RCAP News Archives

2014 - Events Archive

2014 UNCITRAL Asia-Pacific Day  
Rule of Law and Access to Justice in International Trade Law ( Programme at a glance)  
Beijing, Nagoya & Hong Kong, 2-3-17 December 2014


UNCITRAL-RCAP, Financial Services Commision & Dankook University 
"Challenges of Technology Finance for a Creative Economy - Practical Issues on Security Rights in Intellectual Property"
Seoul, 28 November 2014


UNCITRAL-RCAP & Beijing Normal University 
First JCP High Level Forum on International E-Commerce Law 
Beijing, 27-28 November 2014


UNCITRAL-RCAP, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Korea and KCAB 
3rd Asia Pacific ADR Conference 
Seoul, 17-18 November 2014


ACICA-Law Council of Australia with UNCITRAL-RCAP as supporting organization
International Arbitration Conference 2014
Sydney, Australia, 13 November 2014


UNCITRAL-RCAP & AIBT
2014 UNCITRAL Japan Seminar "The development of ISDS from a viewpoint of Asia"
Kyoto, Japan, 25 October 2014


UNCITRAL-RCAP, Comite Maritime International and University of Macau
2014 UNCITRAL Asia-Pacific Fall Conference "Trade Development through the Harmonization of Commercial Law"
Macau, China, 17-18 October 2014


Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2014
UNCITRAL Hong Kong Seminar "Transparency in Investor-State Arbitration: The Way Forward"
Hong Kong, China, 15 October 2014


UNCITRAL-RCAP, ICTA Sri Lanka & Central Bank of Sri Lanka
2014 UNCITRAL South Asia Seminar
Colombo, 18-19 September 2014


International Law Section of the Law Council of Australia & UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee
2014 International Trade Law Symposium
Canberra, 18-19 September 2014


SLASSCOM Thought Leadership Forum
"The future outlook for international electronic transactions law"
Colombo, 17 September 2014


KCAB-CILS with UNCITRAL-RCAP as supporting organization at 2014 FDI Moot Asia-Pacific Regional Rounds   
Seoul, Republic of Korea, 21-23 August 2014  


CIETAC-CityU-Columbia University in association with UNCITRAL-RCAP
International ADR Mooting Competition
Hong Kong, China, 27 July - 2 August 2014


UNCITRAL-PPS-SCL-IFEZ (Registration Open)
2014 UNCITRAL Asia-Pacific Songdo Spring Conference "New trends and legal challenges in Sustainable Procurement"
Incheon, Republic of Korea, 1 July 2014


UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee for Australia (UNCCA)
Public lecture on UNCITRAL and Australia: past, present and future
Sydney, 24 June and Melbourne, 26 June 2014


UNCITRAL-MOJ-KLRI-KITLA
Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Private Partnerships "Development through PPPs: aspiration or realizable goal?
Incheon, Republic of Korea, 9-10 June 2014


ICC Asia-Pacific
Fourth Annual Conference "International Arbitration - A Regional Journey"
Seoul, Republic of Korea, 19-21 May 2014


Centre for Chinese Law - Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
Regional Development and Integration: the Role of UNCITRAL
Hong Kong, China, 2 April 2014


UNCITRAL-RCAP, Moot Alumni Association (MAA) and Clifford Chance
The Annual MAA Peter Schlechtriem CISG Conference: Growing the CISG
Hong Kong, China, 31 March 2014


Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group (APRAG)
10th Anniversary APRAG Conference
Melbourne, Australia, 26-28 March 2014


CIArb-WIPO-SIAC
Intellectual Property Media & Technology Arbitration Symposium 2014
Singapore, 13-14 March 2014


Society of Construction Law (Republic of Korea)
Inaugural Event
Seoul, Republic of Korea, 9 January 2014


2014 - News Archive

Call for Papers: "Connecting the UNCITRAL to Governance, the Rule of Law, and Access to Justice", 16 December 2014


Secretary of UNCITRAL calls, in Seoul, for transparency standards in investment arbitration, 18 November 2014


APEC Ministers welcome efforts of UNCITRAL in the Asia-Pacific region, 8 November 2014


Ribeiro: "The role and future work of UNCITRAL and of its Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific", 20 October 2014


Interview with Head of UNCITRAL-RCAP: "Narrowing the gap of international trade law", 13 October 2014


University of Macau hosts 2014 UNCITRAL Asia-Pacific Fall Conference, 18 October 2014


2014 UNCITRAL South Asia Seminar strengthens cross-border commercial law - Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, 12 October 2014


Spotlight on e-commerce law and secured transactions in Colombo, 22 September 2014


UNCITRAL in Colombo after 20 years, 15 September 2014


Sri Lanka debates future outlook for international electronic transactions law, 12 September 2014


Singapore to adopt UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, 25 August 2014


UNCITRAL-RCAP supports summer program of Songdo Library of International Organizations, 24 July 2014


UNCITRAL Spring Conference on "New trends and legal challenges in Sustainable Procurement", 1 July 2014


UNCITRAL held successful Asia-Pacific Conference on Public-Private Partnerships, 11 June 2014


New transparency rules key to trust in investor-state settlements - The Korea Herald interview, 25 May 2014


Job Opening for internship at UNCITRAL-RCAP (Deadline for application: 4 July 2014)


CUPL and UNCITRAL RCAP met in Beijing to discuss future cooperation, 21 May 2014


CIETAC welcomes UNCITRAL RCAP and commits to further cooperation, 20 May 2014


UNCITRAL and Beijing Normal University Joint Certificate Program launched, 19 May 2014


Vietnam urged to join Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in Int. Contracts, 11 April 2014


UNCITRAL RCAP visited CIETAC Hong Kong Arbitration Center, 2 April 2014


Marta Pertegás, First Secretary of the Hague Conference (HccH) visits UNCITRAL-RCAP, 21 March 2014


Ribeiro delivers public lecture at Kobe University during Vis Japan, 23 February 2014


UNCITRAL-RCAP releases Facts about UNCITRAL leaflet in Japanese, 17 February 2014


Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA) unveils new Arbitration Rules, 1 February 2014


UNCITRAL RCAP visits Dankook University, 27 January 2014


UNCITRAL RCAP welcomes Korean law students to celebrate 2 nd Anniversary, 10 January 2014


UNCITRAL RCAP and KCAB discuss further cooperation, 9 January 2014


2013 - Events Archive

BNU Institute for the Internet Policy & Law
2013 Founding High-Level Forum on Chinese E-Commerce Legislation
Beijing, China, 28 December 2013


Korea Commercial Arbitration Board and Korean Society of International Economic Law
Recalibrating New Issues of Investor-State Arbitration
Seoul, Republic of Korea, 13 December 2013


World Bank, UNCITRAL, INSOL International, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Forum on Asian Insolvency Reform
Manila, The Philippines, 3-5 December 2013


UNCITRAL RCAP - MoJ - KLRI
Joint International Conference: Enabling Environment for Microbusiness and Creative Economy.
Seoul, Republic of Korea, 14-15 October 2013


ESCAP-WCO
UN NExT Masterclass 2013: Implementing Single Window and Paperless Trade
Cheon-an, Republic of Korea, 7-18 October 2013


Bond University
Conference: The Australian 'National Interest' in the Asian Century: Trade, Investment and Security
Gold Coast, Australia, 26-27 September 2013


City University of Hong Kong
The International ADR Mooting Competition 2013
Hong Kong, China, 28 July 2013 - 3 August 2013


UNCITRAL RCAP - Aoyama Gakuin University
Current status and legal issues in the field of international business transactions -- introduction to UNCITRAL activities
Tokyo, Japan, 12 June 2013


Law Council of Australia International Law Section
33rd International Trade Law Symposium
Canberra, Australia, 6-7 May 2013


UNCITRAL RCAP - Commercial Law Group, Faculty of Law, Monash University
UNCITRAL texts in Australia: Arbitration, Electronic Commerce, Sale of Goods
Melbourne, Australia, 7 February 2013


UNCITRAL RCAP - University of Queensland's TC Beirne School of Law
A modern legal framework to enable global trade: the new legislation on arbitration and on electronic transactions
Brisbane, Australia, 5 February 2013


2013 - News Archive

Exchange of Diplomatic Notes concerning the Entry into Force of the Japan-Papua New Guinea Investment Agreement, 18 December 2013


KLRI-UNCITRAL Joint Research: Perspectives and Trends, 13 December 2013


UNCITRAL RCAP Capacity Building Event for Cambodian Governmental Delegates, 27 November 2013


Ribeiro is the new Head of RCAP, 24 November 2013


Workshop "Viet Nam's accession to UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)" (Vietnam), 1 November 2013


Introduction to UNCITRAL on UNIC Japan website (Japan) (in Japanese)


SJ's speech at UNCITRAL-MOJ-KCAB 2nd Annual Conference 2013 (Hong Kong, China), 11 November 2013


UNCITRAL visits Chuo (Tokyo, Japan), 9 November 2013


Vietnam prepares to join trading pact (CISG) (Vietnam), 4 November 2013


Philippines urged to align e-contracts to new UN guidelines (The Philippines), 26 October 2013


Adoption of the UN Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts (Russian Federation), 25 October 2013


UNCITRAL RCAP and BNU Established the Joint Certificate Program on International E-Commerce Law, (Beijing, China) 20 October 2013


General Assembly, Sixth Committee, Agenda item 79: Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its forty-sixth session. Statement by Ms Julia O'Brien, First Secretary (Legal), Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations (United Nations), 16 October 2013


General Assembly, Sixth Committee, Agenda item 79: Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its forty-sixth session. Statement by Mr Yonghoon Choi, Legal Counselor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations (United Nations), 16 October 2013


UNCTAD review of ASEAN e-commerce laws published (UNCTAD), 25 September 2013


JCAA's Call for Public Comments on the Draft Amendments to the Commercial Arbitration Rules (Japan), August 2013


JIFFA Reports Its Findings on Rotterdam Rules to Its Members (Japan), 25 July 2013


President Ratifies Arbitration Bill (Maldives), 3 July 2013


President Huang Jin Meets Secretary of United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (People's Republic of China), 28 June 2013


Forty-second brownbag lecture: The role of UNCITRAL in international trade law (Japan) (in Japanese), 20 June 2013


New United Nations Premises launched in Incheon, Republic of Korea (Republic of Korea), 31 May 2013


Visit of Head of UNCITRAL RCAP to Dankook University College of Law (Republic of Korea) (in Korean), 30 May 2013


Special visit from the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Regional Center for Asia and the Pacific (Republic of Korea), 30 April 2013


New United Nations Premises launched in Incheon, Republic of Korea (Republic of Korea), 31 May 2013


Visit of Head of UNCITRAL RCAP to Dankook University College of Law (Republic of Korea) (in Korean), 30 May 2013


Special visit from the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Regional Center for Asia and the Pacific (Republic of Korea), 30 April 2013


New United Nations Premises launched in Incheon, Republic of Korea (Republic of Korea), 31 May 2013


Visit of Head of UNCITRAL RCAP to Dankook University College of Law (Republic of Korea) (in Korean), 30 May 2013


Special visit from the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Regional Center for Asia and the Pacific (Republic of Korea), 30 April 2013


Queensland Commercial Arbitration Act passed -- One step closer to national harmonisation (Australia), 22 March 2013


IAGOC meets with UN delegation (Republic of Korea), 21 March 2013


High Court of Australia helds that s 16(1) of the International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth), which gives "the force of law in Australia" to the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration ("the Model Law"), is not invalid. (Australia), 13 March 2013


New hope for foreign investment as Myanmar signs Convention (Myanmar), 7 March 2013


Prime Minister approval of Vietnam's accession to the Vienna Convention (Viet Nam) (in Vietnamese)


China Contract Law and CISG Become more Consistent in Provisions on Contract Form and their Applicability (China), 25 February 2013


International trade law conversations (Australia), 19 February 2013


Conference sheds light on laws for businesses (Australia), 4 February 2013


2012 - Events Archive

UNCITRAL RCAP - Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Korea - Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Commercial Arbitration
22-23 November 2012, Seoul, Republic of Korea


UNCITRAL RCAP - City University of Hong Kong
Asia-Pacific Mediation Conference 2012: Mediation and its Impact on National Legal Systems
16-17 November 2012, Hong Kong, China


UNCITRAL RCAP - Korean Consumer Law Society - Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
E-Commerce and ODR: Current Status and Prospects in the Region
20-21 September 2012, Seoul, Republic of Korea


ESCAP - UNCITRAL RCAP - ICTA
Regional Expert Consultation on Connecting Asia-Pacific's Digital Society for building resilience
5-6 September 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka


CIArb - AIDC - UNCITRAL Arbitration Workshop
27 July 2012, Sydney, Australia


IBA-UNCITRAL Joint Seminar on Practical and Current Issues in International Sale of Goods and International Commercial Arbitration
12 July 2012, Seoul Partners House, Seoul, Republic of Korea


Second Asian Forum of Legislative Information Affairs (AFOLIA)
27-29 June 2012, KINTEX, Ilsan, Seoul, Republic of Korea


Launch of the UNCITRAL Digest on the Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration
9 June 2012, Singapore


Generations in Arbitration VI
19 March 2012, Hong Kong, China


MAA CISG Conference: Globalization versus Regionalization
18 March 2012, Hong Kong, China


">RCAP launch event
10 January 2012, Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea

2012 - News Archive

Nagoya University Graduate School of Law (Japan) Cross-Border Legal Institution Design Doctoral Program
Application Documents for Admission (2013)


UNCTAD and ASEAN identify critical issues in harmonizing e-commerce laws (UNCTAD), 27 December 2012


National Assembly members discuss draft law on electronic transactions (Laos), 11 December 2012


National Assembly debates new Law on Electronic Transactions (Laos), 10 December 2012


International Conference on "Asia-Pacific Mediation Conference 2012: Mediation and its Impact on National Legal Systems"
(Hong Kong, China), 21 November 2012


Highlights and recommendations of the Regional Expert Consultation on Connecting a Digital Society in Asia and the Pacific in order to Build Resilience (UN ESCAP), 23 October 2012


Creating digital inclusion and regional connectivity (Sri Lanka), 6 September 2012


Asia to boost joint efforts for better legislation (Republic of Korea), 28 June 2012


Nagoya University Graduate School of Law (Japan)
Cross-Border Legal Institution Design Master's Program - Application Documents for Admission (2012)


ICT Ministry Amending Act (Thailand), 4 May 2012


Draft of e-transactions law discussed (Laos), 3 April 2012

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