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Conference on the “Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment”, Montreal, 30 April 2019
On April 30, 2019, the Université de Montréal, in collaboration with the Department of Justice Canada, organises a conference on the topic of the “Unidroit Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment”. The conference will cover the Aircraft Protocol, which is in force with respect to Canada, as well as the draft MAC Protocol dealing with the asset-based financing of agricultural, mining and construction equipment. The aim of the conference is to share experience and to foster discussions on the application of the Convention in the Canadian legal system. What are the challenges? What are the benefits to users? Is the draft MAC Protocol relevant to Canada?
The full program will be available shortly on the Université de Montréal website. For further information and registration see here.
Conference on “Access to Justice and Arbitration”, London, 7 June 2019
On 7 June 2019, the School of Law at Royal Holloway, University of London and the School of Law at Middlesex University organise a conference on the topic of “Access to Justice and Arbitration”. The conference is hosted at Royal Holloway.
The aim of the conference is to initiate a focused debate about access to justice in arbitration that would enable a larger public discussion about the specific role of access to justice in arbitration.
The full programme will be published shortly. For further information and registration see here and here.
11th International Forum on the e-APP (electronic Apostille Program) will be held in Fortaleza, Brazil, from 16 to 18 October 2019
The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) has announced that the 11th International Forum on the e-APP (electronic Apostille Program) will be held in Fortaleza, Brazil, from 16 to 18 October 2019.
The e-APP promotes the use of technology to further enhance the secure and effective operation of the HCCH Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents Apostille Convention (Apostille Convention). Among the technologies that will probably be discussed are the use of distributed ledger technologies (such as blockchain) in accordance with the Conclusion & Recommendation No 35 of the HCCH Council.
The working languages of the Forum will be English, Portuguese and Spanish.
Many Contracting Parties have already implemented one or both components of the e-APP. There are already 35 Contracting Parties with an e-Register, many of which are in the Americas. See here.
More information (incl. registration process) will be made available on the Apostille Section of the HCCH website. While the number of participants is limited, registration is free of charge and will be handled on a first come, first served basis.
The HCCH news item is available here. See also the information relating to the 10th e-APP Forum as it compiled all previous Conclusions & Recommendations.