International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
Institut international pour l'unification du droit privé
Instituto Internacional para la Unificación del Derecho Privado
Internationales Institut für die Vereinheitlichung des Privatrechts
Istituto Internazionale per l'Unificazione del Diritto Privato
Search Open Yearbook
This information is part of the Open Yearbook, a free service of UIA's subscription-based Yearbook of International Organizations (YBIO). It includes profiles of non-profit organizations working worldwide in all fields of activity. The information contained in the profiles and search functionality of this free service are limited.
The full-featured Yearbook of International Organizations (YBIO) includes over 77,500 organization profiles, additional information in the profiles, sophisticated search functionality and data export. For more information about YBIO, please click here or contact us.
The UIA is a leading provider of information about international non-profit organizations. The aim of the Open Yearbook is to promote the activities of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs).
Contact Details
URL: http://www.unidroit.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNIDROIT/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNIDROITorg
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-institute-for-the-unification-of-private-law/
Founded
1926-04-20 Rome Italy
History
Available with paid subscription only.Aims
Study needs and methods for modernizing, harmonizing and coordinating private and in particular commercial law as between States and groups of States; formulate uniform law instruments, principles and rules to achieve those objectives.
Events
45 past events available with paid subscription only.Activities
Available with paid subscription only.Structure
Available with paid subscription only.Languages
Available with paid subscription only.Staff
Available with paid subscription only.Annual Budget
Available with paid subscription only.Finance
Available with paid subscription only.Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
Relationship agreement with:
- C-XC0069 - Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO);
- F-XF0577 - Parlamento Centroamericano (PARLACEN);
- C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat;
- D-XD0435 - Council of Europe (CE);
- E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC);
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- B-XB2183 - ILO;
- B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO);
- D-XD3030 - OAS;
- E-XE3381 - UNCTAD;
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- United Nations.
Permanent observer status with: B-XB3635 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Observer to: E-XE1113 - Intergovernmental Committee of the International Convention of Rome for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations; F-XF7953 - International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds).
- Observer status with: United Nations (UN)(General Assembly)
- Member of: European Committee on Legal Cooperation
- Partner of: Organisation pour l'Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires (OHADA)
- Links with: Committee on Inland Transport
- Links with: Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)
- Links with: Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in case of Illicit Appropriation
- Links with: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- Links with: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Links with: Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
- Links with: The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH)
- Links with: United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
- Links with: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Agreements with: E-XE2861 - European Centre for Peace and Development (ECPD); C-XC2732 - International Union of Notaries; B-XC1301 - Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA); national organizations.
- Instrumental in setting up: Rail Working Group (RWG)
- Links with: Asociación Americana de Derecho Internacional Privado (ASADIP)
- Links with: Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA)
- Links with: Comité maritime international (CMI)
- Links with: Conseil européen de l'industrie chimique (CEFIC)
- Links with: European Centre for Space Law (ECSL)
- Links with: ICC Institute of World Business Law
- Links with: ICC International Court of Arbitration
- Links with: International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH)
- Links with: International Association of Young Lawyers
- Links with: International Bar Association (IBA)
- Links with: International Institute for Human Rights Studies, Trieste (IIHRS)
- Links with: International Road Transport Union (IRU)
- Links with: International Union of Railways (UIC)
- Links with: Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
- Links with: International Hotel and Restaurant Association (IH&RA)
Publications
Available with paid subscription only.Members
Available with paid subscription only.Type I Classification
Available with paid subscription only.Type II Classification
Available with paid subscription only.Subjects *
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XB2136
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
← return to your search page to find additional profiles.
UIA allows users to access and make use of the information contained in its Databases for the user’s internal use and evaluation purposes only. A user may not re-package, compile, re-distribute or re-use any or all of the UIA Databases or the data* contained therein without prior permission from the UIA.
Data from database resources may not be extracted or downloaded in bulk using automated scripts or other external software tools not provided within the database resources themselves. If your research project or use of a database resource will involve the extraction of large amounts of text or data from a database resource, please contact us for a customized solution.
UIA reserves the right to block access for abusive use of the Database.
* Data shall mean any data and information available in the Database including but not limited to: raw data, numbers, images, names and contact information, logos, text, keywords, and links.