Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol set to enter into force

Following a previous update (for further details please see "UK ratification of Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol"), the Cape Town Convention and Protocol will, in accordance with Article XXVIII of the protocol, enter into force in the United Kingdom on November 1 2015 - the first day of the month following the expiration of three months after the date of the deposit of the instrument of ratification with the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT). The instrument was deposited with UNIDROIT on July 27 2015 by the justice and home affairs counsellor at the UK embassy in Rome.

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