

Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods

United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Hamburg, 1978) (the "Hamburg Rules")

United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna, 1980) (CISG)

UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (1985), with amendments as adopted in 2006

UNCITRAL Model Law on International Credit Transfers (1992)

United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit (New York, 1995)

UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce (1996) with additional article 5 bis as adopted in 1998

UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (1997)

UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures (2001)

UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law

United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts (New York, 2005)

UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (2017)

 

 

 

 

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