Activities and Priorities of the Department of Justice Private International Law 2007

[18] Over the last year, Canada participated in the following activities of the Conference: experts and drafting group meetings, Special Commissions, including the Council meeting of April 2007 on General Affairs and Policy of the Conference and the Special Commission on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance in May 2007. [...] WORLD BANK [28] The World Bank’s role in the field of private international law stems in part from the creation of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) under the Convention for the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (1965). [...] Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (UNCITRAL) [115] The Sales Convention to which 67 States are party establishes uniform rules for the international sale of goods, which apply in the absence of any expression to the contrary by the parties to the sales contract. [...] The provisions of the Convention deal with the formation of the contract and the rights and obligations of the seller and buyer. [...] The purpose of the Model Law is to establish obligations on the part of franchisors regarding disclosure of information and in particular, to determine the information to be disclosed in the disclosure document.