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Organizaciones de Ámbito Universal

The ICC is a private entity that operates as a world organization of businesspeople. The site contains interesting sections relating to Information Society and E-Commerce, Intellectual Property, INCOTERMS 2000, Uniform Rules and Customs Relating to Documentary Credits, Model Contracts, Arbitration and Resolution of Disputes, Development Cooperation, Sustainable Development, codes of self-regulation of professional associations.

UNCITRAL/CNUDMI is the central legal entity of the United Nations system for international commercial law. This is a basic site to learn the present state of codification (see Adopted Texts section) and most recent developments in international commercial law (see Preparatory Work section). Also, there is information regarding International Commercial Arbitration and Mediation, International Sale of Goods and Related Operations, Cross-Border Insolvency, International Payments (Convention on Grants of Credit, Convention on Guarantees, Convention of Letters of Exchange and Debt, etc.), International Transport of Goods, E-Commerce, Public Contracting, and Secured Guarantees.

Information about the history, functions, and structure of UNESCO. Access to publications and documents related to the activity of the United Nations, human rights, natural and social sciences, protection of historic and cultural inheritance and communications and information. Section on copyright.

Site of the independent intergovernmental organization that studies the needs and methods for modernizing, harmonizing, and coordinating private law among the nations. It prepares model laws to serve as a reference for the legislatures of the nations of the world when drafting new laws. The website includes Database of International Case Law and Bibliography relating to the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure, Status reports on the Conventions drawn up by UNIDROIT and approved at diplomatic conferences convened by member States of UNIDROIT.

UPOV is an inter-governmental organization created by the International Convention for the Protection of Plant Varieties, adopted in Paris in 1961. In the section Legal Sources, it contains a repertory of legislation and caselaw on the protection of plant varieties by means of intellectual property rights.

Presents the objectives, functions and general organization of the WIPO (with 179 member states and responsibility for the administration of 23 international treaties, including intellectual and industrial property treaties) and its main activities, among them promotion of creative and innovative activities, progressive development and codification of international IP law, systems and services of the global system of cooperation in protection of IP. It also deals with globalization, information technology impact, e-commerce, domain names, and biotechnology. It has a very extensive library of the legislation of many countries translated into English, French, and Spanish (Collection of Laws for Electronic Access).

Page of the WTO, an inter-governmental organization that oversees the rules that govern trade between the 146 Member States. It offers up-to-date information on three major areas of trade issues: first, trade in goods (access to goods markets and related negotiations, General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT), negotiations on agriculture, anti-dumping rules and competition rules, sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures, rules of origin, information technology products, subsidies and compensatory rights, customs valuations, etc.); second, trade in services (General Agreement on Trade in Services)(GATS), financial services, telecommunications, etc.); third, Intellectual Property (Agreement on Intellectual Property Aspects of Trade)(ADPIC/TRIPS). Other issues: regional trade agreements and related negotiations, civilian aircraft, e-commerce, public contracting, environment, health, and international trade.