w88 casino News Network (provided by the Law w88 casino) 2018On May 24, 2020, as a director recommended by the Chinese government, Dean of the w88 casino of Law Shi Jingxia attended the 97th Board Meeting of the "Rome International Association for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)" held in Rome, Italy. There are 17 formal agenda items and several additional agenda items for this meeting.
The Council reviewed and approved the 2017 UNIDROIT Annual Report and the Uniform Law Foundation Report, discussed the selection process of the UNIDROIT Secretary-General and approved the appointment of a new Secretary-General. Professor Tirado from Spain was elected as the new Secretary-General of UNIDROIT.
On issues related to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment, the meeting discussed the implementation status of the Luxembourg Railway Protocol and the Space Assets Protocol, the Preliminary Draft of the Protocol on Agriculture, Mining and Construction Equipment, and the preparation of other possible protocols (including the Protocol on Ships and Maritime Transport Equipment and the Protocol on Renewable Energy Equipment).
In the field of private law and agricultural development, the Council focuses on the follow-up activities and related promotion of the UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD legislative guide on agricultural order contracts, and the preparation of international guidance documents on agricultural land investment contracts.
In terms of transnational civil procedure rules, the Council discussed issues related to the regional rules being developed by the European Law Institute (ELI) and UNIDROIT and the future launch of the "Effective Enforcement Principles".
The Council reviewed and adopted the "Cross-border Transactions in Capital Markets: Legislative Guidelines for Intermediary Held Securities" related to the Geneva Securities Convention.
In terms of the development of rules for international commercial contracts, the Council is concerned about the development process of principles related to reinsurance contracts.
In the field of international sales law, the Council continued to discuss cooperation with the United Nations Commission on International w88 Law (UNCITRAL) and the Hague Conference on Private International Law (Hague Conference) to prepare a guidance document on the existing valid texts developed by these three international organizations and related progress.
With regard to the international protection of cultural objects, the Council discussed projects to promote the follow-up and promotion of the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects and discussed legal issues related to private art collections.
In addition, at the meeting, council members also discussed the Czech government’s recommendations on considering the formulation of legal rules on artificial intelligence and the possible launch of a “human-centered business model” project in the future in cooperation with the “Forum for Legal Justice and Development (LFLJD)”.
In terms of promoting UNIDROIT's various achievements and documents, the Board of Directors continued discussions, and the Secretariat reported on UNIDROIT's information resources and related policies, as well as the electronic status of library resources, problems, funding needs, and the development of related research activities.
Council members spent three days carefully reviewing and discussing each item on the agenda and decided on the date for the 98th session. Council members expressed satisfaction with the current work progress of the Secretariat and various working groups, and made various suggestions and arrangements for the next step of work.
Shi Jingxia discussed relevant issues on the agenda, including seminars on the Railway Protocol in China and research projects on the MAC Protocol, third-party funding in transnational civil litigation rules, dispute resolution in agricultural land investment contracts, Chinese translation of the UNIDROIT General Principles of Commercial Contracts (2016 Fourth Edition), and the launch of artificial intelligence We had active and effective communication and exchanges with the Secretariat and directors on issues such as the necessity and possibility of smart-related projects, the implementation and promotion of various UNIDROIT documents in China, the possibility of database subscription in data construction, and external cooperation, and expressed that they would continue to work hard to promote the influence and implementation of UNIDROIT's important guidelines, conventions, protocols and other documents in China.
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