UNIDROIT
UNIDROIT ( International Institute pour l' unification du droit, International Institute for the Unification of Private Law ) is an international organization with the aim of promoting international harmonization of civil law. To this end, developed UNIDROIT methods, international conventions, model laws, and basic rules for the modernization and harmonization of civil law, in particular international trade law.
General
UNIDROIT was founded in 1926 in Rome based on a decision of the League of Nations and adopted on May 30, 1928 on his work. Following the withdrawal of Italy from the League disbanded in 1940 UNIDROIT of selbigem and became an independent international organization of currently 63 Member States ( as of 5 March 2010) is supported. UNIDROIT has the task of examining means of harmonizing and coordinating the private law of States or groups of States and to prepare gradually for the adoption of uniform legislation in the field of private law by the several states.
The seat of UNIDROIT is the Villa Aldobrandini in Rome ( Via Panisperna 28, 00184 Roma). Is currently President of the Italian professor Alberto Mazzoni of the University of Milan, Secretary General José Angelo Estrella Faria of Brazil.
Operation
The Secretariat for the current business of UNIDROIT, maintains contacts with States and international organizations and is also scientifically searchingly worked. It is essential to set out in Article 9 of the Statutes obligation to maintain a library; However UNIDROIT important documents also passes each of a library in the Member States and published information on the Internet.
Official languages in accordance with Article 10 of the UNIDROIT Statute Italian, German, English, Spanish and French. However, working languages are English and French.
At the completion of the work program adopted the Secretariat often invites renowned scientists to participate in study groups ( "study groups" ).
Until his 75th birthday UNIDROIT has completed over 70 studies and convention designs. The number of international instruments that have come into force, was 17 UNIDROIT uses in addition to the classical binding international treaties and other instruments, such as model laws and principles ( Principles) that fall under the term " soft law ", or codes of conduct ( codes of conduct ).
Results
Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure
In April 2004, the Council of UNIDROIT Principles of the Transnational Civil Procedure agreed. The template is based on a collaboration between the Unidroit with the American Law Institute. The goal of both organizations was to create a uniform civil procedural law for international and transnational disputes. The Principles serve as a model design that any nation-state at will can incorporate in its rules of procedure. In the long term, the draft break down the differences in the procedural ideas and an approach based on the similarities - even if no identity - of procedural law to obtain. On the design professors were involved from the continental European and Anglo- American jurisdictions.
Principles of International Commercial Contracts
An important result of work UNIDROIT set the "ground rules for international commercial contracts " which presented the first time in 1994 and have been recast recently in 2010. They contain rules for international commercial contracts between private parties. Unlike the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods ( CISG) do not apply directly, but must be taken in respect of each contract in respect.
Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment
Disciples is the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (also: Cape Town Convention ). , 2001 It is with a view to high-priced items that are used in the appropriate cross-border commercial transport (eg aircraft), as a basis for the establishment of an international register in can be entered, the security rights (such as lenders or other creditors) and so internationally recognized and enforced. The European Convention clarifies basic questions, but is fill out- needy. Planned and already decided to part are additional protocols for railway objects, aircraft, and satellites.