United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts

Citation
United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts (2007) (full-text).

Overview
The goal of the Convention is to enhance legal certainty and commercial predictability where electronic communications are used in international contracts. It does so by setting the criteria to establish the equivalence between electronic communications and paper documents, and between electronic authentication methods and handwritten signatures. The Convention also contains rules on how to locate a party in an electronic environment, and on how to determine the time and place of dispatch and receipt of electronic communications. It further recognizes that contracts may be concluded by automated message systems.