Adopted by a diplomatic conference on 11 April 1980, the Convention establishes a comprehensive code of legal rules governing the formation of contracts for the international sale of goods, the obligations of the buyer and seller, remedies for breach of contract and other aspects of the contract. The Convention entered into force on 1 January 1988.
Status map - provided by LegaCarta, the International Trade Centre's (ITC) database
UNCITRAL Digest of Case Law on the United Nations Convention on the International Sales of Goods