The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) adopted the “Model Law on the Use and Cross-border Recognition on Identity Management and Trust Services,” a model law developed by the Working Group IV – Electronic Commerce, chaired by Professor Giusella Finocchiaro since 2014.

The model law is the first text that addresses on an international level the issue of digital identity and is the fruit of the seeds that were sown more than ten years ago, as work on identity management and trust services has first been proposed in New York. Since then, it has become evident that this matter lies at the core of the digital economy and the model law may be used to facilitate interaction between existing and future regional models and schemes.

Since Professor Finocchiaro is the Chairwoman of the Working Group IV – Electronic Commerce, two other projects have already been adopted: the Notes on the Main Issues of Cloud Computing Contract and the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records, endorsed by G7 and adopted in many countries, the European States included.