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Neuigkeiten | Tag: meetingsSun, 05 Oct 2025 13:02:42 GMTHCCH Asia Pacific Week 2025From 25 to 27 June 2025, HCCH Asia Pacific Week 2025 was held in Seoul, co-hosted by the Republic of Korea and the HCCH. The conference was attended by over 400 participants, representing HCCH Members, non-Member States, intergovernmental organisations, international non-governmental organisations, and independent experts.
Since the inaugural edition of HCCH Asia Pacific Week in 2014, the conference has brought together experts from across Asia and the Pacific for wide-ranging discussions on the most recent developments relating to the HCCH’s key Conventions and instruments, ongoing..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1083Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:30:00 GMTRegional Office for Africa of the HCCH and Forum for African State AmbassadorsOn 2 June 2025, the Host Seat Agreement between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) was signed in Rabat, establishing the Regional Office for Africa of the HCCH. The Agreement was signed by H.E. Mr Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates, and Dr Christophe Bernasconi, Secretary General of the HCCH. The signing ceremony was attended by Mr Rachid Ouadifi, Director of Civil Affairs and Legal and Judicial Professions at Morocco’s Ministry of Justice, which serves as the Central Authority..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1077Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:00:00 GMTHCCH Asia Pacific Week 2025: Public Registration Now OpenThe HCCH is pleased to announce that registration for HCCH Asia Pacific Week 2025 is now open to the general public. The event will take place in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 25 to 27 June 2025.
Through multiple sessions held over three days, HCCH Asia Pacific Week 2025 will act as a forum for the exchange of ideas and viewpoints from across Asia and the Pacific on some of the most prominent HCCH Conventions and instruments, as well as on the HCCH’s ongoing normative projects and possible future work, in the areas of transnational litigation and legal cooperation, international family..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1072Fri, 23 May 2025 12:38:00 GMTWG on the completion of the Country Profile and draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form for the 1996 Child Protection Convention On 30 April 2025, the seventh meeting of the Working Group (WG) established to complete the Country Profile and work on the draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form for the 1996 Child Protection Convention was held online, hosted by the Permanent Bureau (PB). The meeting was attended by 21 delegates representing 12 HCCH Members, as well as by members of the PB.
Pursuant to its mandate (C&Ds No 23-24 of CGAP 2024), the WG continued to discuss the structure and contents of a draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form for the 1996 Child Protection Convention, taking into..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1064Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:17:00 GMTConference ※15 Years of the HCCH Washington Declaration: Progress and Perspectives on International Family Relocation§From 2 to 4 April 2025, the conference “15 Years of the HCCH Washington Declaration: Progress and Perspectives on International Family Relocation” was held at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C., United States of America. The conference was jointly organised by the Embassy of Canada, the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL), and the HCCH.
This conference took place following Conclusions & Recommendations (C&R) Nos 53 - 55 of the Eighth Meeting of the Special Commission (SC) on the practical operation of the 1980 Child Abduction and the 1996 Child Protection..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1061Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:06:00 GMTSixth Meeting of the Working Group established to complete the Country Profile and work on the draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form for the 1996 Child Protection ConventionOn 19 March 2025, the sixth meeting of the Working Group (WG) established to complete the Country Profile and work on the draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form for the 1996 Child Protection Convention was held online, hosted by the Permanent Bureau (PB) in The Hague. The meeting was attended by 21 delegates representing 12 HCCH Members, as well as by members of the PB.
During the meeting, participants discussed the structure and contents of a draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form for the 1996 Child Protection Convention, taking into account the comments provided by..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1055Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:15:00 GMTRegional Workshop on Intercountry Adoption: Sharing Experiences on the Effective Implementation of the 1993 Adoption Convention in AsiaFrom 11 to 13 March 2025, the Regional Workshop on Intercountry Adoption: Sharing Experiences on the Effective Implementation of the 1993 Adoption Convention in Asia (Regional Workshop) was held in Manila (Philippines). It was attended by 72 participants representing eight Contracting Parties to the 1993 Adoption Convention, two non-Contracting Parties, one intergovernmental organisation, and one non-governmental organisation, as well as by members of the Permanent Bureau (PB) of the HCCH.
The Regional Workshop provided a forum for States in Asia to discuss good practices in the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1054Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:01:00 GMTCGAP 2025 〞 Conclusions & Decisions now available!The Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) of the HCCH met from 4 to 7 March 2025. The meeting was attended by over 491 participants, representing 75 HCCH Members, four non-Member States, five intergovernmental organisations, nine international non-governmental organisations, and members of the Permanent Bureau (PB). The Conclusions & Decisions adopted by CGAP are now available in English, French, and Spanish.
CGAP mandated the establishment of several new Experts’ Groups (EGs) and Working Groups (WGs). In terms of work relating to possible new legislative instruments, CGAP..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1051Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:24:00 GMTMeeting of the Working Party on MediationOn 24 January 2025, the Working Party on Cross-Border Family Mediation in the Context of the Malta Process (Working Party) met online. The meeting was attended by 23 participants representing 13 HCCH Members and two Observer States, as well as by members of the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH.
During the meeting, participants discussed the future trajectory of the Working Party, taking into consideration the results of the questionnaire circulated in 2024, presented in a report prepared by the Government of Canada, as well the discussions held at the Malta V conference in October 2024. The..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1040Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:20:00 GMTImportance of the work of the HCCH and the PCA for francophone AfricaOn 10 January, representatives from nineteen French-speaking African States, along with a delegate from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), convened in Brussels for a meeting organised by Belgium, France, and Switzerland.
The agenda focused on exploring the benefits of membership in the HCCH and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs addressed the gathering, underscoring the pivotal roles these institutions play in fostering legal cooperation and supporting international stability.
The discussions reinforced the HCCH’s..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1038Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:53:00 GMTInformal brainstorming session on future meetings of the Special Commission on the 1980 Child Abduction and 1996 Child Protection ConventionsFrom 18 to 21 November 2024, an informal brainstorming session on future meetings of the Special Commission (SC) on the 1980 Child Abduction and 1996 Child Protection Conventions was held online, hosted by the Permanent Bureau (PB) in The Hague. It was attended by over 80 participants representing 29 Members, as well as by members of the PB.
As mandated by the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) at its 2024 meeting (C&D No 21), the aim of the informal brainstorming session was to discuss possible means by which Members and Contracting Parties could assist the PB in the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1028Mon, 25 Nov 2024 09:36:00 GMTRegional Workshop on Intercountry Adoption: Sharing Experiences on the Effective Implementation of the 1993 Adoption Convention in AfricaFrom 13 to 15 November 2024, the Regional Workshop on Intercountry Adoption: Sharing Experiences on the Effective Implementation of the 1993 Adoption Convention in Africa (Regional Workshop) was held in Lomé (Togo). It was attended by approximately 60 participants representing 11 Contracting Parties to the 1993 Adoption Convention, one non-Contracting Party, one intergovernmental organisation, and one non-governmental organisation, as well as by members of the Permanent Bureau (PB) of the HCCH.
The Regional Workshop provided a forum for francophone and lusophone States in..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1027Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:43:00 GMTSecond Working Meeting of the Experts* Group on Central Bank Digital CurrenciesFrom 12 to 14 November 2024, the Experts’ Group (EG) on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) held its second working meeting. The meeting was held online, hosted by the Permanent Bureau (PB) in The Hague. It was attended by 25 delegates and other experts, representing 10 HCCH Members and 3 Observers, as well as by members of the PB of the HCCH.
Pursuant to its mandate (C&Ds No 9-10 of CGAP 2024), the EG made further progress on the study of the applicable law and jurisdiction issues raised by the cross-border use and transfers of CBDCs. During the meeting, participants discussed..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1025Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:56:00 GMTSeventh Meeting of the Working Group on JurisdictionFrom 28 October to 1 November 2024, the Working Group (WG) on Matters Related to Jurisdiction in Transnational Civil or Commercial Litigation met for the seventh time. The meeting was held in person in Tokyo (Japan) with the possibility for online participation, in accordance with the mandate of the Council on General Affairs and Policy (C&Ds No 4-5). It was attended by 66 delegates and other experts, representing 22 HCCH Members and 2 Observers, as well as by members of the Permanent Bureau (PB) of the HCCH. The meeting was organised with the generous support of the Government of Japan...
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1021Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:52:00 GMT13th International Forum on the electronic Apostille Programme (e-APP)On 21 and 22 October 2024, the 13th International Forum on the electronic Apostille Programme (e-APP) took place in Astana, Kazakhstan. The Forum was the first to be held in Central Asia and was jointly organised by the HCCH, the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan, and the Maqsut Narikbayev University (see Conclusion and Decision No 51 of CGAP 2024).
The 13th e-APP Forum was conducted in a hybrid format and attended by over 300 participants, representing 70 Contracting Parties and three non-Contracting Parties to the Apostille Convention. The Forum was also attended by interested members of..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1020Thu, 31 Oct 2024 08:11:00 GMTFifth Meeting of the Working Group established to complete the Country Profile and work on the draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form for the 1996 Child Protection ConventionIn March 2024, the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) approved the establishment of a Working Group (WG) to first complete the Country Profile for the 1996 Child Protection Convention and then to progress work on the draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form under the 1996 Child Protection Convention (see Conclusion and Decisions Nos 23-24 of CGAP 2024).
The fifth meeting of the WG was held online on 23 October 2024, hosted by the Permanent Bureau (PB) in The Hague. The meeting was attended by 14 delegates representing 11 HCCH Members and one non-Member Contracting..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1017Thu, 24 Oct 2024 08:53:00 GMTSecond Working Meeting of the Digital Tokens ProjectThe second working meeting of the Digital Tokens Project was held in hybrid format from 7 to 8 October 2024, hosted by the Permanent Bureau (PB) in The Hague. The meeting was attended by 41 participants, identified to the PB by 14 HCCH Members and seven Observers, as well as by members of the PB.
During the meeting, participants discussed intersessional submissions in response to the project Scope Paper, which were directed at clarifying the scope and aims of future work in the Digital Tokens Project. In addition, members of the Asociación Americana de Derecho Internacional Privado..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1015Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:25:00 GMTFifth Conference on the HCCH Children*s Conventions as Bridges between Civil / Common Law and Islamic Law (Malta V)From 24 to 27 September 2024, the HCCH and the Government of Malta co-hosted the Fifth Conference on the HCCH Children’s Conventions as Bridges between Civil / Common Law and Islamic Law (Malta V) (see Conclusion and Decision No 30 of CGAP 2024).
The conference was organised within the framework of the Malta Process, initiated by the HCCH in 2004 to facilitate dialogue and promote cooperation among States with civil, common, and Shari’a-based legal systems in complex trans-frontier family conflicts. Over time, the Malta Process has expanded to include not only parental child..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1016Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:35:00 GMTUpdate on the e-APPDesigned to facilitate the authentication of public documents for use abroad, the electronic Apostille Programme (e-APP) has become an integral part of the operation of the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (1961 Apostille Convention).
The e-APP has two components, which can be implemented separately or together:
The e-Apostille is an Apostille issued in electronic form with a digital signature
The e-Register is a register maintained in a publicly accessible, electronic form that can be used to record the issuance of both..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1006Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:35:00 GMT13th International Forum on the e-APP: Registration now open! The Permanent Bureau is pleased to announce that registration is now open for participation in the 13th International Forum on the electronic Apostille Programme (e-APP), which will take place on Monday 21 October and Tuesday 22 October 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan. To be held for the first time in Central Asia, the Forum will be jointly organised by the HCCH, the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan, and the Maqsut Narikbayev University.
Over 125 Contracting Parties from across the globe have joined the HCCH Apostille Convention, which replaces the cumbersome traditional..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=1000Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:06:00 GMTMeeting of the Special Commission (SC) on the Practical Operation of the 1965 Service, 1970 Evidence, and 1980 Access to Justice ConventionsFrom 2 to 5 July 2024, the Meeting of the SC on the Practical Operation of the 1965 Service, 1970 Evidence, and 1980 Access to Justice Conventions (Conventions) was held in The Hague. The meeting was attended by 260 delegates and other experts, in person and online, representing HCCH Members, non-Member Contracting Parties, and Observers, as well as by members of the Permanent Bureau (PB). It was the first official meeting of the HCCH to be held following the adoption of Spanish as an additional official language on 1 July 2024.
Given that the last meeting of the SC on these Conventions was..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=994Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:55:00 GMTForum on Domestic Violence and the Operation of Article 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Child Abduction ConventionFrom 18 to 21 June 2024, the HCCH co-hosted the Forum on Domestic Violence and the Operation of Article 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention with the Government of South Africa and the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Child Law (see Conclusion and Decision No 31 of CGAP 2024).
With about 100 attendees joining in person and a total of over 340 connecting online from around the world, this Forum marked a historic moment. For the first time, the HCCH convened representatives from all relevant perspectives to engage in an open, informal dialogue on the operation of the Child..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=984Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:48:00 GMTForum on Domestic Violence and the Operation of Article 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Child Abduction ConventionFrom 18 to 21 June 2024, the HCCH will hold a Forum on domestic violence and the related operation of Article 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention in Sandton, South Africa, co-hosted with the Government of South Africa and the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Child Law (see Conclusion and Decision No 31 of CGAP 2024).
The Forum will bring together relevant parties with expertise and/or experience in return proceedings where domestic violence is raised as a defence to return under Article 13(1)(b), including advocates for victims of domestic violence and left-behind..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=980Mon, 17 Jun 2024 16:07:00 GMTFirst Working Meeting of the Digital Tokens ProjectIn March 2024, the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) decided to commence the Digital Tokens Project (see Conclusion & Decision No 12). Under this project, the Permanent Bureau (PB), in partnership with relevant subject-matter experts and Observers, is studying the private international law issues relating to digital tokens.
Following a kick-off meeting on 15 May 2024, where participants were first introduced to the project’s Scope Paper, the first working meeting of the Digital Tokens Project was held in hybrid format from 10 to 14 June 2024, hosted by the PB in The..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=982Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:12:00 GMTFirst meeting of the Working Group established to complete the Country Profile and work on the draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form for the 1996 Child Protection Convention In March 2024, the Council on General Affairs and Policy? (CGAP) approved the establishment of a Working Group (WG) to complete the Country Profile for the 1996 Child Protection Convention and requested that, subsequent to its work on the Country Profile, the WG progress work on the draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form under the 1996 Child Protection Convention (see Conclusion and Decisions Nos 23-24 of CGAP 2024).
The first meeting of the WG was held online on 29 May 2024, hosted by the Permanent Bureau (PB) in The Hague. The meeting was attended by 18 delegates representing 14..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=977Fri, 31 May 2024 07:49:00 GMTKick-off Meeting of the Digital Tokens ProjectIn March 2024, the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) decided to commence the Digital Tokens Project (see Conclusion & Decision No 12). Under this project, the Permanent Bureau (PB), in partnership with relevant subject-matter experts and Observers, is studying the private international law issues relating to digital tokens.
On 15 May 2024, the kick-off meeting of the Digital Tokens Project was held online, hosted by the PB in The Hague. The meeting was attended by 32 participants, representing 12 Members and six Observers, as well as by members of the PB.
The kick-off meeting..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=975Wed, 22 May 2024 13:16:00 GMTPre-registration for the Forum on Domestic Violence and the Operation of Article 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention now open for all interested delegates and expertsThe Permanent Bureau is pleased to announce that the Forum on Domestic Violence and the Operation of Article 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention (Forum) will be held in Sandton, South Africa, from Tuesday 18 to Friday 21 June 2024 (see C&D No 31 of the 2024 CGAP meeting). ?While in-person participation is strongly encouraged, passive online participation (listening only) will be possible
The Forum is not only open to delegates from Members and non-Member Contracting Parties (both these groups have received a separate communication regarding the Forum, including on the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=971Wed, 03 Apr 2024 13:28:00 GMTSecond Meeting of the HCCH-UNIDROIT Digital Assets and Tokens Joint ProjectFrom 2 to 4 October 2023, the second meeting of the HCCH-UNIDROIT Joint Project on Law Applicable to Cross-Border Holdings and Transfers of Digital Assets and Tokens was held at the premises of the Secretariat of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) in Rome, in hybrid format.
The Joint Project examines the desirability of developing coordinated guidance and the feasibility of a normative framework on the law applicable to cross-border holdings and transfers of digital assets and tokens, covering relevant private law aspects. The Joint Project was formally..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=943Mon, 09 Oct 2023 09:59:00 GMTSave the Date: CODIFI Edition 2023 - CBDCs The Permanent Bureau is pleased to announce that an online colloquium on selected topics related to the CBDCs Project will be held online on 5 October 2023, following the mandate of the Council on General Affairs and Policy at its 2023 meeting (C&D No 17).
The CBDCs Project was established by CGAP in March 2023 with the mandate to study the private international law implications of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
The colloquium, titled “CODIFI Edition 2023 - CBDCs”, will feature a series of pre-recorded video discussions concerning topics in the CBDCs Project’s..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=937Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:43:00 GMTFirst Meeting of the Working Group on the Financial Aspects of Intercountry AdoptionFrom 26 to 28 June 2023, the Working Group on the Financial Aspects of Intercountry Adoption met for the first time. The meeting, held online, was attended by 42 experts in total, representing 16 Member States, three non-Member Contracting Parties, and three Observers. Several staff members of the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH also attended the meeting.
The mandate of the Working Group is to take stock of current practices, identify possible coordinated, targeted, practical approaches, and to prioritise them with the understanding that the objective would be to raise standards using..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=927Tue, 18 Jul 2023 09:08:00 GMTDelegation from the Philippines visits the Permanent Bureau of the HCCHOn 14 July 2023, the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH had the honour of welcoming a delegation of representatives of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, the Philippine Judicial Academy, and the Embassy of the Philippines in The Netherlands, to its premises in The Hague.
The delegation was headed by the Hon. Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen, Senior Associate Justice, acting on behalf of the Hon. Alexander G. Gesmundo, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Acting Chief Justice Leonen was accompanied by the Hon. Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa, Associate Justice, the Hon. Rodil V...
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=926Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:13:00 GMTKick-off Meeting of the Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) ProjectOn 5 July 2023, the kick-off meeting of the CBDCs Project was held online. The meeting was attended by 38 experts, representing 15 Members and three Observers, as well as by members of the Permanent Bureau (PB) of the HCCH.
The CBDCs Project will study the private international law implications of CBDCs, as mandated by the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) of the HCCH in March 2023 (Conclusion & Decision No 16).
During the kick-off meeting, experts laid the foundation for the preparatory and exploratory work relating to the CBDCs Project. The PB of the HCCH will report on the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=925Wed, 05 Jul 2023 14:26:00 GMTKick-off Meeting of the HCCH-UNIDROIT Digital Assets and Tokens Joint Project On 12 June 2023, the kick-off meeting of the HCCH-UNIDROIT Joint Project on Law Applicable to Cross-Border Holdings and Transfers of Digital Assets and Tokens was held at the premises of the Permanent Bureau in The Hague in hybrid format.
The Joint Project will examine the desirability of developing coordinated guidance and the feasibility of a normative framework on the law applicable to cross-border holdings and transfers of digital assets and tokens, covering relevant private law aspects. The Joint Project was formally approved by the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) of the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=921Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:15:00 GMTOnline Event 每 30th Anniversary of the 1993 Adoption ConventionOn 31 May 2023, the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH hosted an online event on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the 1993 Adoption Convention.
The event consisted of three roundtables featuring adoption experts from around the world, as well as persons with lived experiences in intercountry adoption. On this anniversary, it was important to recall the reasons why this Convention was adopted in 1993 and how it has been implemented in its now 105 Contracting Parties, looking at good practices developed over these past 30 years, as well as the challenges still remaining.
The first roundtable..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=920Tue, 06 Jun 2023 15:38:00 GMTSeminar ※Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in the Western Balkan Region: HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention§On 15 and 16 May 2023, the seminar “Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in the Western Balkan Region: HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention”, co-organised by the Center for International Legal Cooperation (CILC) and the HCCH, was held in The Hague. The seminar provided an opportunity for participants to further refine their knowledge of the 2019 Judgments Convention and to discuss the importance and prospects of the Convention in the region. It was attended by 30 participants from six jurisdictions in the Western Balkans, representing Ministries of Justice, Ministries of..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=916Tue, 16 May 2023 18:59:00 GMTLaunch of the HCCH-UNIDROIT Digital Assets and Tokens Joint ProjectThe Permanent Bureau is pleased to announce the formal approval of the HCCH-UNIDROIT Joint Project on Law Applicable to Cross-Border Holdings and Transfers of Digital Assets and Tokens (HCCH-UNIDROIT Digital Assets and Tokens Joint Project).
The Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) of the HCCH endorsed the launch of the Joint Project during its annual meeting, in March 2023. Today, on 11 May 2023, the Joint Project received the approval of the Governing Council of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT). As a result, the commencement of joint..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=913Thu, 11 May 2023 19:00:00 GMTUniversity of Bonn and HCCH Conference on 2019 Judgments Convention: Registration now open! The Permanent Bureau is pleased to advise that registration is open for the Conference on The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention: Cornerstones – Prospects – Outlook, which will be held in person on 9?and 10 June 2023 at the University of Bonn, Germany. The Conference is co-organised by the University of Bonn and the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH, with the generous support of the Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany.
The Conference draws together internationally well-known scholars, practitioners, and experts from academic institutions and organisations around the world...
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=905Tue, 14 Mar 2023 08:57:00 GMTRegional Conference 每 ※The HCCH and the Relevance of its Work for Southern Africa§On 7 and 8 February 2023, the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH has the pleasure of co-organising the Regional Conference “The HCCH and the relevance of its work for Southern Africa”, together with Finland and South Africa, with the participation of Namibia and Tanzania, as well as other Southern African Development Community (SADC) States, and hosted by the University of Pretoria (South Africa).
The Regional Conference commenced today with opening remarks on behalf of the University of Pretoria by Prof. Dire Tladi, Professor of International Law. The conference’s first..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=894Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:17:00 GMTHCCH Asia Pacific Week: Public Registration Now OpenThe HCCH is pleased to announce that registration for the general public is now open for HCCH Asia Pacific Week 2022, which will be held from 18 to 20 October in Manila.
This year’s HCCH Asia Pacific Week, hosted by the Philippines, will be centred around the theme “Enabling cross-border cooperation in the region and beyond”. Through multiple sessions held over three days, the conference will act as a forum for the exchange of ideas and viewpoints from across Asia and the Pacific on some of the most prominent HCCH Conventions and instruments, as well as on the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=873Mon, 12 Sep 2022 07:44:00 GMTSave the Date: HCCH Conference on Commercial, Digital and Financial Law Across Borders (CODIFI)The Permanent Bureau is pleased to announce that following the mandate of the Council on General Affairs and Policy at its 2022 meeting (see C&Ds Nos 14, 34 and 36), the inaugural HCCH CODIFI Conference will be held online from 12 to 16 September 2022.
CODIFI will examine issues of private international law in the Commercial, Digital, and Financial (CODIFI) sectors, highlighting developments in the digital economy and fintech industries as well as clarifying the roles of core HCCH instruments: the 1985 Trusts Convention, the 2006 Securities Convention, and the Principles on Choice of Law..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=856Wed, 06 Apr 2022 07:02:00 GMTHCCH a|Bridged - Edition 2021: Enabling party autonomy with the 2005 Choice of Court ConventionOn 1 December 2021, the Permanent Bureau had the pleasure of hosting HCCH a|Bridged - Edition 2021, an online event focused on contemporary issues relating to the application of the HCCH 2005 Choice of Court Convention, including the promotion of party autonomy. The event was co-organised by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Academy for Law, the American Association of Private International Law (ASADIP) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), with the generous support of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection of Germany.
The event commenced with opening remarks by Dr..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=836Mon, 06 Dec 2021 12:05:00 GMTHCCH a|Bridged - Edition 2021: Registration now open!The Permanent Bureau is pleased to announce that registration is now open for HCCH a|Bridged – Edition 2021: Innovation in Transnational Litigation.
HCCH a|Bridged – Edition 2021 will discuss contemporary issues relating to the application of the HCCH 2005 Choice of Court Convention, including the promotion of party autonomy and the establishment of international commercial courts around the globe. The event will feature a keynote speech by Prof. Trevor Hartley, one of the co-authors of the Explanatory Report on the Choice of Court Convention, as well as two panels of global..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=831Tue, 02 Nov 2021 14:46:00 GMTHCCH|Approach Initiative 每 Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the 1996 Child Protection ConventionTo celebrate the 25th anniversary of the HCCH 1996 Child Protection Convention, the HCCH is pleased to announce the launch of the Advancing and Promoting the Protection of All Children (Approach) Initiative. The HCCH|Approach Initiative will consist of a series of activities and events culminating in the HCCH|Approach Event, to be held online on Tuesday 19 October 2021. Information on registration and the programme of the HCCH|Approach Event will be made available in due course.
Leading up to the HCCH|Approach Event, the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH is organising two competitions: The..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=810Wed, 28 Jul 2021 07:50:00 GMTSave the Date: HCCH a|Bridged - Edition 2021: Enabling party autonomy with the 2005 Choice of Court ConventionThe Permanent Bureau is pleased to announce that Edition 2021 of HCCH a|Bridged will be dedicated to the HCCH Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements (2005 Choice of Court Convention), and held online on 1 December 2021.
Sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection of Germany and supported by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Academy for Law, the American Association of Private International Law (ASADIP) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), this event will discuss contemporary issues relating to the application of the 2005 Choice of Court..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=809Tue, 27 Jul 2021 14:48:00 GMTHCCH a|Bridged 每 Edition 2020: LivestreamToday, 2 December 2020, at 14:15 CET, HCCH a|Bridged – Edition 2020 will begin broadcasting live from the official event website. Participants who completed the pre-event registration will be able to log in to interact with speakers and other participants during the event. Non-registered participants will be able to follow the event via the livestream.
The focus of HCCH a|Bridged – Edition 2020 is the Golden Anniversary of the HCCH 1970 Evidence Convention, in reference to the 50th anniversary of the Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=771Wed, 02 Dec 2020 10:44:00 GMTHCCH a|Bridged 每 Edition 2019: Publication now available!The Permanent Bureau is pleased to announce the launch of the post-event publication of the inaugural HCCH a|Bridged event. The publication is now available for download (in English only).
The focus of HCCH a|Bridged – Edition 2019 was the Service Convention in the Era of Electronic and Information Technology. Speakers and participants from around the world came together in The Hague and online to discuss how practices under the HCCH 1965 Service Convention have evolved to best employ communications and information technology. The post-event publication builds on these discussions and..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=770Tue, 24 Nov 2020 08:17:00 GMTHCCH a|Bridged 每 Edition 2020: Registration now open!The Permanent Bureau and the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union are pleased to announce that registration is now open for HCCH a|Bridged – Edition 2020, which will mark the golden anniversary of the HCCH Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters (Evidence Convention).
The event will be hosted entirely online, on the afternoon of Wednesday 2 December 2020. It will feature a keynote speech by Professor Dr Michael Stürner, entitled “50 years of the HCCH Evidence Convention – Facilitating..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=763Tue, 03 Nov 2020 16:10:00 GMTSave the Date: HCCH a|Bridged Edition 2020HCCH a|Bridged Edition 2020 will be held online on 2 December 2020, organised by the HCCH, in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection and the German Federal Office of Justice, as part of the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The event will celebrate the 50th “Golden” Anniversary of the HCCH Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters (Evidence Convention). The official “Save the Date” notice is available here.
Please note that the working language of HCCH..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=760Tue, 27 Oct 2020 16:37:00 GMTInternational Seminar on the Protection of Children on the Move and KafalaOn 14 and 15 November 2019, the PB took part in the “International Seminar on the Protection of Children Across Borders: The 1996 HCCH Convention on the Protection of Children”, held at the Higher Institute of Magistrates in Rabat, Morocco. The Seminar was organised by the Ministry of Justice of Morocco, with technical support from UNICEF and the HCCH, and financial support from the EU. The aim of the Seminar was to discuss the protection of children across borders in West and North Africa as well as in Europe, the mechanisms to protect unaccompanied and separated children on the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=708Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:07:00 GMTHCCH a|Bridged Edition 2019: Registration now open!The Permanent Bureau is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the inaugural edition of HCCH a|Bridged, which will take place at the Academy Building on the grounds of the Peace Palace, in The Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday 11 December 2019.
HCCH a|Bridged will convene experts and stakeholders from around the world in The Hague to explore and debate the very latest in cross-border litigation, civil procedure and dispute resolution. The 2019 edition will focus on the theme “The HCCH Service Convention in the Era of Electronic and Information Technology”...
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=699Tue, 08 Oct 2019 15:46:00 GMTProgramme now available: Inaugural global conference on the Judgments ConventionThe Permanent Bureau is pleased to announce that the programme for the first global conference on the newly adopted HCCH Judgments Convention, which will take place on 9 September 2019 in Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China, is now available on the dedicated Conference webpage: <http://www.hcchjudgmentshk.org/programme.php>, and that the registration period is now open.
Although the Conference is open to any interested expert, and participation is free of charge, advance registration is required. The number of participants will be limited, and registrations will be handled..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=692Mon, 19 Aug 2019 12:56:00 GMTAfrican Regional Conference on the HCCH Children*s ConventionsFrom 2 to 3 April 2019, 149 senior government officials, judges, legal practitioners, academics, social service practitioners, researchers and other experts from Botswana, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Guinea, Israel, Japan, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom (England and Scotland), United States of America, Zambia and Zimbabwe, as well as UNICEF, the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) and the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH met in Cape Town, South Africa, in the context of an African Regional..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=668Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:58:00 GMTInternational Symposium on Family Mediation in SingaporeOn 29 March 2019, the Family Mediation Symposium convened at the Auditorium of the Supreme Court of Singapore. The Symposium brought together more than 130 experts and practitioners in the field of family mediation to discuss issues and challenges in mediating family disputes, both in a domestic and in a cross-border context. This event, a joint collaboration between the Family Justice Courts of Singapore and the Permanent Bureau, was attended by an audience comprised of judges, academics, government officials, lawyers, mediators from 18 jurisdictions, including Austria, Belgium, Cambodia,..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=667Thu, 04 Apr 2019 13:09:00 GMTHCCH-UNICEF South Asia Workshop on Role of The Hague Conventions in Cross-Border Child Protection in the RegionFrom 29 to 31 May 2018, 31 governmental experts from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, UNICEF representatives from these countries as well as from the Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA), representatives from the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), the International Social Services (ISS) and three independent consultants met in Kathmandu, Nepal, in the context of a Workshop entitled the “Role of the Hague Conventions in Cross-Border Child Protection in South Asia” co-organised by UNICEF ROSA and the HCCH.
The..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=610Fri, 01 Jun 2018 08:49:00 GMTDelegation of African Justices at the PBToday, 30 November 2017, in collaboration with the African Foundation of International Law (AFIL) and the Hague Project: Peace and Justice, the Permanent Bureau hosted a group of African Chief Justices and other senior judges to promote further engagement of African States with the HCCH. Justices from eight different African States were present at the meeting including Benin, Burkina Faso, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda and Tanzania (Zanzibar). Also present were Members of the Executive Board of the AFIL, and Mrs Nora Stehouwer-van Iersel, former Ambassador for International..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=580Thu, 30 Nov 2017 16:41:00 GMTHCCH Asia Pacific Week 2017 held in Seoul, Republic of KoreaThe HCCH Asia Pacific Week 2017 (Symposium) was successfully held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 3 to 6 July 2017. The Symposium, which was co-hosted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) and the Korean Ministry of Justice, the Korean Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Korean Private International Law Association, the Korean Bar Association and the Korea Legislation Institute, and sponsored by the Korea Internet and Security Agency, was attended by over 250 participants, including government officials, judges, legal..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=564Mon, 17 Jul 2017 08:57:00 GMTInternational meeting addressing Issues of Domestic / Family Violence and the 1980 Child Abduction ConventionOn 12 June 2017, 57 experts attended a meeting in London, at the invitation of conference organisers, Professor Marilyn Freeman of the University of Westminster and the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), on the topic of Domestic / Family Violence and the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980 Convention). Participating experts included judges, government officials, Central Authority officials under the 1980 Convention, lawyers, mediators, psychologists, academics, researchers and members of non-governmental..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=563Mon, 17 Jul 2017 08:40:00 GMT2nd Inter-American Meeting of Central Authorities and International Hague Network Judges on International Child AbductionFrom 29 until 31 March 2017, 62 Hague Network Judges and Central Authority officials, representing 27 jurisdictions met in Panama City to discuss how to improve the operation of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the 1980 Child Abduction Convention). The following jurisdictions were represented at the meeting: Anguilla, Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=551Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:37:00 GMTLaunch of iSupport - First Meeting of the iSupport Governing BodyOn the occasion of its first meeting held on 18 and 19 January 2017 at the premises of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, the iSupport Governing Body officially launched iSupport.
iSupport is an electronic case management and secure communication system. It allows an efficient, modern and timely recovery of child support and family maintenance in cross-border cases, under the EU 2009 Maintenance Regulation and the 2007 Hague Child Support Convention. iSupport provides various electronic tools (workflows, assigned tasks, alerts, monitoring of..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=537Tue, 31 Jan 2017 09:29:00 GMTRegional meeting: ※International Family Law, Legal Co-operation and Commerce: promoting human rights and cross-border trade in the Caribbean through the Hague Conference ConventionsFrom 13 to 15 July 2016, 118 participants from 25 States and overseas territories1, including Attorneys General and Ministers of Justice, Chief Justices, Judges, Representatives from Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Child Protection Authorities, the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), the Caribbean Court of Justice, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, NGOs, academics and practitioners, met in Georgetown, Guyana, to discuss the work of the HCCH and the relevance of some of its core Conventions and instruments to Guyana and the wider Caribbean Region.
The meeting was..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=507Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:33:00 GMTHCCH Asia Pacific Week 2016 As part of the HCCH Asia Pacific Week 2016 (held in Tokyo from 27 to 30 June 2016), the Hague Conference on Private International Law, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Waseda University, organised the Asia Pacific Symposium on the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention from 29 to 30 June 2016. The Symposium was attended by over 200 participants, including judges, government officials, legal practitioners, academics and other experts from the Asia-Pacific Region and other States. The Conclusions and Recommendations of the Symposium are available here...
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=505Fri, 08 Jul 2016 13:39:00 GMTMalta IV Conference on Cross-Frontier Child Protection and Family LawValletta, Malta: From 2 to 5 May 2016, more than 130 senior government officials, judges and other experts from 34 countries, including Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, from the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO), the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=486Tue, 10 May 2016 09:05:00 GMTConference announcement: ※Towards a Global Framework for International Commercial Transactions: Implementing the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts§The University of Lucerne and the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) are pleased to announce the holding of the Conference “Towards a Global Framework for International Commercial Transactions: Implementing the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts”. The conference will take place on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 September 2016, in Lucerne, Switzerland. The impact and prospects of the 2015 Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts (the 2015 Hague Principles) will be presented in the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=482Tue, 19 Apr 2016 08:50:00 GMTInternational family law, legal co-operation and commerce: promoting the rule of law and cross-border trade in Central Asia through the Hague Conventions
From 10 to
12 of November 2015, over 40 delegates comprising members of the judiciary,
senior officials and experts from the region, together with members of the
Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and of
the Deutsche Stiftung für
Rechtliche Zusammenarbeit (IRZ), as well
as an expert from the German Federal Office of Justice, met in Astana,
Kazakhstan.
The objective of the seminar was to increase the participants'
knowledge of the work of the Hague Conference, to broaden their understanding
of its multilateral instruments and to..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=463Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:57:00 GMTSeminar 'The HCCH in 2015: some milestones', Tokyo (21 December 2015)On 21 December 2015, a meeting was hosted at the Tokyo University gathering private international law experts as well as PhD researchers. Marta Pertegás delivered a comprehensive presentation addressing the structure, the goals and the accomplishments of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
Selected presentation:
Marta Pertegás - The HCCH in 2015: some milestones
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=468Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:14:00 GMTConference ※International Symposium hosted by the Doshisha University Research Center for International Transactions and Law§Conference "International Symposium hosted by the Doshisha University Research Center for International Transactions and Law", Kyoto (19 December 2015)
On 19 December 2015, an International Symposium was hosted at the Doshisha University Research Center for International Transactions and Law in Kyoto. The Conference gathered prominent private international law experts from Japan as well as from many other Asian jurisdictions. This event concluded a series of meetings of the Study Group on Asian Principles of Private International Law.
The afternoon session of the International Symposium..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=467Sat, 19 Dec 2015 16:01:00 GMTInternational Family Law, Legal Co-operation and Commerce: Promoting the Rule of Law and Cross-Border Trade in MENA CountriesFrom 8 to 9 December 2015, approximately 45 experts from Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia, as well as government officials and judges from Germany, academic experts from Canada and the United Kingdom and members of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, met to discuss the relevance of a number of Hague Conventions to the States of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region.
The Hague Conference and the Deutsche Stiftung für Rechtliche Zusammenarbeit (IRZ) organised this seminar, with the generous support of the Ministry of Justice of the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=462Tue, 08 Dec 2015 15:49:00 GMT Meeting of the International Hague Network of JudgesFrom 11 to 13 November 2015, as part of the HCCH Asia Pacific Week 2015, more than 30 Members of the International Hague Network of Judges, representing 19 States from every region of the world, as well as experts from the Commonwealth and the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law met in Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Members of the Network adopted Conclusions and Recommendations dealing with, among other things, the future expansion of the Network, the promotion of direct judicial communications in international family cases and the need to raise..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=440Wed, 18 Nov 2015 14:08:00 GMT Global Conference on Child Support and Family Maintenance in Asia-Pacific and WorldwideHong Kong: From 9 to 11 November 2015, more than 155 experts from Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, the People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR), Croatia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Switzerland, Tunisia, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), including its Asia Pacific Regional Office, gathered at Hong Kong University to discuss the recovery of..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=439Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:56:00 GMTConference ※Cross-border Enforcement of Judgments - An Australian, UK and Global Perspective§, London, (16 November 2015)
On 16 November 2015, the British Institute of
International and Comparative Law hosted an event looking at various issues
arising in relation with the cross-border enforcement of judgments. In his
keynote speech, The Hon RS French AC, Chief Justice of Australia, focused on
recent decisions of the High Court of Australia on questions such as the
registration and enforcement of foreign judgments as well as foreign State
immunities in relation to the enforcement of judgments. In the talk she
delivered, First Secretary Prof. Marta Pertegás illustrated the work undertaken
by..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=460Mon, 16 Nov 2015 14:18:00 GMTConference "Cross-border child protection: Legal and social perspectives - Towards a better protection of children worldwide - The 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention in practice"From 21 to 23 October 2015, more than 190 experts in the field of child protection and family law from around the world attended the above-mentioned conference on the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention which took place in the Centre Œcuménique, in Geneva, Switzerland.
The conference was organised by the General Secretariat of the International Social Service in co-operation with the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, and with the support of the University of Geneva and others.
Conclusions and Recommendations: English | Français |..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=437Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:12:00 GMT Conference on ※Commercial Private International Law in East and Southern Africa§, Johannesburg, South Africa
The Research Centre for Private International Law in Emerging Countries of the Faculty of Law of the University of Johannesburg organised this event.
The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements and the Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts were presented at the conference.
Programme:
Conference programme
Presentation:
Ms Marta Pertegás (HCCH) - Party Autonomy in recent work of the HCCH and its relevance for the region
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=434Thu, 15 Oct 2015 08:02:00 GMT Conference ※Towards A Transnational Approach For Choice of Law Clauses - Presentation of the ICC Study on 'Developing Neutral Legal Standards for International Contracts'", Rome, Italy
The conference, co-organised by the
ICC and Unidroit, aims at promoting ICC's recent study on 'Developing Neutral
Legal Standards for International Contracts'.
Ms Ning Zhao (HCCH) gave a short
presentation on the Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial
Contracts, in particular on Rules of law
(Article 3), given its relevance to the conference topic.
Programme:
Conference programme
ICC study
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=433Thu, 15 Oct 2015 07:40:00 GMT Official Programme available for Service and Evidence Convention Anniversary Event in NovemberThe final programme is now available for this one-day conference on 2 November 2015 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the 1965 Hague Service Convention and the 45th Anniversary of the 1970 Hague Evidence Convention. A downloadable copy of the programme is available here.
As previously announced, the conference, which is entitled: "Service of Process and Taking of Evidence Abroad: The Impact of "Electronic Means" on the Operation of the Hague Conventions", shall be held at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C.
Panels of distinguished..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=430Thu, 08 Oct 2015 08:09:00 GMT APEC Workshop on effective enforcement of business contracts and efficient resolution of business disputes through the Hague Choice of Court Agreements ConventionThe Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Workshop on the effective enforcement of business contracts and efficient resolution of business disputes through the Hague Choice of Court Agreements Convention was held on Tuesday 1 September 2015 in Cebu, the Philippines, on the margins of the APEC Senior Officials Meetings. The Workshop is organised by the Department of Justice of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Regional Office of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) and the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific.
The..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=427Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:47:00 GMT Save The Date Notice: Service of Process and Taking of Evidence Abroad: The Impact of "Electronic Means" on the Operation of the Hague Conventions
Save
The Date Notice:
Service
of Process and Taking of Evidence Abroad:
The
Impact of "Electronic Means" on the Operation of
the Hague Conventions
Monday, 2 November 2015
Gewirz Center 12th
floor
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Ave NW,
Washington D.C.
The Center on Transnational Business and the Law at Georgetown
University Law Center is pleased to announce a one day conference to celebrate
the 50th Anniversary of the 1965 Hague Service Convention and the 45th
Anniversary of the 1970 Hague Evidence..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=422Fri, 14 Aug 2015 08:07:00 GMT Hague Conference regional meeting ※International Family Law, Legal Co-operation and Commerce: Promoting Human Rights and Cross-Border Trade in the Caribbean through the Hague Conference Conventions"
From 17 to 20 June 2015, more than 100 participants from the region met to expand their knowledge of the work of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, and its multilateral treaties and other instruments (Hague Conventions), and to discuss the relevance of the Hague Conventions to the Caribbean Region. The meeting was jointly organised by the Hague Conference and the Commonwealth Secretariat, with the generous support of the Ministry of the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago and Sir Mathew Thorpe, former Lord Justice of Appeal (UK). The meeting covered child protection,..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=421Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:14:00 GMT APEC Workshop on effective enforcement of business contracts and efficient resolution of business disputes through the Hague Choice of Court Agreements ConventionThe
Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Workshop on the effective enforcement of business
contracts and efficient resolution of business disputes through the Hague
Choice of Court Agreements Convention will take place on Tuesday 1 September
2015 in Cebu, the Philippines, on the margins of the APEC Senior Officials
Meetings. The Workshop is organised by the Department of Justice of Hong Kong,
China, in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Regional Office of the Hague
Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) and the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific.
Further..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=415Thu, 09 Jul 2015 10:48:00 GMTConference ※Jurisdiction & Dispute Resolution in the Internet Era: Governance and Good Practices§, Geneva (17-18 June 2015)
On
17-18 June the Conference on "Jurisdiction & Dispute Resolution in the
Internet Era: Governance and Good Practices" was held at the University of
Geneva as part of its summer school programme, "Internet L@w". The conference
was organised by the University's faculty of law, with the co-operation of
Geneva Internet Platform and Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement
(CIDS) . On this occasion, it was emphasized
that the
concept of a global Convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign
judgments has been a long-standing..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=459Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:12:00 GMT22nd International Congress of Judicial Officers and round table: ※Harmonising Legislation 每 The Need for Fair Principles for Enforcement: the Global Code of Enforcement§, Madrid (2-5 June 2015)
The
Union internationale des huissiers de justice (UIHJ) organised the 22nd
International Congress of Judicial Officers in Madrid from 2 to 5 June 2015.
During the round table "Harmonising Legislation - The Need for Fair Principles
for Enforcement: the Global Code of Enforcement" the relationship between the Hague
Conference work on judgments and the UIHJ's Global Code of Execution and the
future Judgments Convention were discussed. In particular, it was emphasized
that the Global Code of Enforcement is an important tool in order to facilitate
cross-border..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=458Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:00:00 GMT Save the date and call for proposals - Recovery of maintenance in Asia Pacific and worldwide: national and regional systems and the Hague 2007 Child Support Convention and ProtocolThe Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), through its Asia Pacific Regional Office, will hold a global conference on the recovery of child support and family maintenance in Hong Kong from 9 to 11 November 2015.
Please Save the Date. A conference program and further details will be circulated in due course. Note that the conference will begin at approximately 1:00 pm on Monday 9 November, and finish by 1:00 pm on Wednesday 11 November 2015.
The event is jointly sponsored by the HCCH and the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=406Wed, 27 May 2015 15:59:00 GMTTowards the Well-Being of the Child Through the Hague Child Abduction and Protection of Children Conventions: An Asia Pacific Symposium, Macao, ChinaThe conference "Towards the Well-Being of the Child Through the Hague Child Abduction and Protection of Children Conventions: An Asia Pacific Symposium, Macao, China" will take place on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 June 2015 at the Macao Science Centre, Macao SAR, China. The event is jointly sponsored by the Law Reform and International Law Bureau of the Macao SAR, the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong SAR, and the Hague Conference.
The Symposium will focus on the complementarity between the 1980 Hague Child Abduction and 1996 Hague Protection of Children Conventions. It will additionally..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=393Tue, 10 Feb 2015 08:41:00 GMT5th Meeting of the ILA Committee on Intellectual Property and Private International Law and ILA-WIPO seminar on ※Intellectual Property and Private International Law§, Geneva (15-16 January 2015)
On 15 January 2015 the ILA Committee on IP and
Private International Law met at WIPO in Geneva. The Committee
welcomed with interest the briefings delivered by the Permanent Bureau about
the state of the discussions within the Working Group of the Judgments Project,
especially in light of the fact that judgments on intellectual property matters
have been proposed to be included in the scope of the future Convention. The following day, the Committee and WIPO co-organized a seminar on
"Intellectual Property and Private International Law", inviting the Permanent
Bureau to..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=457Fri, 16 Jan 2015 13:51:00 GMTInternational conference on 'Cross Border Co-operation in Civil and Commercial Matters through Hague Conventions', RabatFrom 10 to 11 November 2014, an international conference, "Cross Border Co-operation in Civil and Commercial Matters through Hague Conventions" was held in Rabat, Morocco, to discuss the relevance and possible implementation of selected Hague Conventions in the field of international child protection (1980 Child Abduction, 1996 Child Protection, and 2007 Child Support Conventions), international civil procedure (1965 Service, 1970 Evidence, and 2005 Choice of Court Conventions) and the production of public documents abroad (1961 Apostille Convention).
The Conclusions and Recommendations are..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=390Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:43:00 GMT Event postponed 每 The Hague Service Convention at 50
Please note that the event to celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of the conclusion of the Hague Service Convention has been
postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. As previously announced, this
event will be hosted by the Center for Transnational Business and the
Law at Georgetown University Law Center and Letters Blogatory. A new
date will be posted on the Service Section in due course.
..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=382Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:57:00 GMT IFC Tajikistan Business Regulation and Investment Policy Project supports Tajikistan in finalizing the process of accession to the Hague Apostille ConventionDushanbe, September 24 -25, 2014 – IFC Tajikistan Business Regulation and Investment Policy (BRIP) Project supported the official visit of Mr. Christophe Bernasconi, Secretary General of Hague Conference on Private International Law to Tajikistan. The objectives of the visit were (i) to discuss Tajikistan’s progress on Apostille Convention and propose further steps in the accession process (ii) to introduce the Apostille Service – new service which will be provided in the coming future in the Republic of Tajikistan and (iii) to introduce the Hague Apostille Convention to the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=379Tue, 30 Sep 2014 08:39:00 GMT APEC Workshop on the Ease of Doing Business through Hague ConventionsThe Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Workshop on the Ease of Doing Business through Hague Conventions was held on Tuesday 12 August 2014 in Beijing, People’s Republic of China. The Workshop was organised by the Department of Justice of Hong Kong, China, in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Regional Office of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH).
The Workshop was attended by over 40 participants from 12 of the APEC Member Economies as well as international organisations, including government officials, judges, academics and practitioners. Christophe..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=370Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:31:00 GMT St. Petersburg Conference on Cross-Border Recognition and Enforcement of JudgmentsThe Conference on Cross-Border Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments was held on Tuesday 17 June 2014 in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. The Conference was organised by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) and the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.
The Conference was attended by over 40 participants from the Russian Federation and five other jurisdictions, including government officials, judges, academics and practitioners. The Conference was officially opened by Christophe Bernasconi, Secretary General of the HCCH, Elena Borisenko, Deputy Minister of..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=367Wed, 30 Jul 2014 09:21:00 GMT HCCH Asia Pacific Week (Hong Kong, 6-11 October 2014)HCCH Asia Pacific Week is a series of events collectively organised by the Asia Pacific Office of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The week will be centred around three key events:
The 2014 Judgments Project Working Group Meeting. The Working Group is currently engaged in the preparatory work for an international convention relating to the recognition and enforcement of judgments abroad.
The 9th International Forum on the e-APP. The..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=366Wed, 30 Jul 2014 07:44:00 GMT Conference on cross-border family matters and the well-being of the child highlights Hague Convention on child abduction in the Asia Pacific regionOn 13 May 2014, the Conference "Cross-Border Family Matters and the Well-Being of the Child: Asia Pacific Perspectives" took place in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The Conference focused on the Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980 Child Abduction Convention).
The event was organised by the Hague Conference through its Asia Pacific Regional Office and Renmin University of China, with the support of the Government of China. Financial support was provided by the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (IAML) and two renowned..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=361Thu, 22 May 2014 13:36:00 GMT 10th Anniversary of the Malta Process The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law is pleased to announce the 10th Anniversary of the Malta Process, a dialogue involving both Contracting States to the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and / or the Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children, and non-Contracting States whose legal systems are based on or influenced by Islamic law..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=349Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:54:00 GMT Latin American meeting on the international protection of children and the recovery of maintenance abroadFrom 4 until 6 December 2013, officials from National Organs, Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Ministries of Justice, State Attorneys, representatives of the Judiciary, Members of the International Hague Network of Judges, Central Authorities, Childhood Authorities and academics from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain and Uruguay, met in Santiago, Chile, for the Latin American Meeting on the International Protection of Children and the Recovery of Maintenance Abroad. The Santiago..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=343Wed, 22 Jan 2014 14:56:00 GMT HCCH-IRZ Regional Seminar, TunisThe Hague Conference on Private International Law and the Deutsche Stiftung fur Internationale Rechtliche Zusammenarbeit (IRZ) successfully concluded a regional seminar in Tunis on 30 October 2013, with approximately 65 experts from throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region, including representatives from Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as well as Germany and Canada.
The two-day seminar focused on the relevance and possible implementation of select Hague Conventions in order to facilitate the cross-border protection of..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=332Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:09:00 GMT Conference on International Litigation in the Asia Pacific Region highlights Hague Conference instruments and initiatives which facilitate the resolution of cross-border legal disputes From 23 to 24 September 2013, a Conference on International Litigation in the Asia Pacific Region took place in Wuhan, People’s Republic of China. The Conference was dedicated to the Hague Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements (Choice of Court Convention) and the work carried out by the Hague Conference in the area of international jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments (the Judgments Project).
The event was organised by the Hague Conference, with the support of its Asia Pacific Regional Office, the Government of the People’s..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=326Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:51:00 GMT 15th anniversary of the International Hague Network of JudgesFrom 17 to 19 July 2013, more than 50 Members of the International Hague Network of Judges, representing 40 States from every region of the world, as well as experts from the Commonwealth Secretariat, IberRed and the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law met at Cumberland Lodge, Great Windsor Park, England.
In addition to celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the International Hague Network of Judges, Members of the Network adopted Conclusions and Recommendations (please click here for the Spanish version) dealing with, among other things, the future expansion of..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=318Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:28:00 GMT Workshop for East and Southeast Asian States on the 1993 Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention becomes first Hague Conference event organised for the Asia Pacific through new Regional Office in Hong KongThe Hague Conference on Private International Law co-organised, with the Governments of Macao and Hong Kong Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China, a Workshop for East and Southeast Asian States on the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption in Macao SAR from 27 to 28 March 2013. The Workshop was the first event organised through the Asia Pacific Regional Office since its official opening in December 2012. The event gathered high-ranking officials and experts from East and Southeast..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=301Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:33:00 GMT Experts from 21 States and from International Organisations met in Dakar to discuss the Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention and its implementation in Francophone Countries of origin in Africa and the CaribbeanAs a follow up to the first Francophone Seminar held in The Hague (Netherlands) in June 2009, the Hague Conference, in partnership with the Governments of France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland organised a four-day workshop on the implementation and operation of the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption ("the Convention") in certain francophone countries of origin in Africa and the Caribbean. The workshop took place in Dakar (Senegal) from 27 to 30 November 2012 and gathered more than 60 experts..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=293Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:03:00 GMT Seminar on the work of the Hague Conference and its relevance for the Caribbean Region and Bermuda
From 21 to 24 May 2012, 125 representatives from more than 20 States and overseas territories, international organisations as well as members of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law met in Bermuda to learn about the Hague Conference in general and some of the multilateral treaties that have been concluded under its auspices (Hague Conventions), as well as to discuss the relevance of these instruments to the Caribbean Region and Bermuda.
The seminar was organised by the Government of Bermuda, in collaboration with the Permanent Bureau, and with the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=253Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:45:00 GMT Hague Academy Seminar on 'The Protection of the Child in International Law'From 14- 20 June 2009 the Hague Academy of International Law organised a Seminar for Advanced Studies in Public and Private International Law on the theme of "The Protection of the Child in International Law". The Hague Conference, which has conducted significant research in the field of international child protection, collaborates with the Academy in this event. For the programme (in English only) click here.
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=244Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:51:00 GMT Hague Academy Seminar on 'Responding to the Challenges of Natural and Industrial Catastrophes - New Directions for International Law'From 15 to 21 January 2012 the Hague Academy of International Law organized a Seminar for Advanced Studies in Public and Private International Law on the theme of "Responding to the Challenges of Natural and Industrial Catastrophes - New Directions for International Law". The Hague Conference, which has conducted significant research in the field of civil liability for environmental damage, collaborates with the Academy in this event. For the programme (in English only) click here.
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=243Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:48:00 GMT Workshop on the Hague Service Convention, MexicoMexico - Workshop on the Hague Service Convention
On 28 November 2011, over 140 experts, judges, government officials, process servers, professors and members of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law attended a workshop in Mexico City, Mexico, on the practical operation of the Hague Convention of 15 November of 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (Service Convention).
The workshop was hosted by the Consultoría Jurídica of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico and organised in..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=241Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:45:00 GMT The Fourth Asia Pacific Conference of the Hague Conference, Manila
From 26 to 28 October 2011, over 230 delegates and participants from Australia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu and Vietnam, together with observers from Iraq, United States of America and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat, and judicial officers, academics, other professionals, representatives from non-governmental organisations and..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=237Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:04:00 GMT Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Apostille Convention and Third Regional Meeting on the e-APP for Europe Project"PARIS EVENT" Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Apostille Convention and Third Regional Meeting on the e-APP for Europe Project
Paris (France) - 4-5 October 2011
Almost 100 government representatives, notaries, judicial officers (huissiers), dignitaries and other subject-matter experts from 29 countries and international organisations gathered in Paris, France to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (Apostille Convention). This event also provided the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=233Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:36:00 GMT First Gulf Judicial Seminar on Cross-Frontier Legal Co-operation in Civil and Commercial Matters, Qatar, Doha 每 20 to 22 June 2011First Gulf Judicial Seminar on Cross-Frontier Legal Co-operation in Civil and Commercial Matters
From 20 to 22 June 2011, approximately 80 participants from Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman (Bahrain was excused) – including Ministry officials, academics, professionals, as well as members of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, met in Doha (Qatar), to discuss the relevance and possible implementation of some of the Conventions adopted under the auspices of the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=225Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:55:00 GMT The Secretary General participates in the first Petersburg International Legal Forum
From May 19-21, 2011, Secretary General Hans van Loon took part in the first International Legal Forum in St Petersburg. Invited by the Government of the Russian Federation, he spoke on May 19, at the Plenary Session, moderated by former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (please click here to read the Secretary General's speech).
The plenary session was opened by President Dmitry Medvedev, who also commented briefly on each of the speeches. The other speakers included the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, the European Commissioner for Home..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=220Tue, 24 May 2011 07:19:00 GMT Mexico Inter-American MeetingMexico Inter-American Meeting of International Hague Network Judges and Central Authorities on International Child Abduction
(Mexico, 23-25 February 2011)
Purpose of the Meeting
The meeting was organized to discuss how to improve, among the countries represented, the operation of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention) and the Montevideo Convention of 15 July 1989 on the International Return of Children (the 1989 Inter-American Convention) and to provide information on the implementation of..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=217Tue, 10 May 2011 11:54:00 GMT Finnish-Russian Expert Conference on International Child and Family Law
On Wednesday 23 March 2011, a Finnish-Russian Expert Conference was held in Helsinki to discuss questions related to international child and family law. The Permanent Bureau was invited to participate in this meeting and was represented by Deputy Secretary General William Duncan.
In the discussions, emphasis was laid on the central principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, such as the priority of the best interest of the child and the equal treatment of children as well as the right of the child to maintain a personal relationship and direct..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=214Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:09:00 GMT Morocco Judicial Seminar on Cross-Border Protection of Children and FamiliesMorocco Judicial Seminar on Cross-Border Protection of Children and Familieshosted by the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Moroccowith the Hague Conference on Private International Law and TAIEXRabat (Morocco), 13-15 December 2010
Purpose of the Seminar
Within the framework of the Malta Process, the Seminar discussed cross-border protection of children and families and, in particular, the Hague Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children.
In..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=208Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:40:00 GMT First Meeting of Latin American Judges of the International Hague Network of
Judges
The First Meeting of Latin American Judges of the International Hague Network of Judges took place on 4 December 2009. The following Latin American States were represented at the meeting: Argentina, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. In addition, other judges that had been invited from Paraguay, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela were in attendance.
As a corollary of the work, and with the aim to facilitate the dialogue between the Latin American Network Judges and US Network Judges, a video conference was held at the US Embassy..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=207Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:34:00 GMT Viet Nam - Study visit to the Permanent Bureau and signing of Intercountry Adoption ConventionOn 8-10 December 2010, a delegation of Vietnamese officials from the Ministry of Justice, Office of State President, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the People's Supreme Court attended a three-day study visit organised by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law ("HCCH") in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice Viet Nam. The main purpose of the study visit was to further acquaint the delegation to the organisation and work of the Hague Conference. The study visit also provided an opportunity for the delegation to brief the Permanent Bureau on work being..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=206Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:57:00 GMT Landmark international seminar on Hague Choice of Court Convention | <em>Seminario internacional sobre el Convenio de La Haya sobre Acuerdos de Elecci車n de Foro</em>Government officials, judges, and other experts from various Latin American States acknowledge benefits of the Hague Choice of Court Convention and recognise potential for domestic application in harmony with corresponding regional instruments.
A Joint Seminar on Choice of Court in International Litigation was held on 8 November 2010 in Brasilia, Brazil. The Seminar, which was organised by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice (as President pro tempore of MERCOSUR) and the Hague Conference on Private International Law, was attended by government officials, judges, and other experts from Brazil,..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=205Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:36:00 GMT e-APP for Europe Project - first regional meeting to take place in Helsinki, Finlande-APP FOR EUROPE PROJECT FIRST REGIONAL MEETING TO TAKE PLACE IN HELSINKI, FINLAND
Project funded by the European Union
The first regional meeting of the e-APP for Europe Project, hosted by the Ministry of Justice of Finland, will be held in Helsinki (Finland) on Monday 14 February 2011 (as a one-day event). For more information on the e-APP (electronic Apostille Pilot Program) please see the Apostille Section and the e-APP website at http://www.e-app.info/.
This is the first of three regional meetings to be held in the context of the e-APP for Europe Project. The two additional..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=204Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:19:00 GMT 6th International Forum on the electronic Apostille Pilot Program (e-APP)
download the PDF version in English | Español
6th International Forum
on the electronic Apostille Pilot Program (e-APP)
The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private Internatinal Law are pleased to announce the holding of the 6th International Forum on the electronic Apostille Pilot Program (e-APP). The Forum will take place on
Tuesday 29 & Wednesday 30 June 2010, in Madrid, at the IFEMA (Feria de Madrid).
The Forum is a part of the official Spanish Presidency..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=197Thu, 20 May 2010 14:34:00 GMT International Judicial Conference on Cross-Border Family Relocation download the Declaration in English | Français | Español | Deutsch
INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL CONFERENCE ON CROSS-BORDER FAMILY RELOCATION
WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 23-25 MARCH 2010
co-organised by Hague Conference on Private International Law International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
with the support of United States Department of State
WASHINGTON DECLARATION ON INTERNATIONAL FAMILY RELOCATION
On 23-25 March 2010, more than 50 judges..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=188Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:57:00 GMT African Governments urged to adopt Hague Conventions on ChildrenHigh officials, judges and other experts from States in the Southern and Eastern African Region call for closer inter-State co-operation to protect vulnerable children in cross-frontier situations, and support implementation of the Hague Children's Conventions and the Apostille Convention
The Seminar on Cross-Frontier Child Protection in the Southern and Eastern African Region was held from 22 to 25 February 2010 in Pretoria, South Africa. The Seminar, which was organised by the Hague Conference on Private International Law in co-operation with the Government of the Republic of South Africa..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=184Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:16:00 GMTFrancophone Seminar on the Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention, The Hague, 22-26 June 2009The Francophone Seminar on the 1993 Adoption Convention, organised by the Hague Conference on Private International Law in partnership with the French Institute of the Netherlands and the Organisation internationale de la francophonie (International Organization of the Francophonie), and the Governments of Belgium (French-speaking community), Canada, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland, took place in The Hague, the Netherlands, from 22-26 June 2009.
The aim of the seminar was to bring together experts and judges of different French-speaking countries, in order to promote a good..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=168Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:16:00 GMTThird Malta Conference on Cross-Frontier Family Law IssuesThird Malta Judicial Conference on Cross-Frontier Family Law Issues, hosted by the Government of Malta in collaboration with the Hague Conference on Private International Law St. Julian’s (Malta), 24-26 March 2009
Purpose of the Conference
The Conference continued the process of dialogue that began with the first (14-17 March 2004) and second (19-22 March 2006) Malta Conferences, which resulted in the Conclusions and Recommendations contained in the "Malta Declaration". The discussion focussed again on how best to secure continuing contact between children and parents..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=161Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:44:00 GMTInternational Adoption Round Table in KyivInternational Round Table "Intercountry Adoption in Ukraine: International Law Implementation Issues"
On 6 and 7 November 2008, an international Round Table was co-organised in Kyiv by the Ministry of Ukraine for Family, Youth and Sports (State Department for Adoption and Protection of Children Rights) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine).
On the basis of discussions and consultations which took place during two working days, the Round Table considered appropriate to provide the following recommendations to Ukraine: (please click..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=160Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:20:00 GMT10th anniversary of International Network of Judges for International Child ProtectionA small celebration to mark the 10th anniversary of the International Hague Network of Judges was held in Brussels on Friday 16 January 2009.
The creation of an international network of judges for international child protection was first proposed at the 1998 De Ruwenberg Seminar for Judges on the international protection of children. The International Hague Network of Judges facilitates communications and co-operation between judges at the international level. Members of the Network act as a channel of communication and liaison with their national Central Authorities, with other judges within..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=159Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:16:00 GMTJoint EC-HCCH Conference on Direct Judicial Communications on Family Law Matters and the Development of Judicial NetworksOn 15-16 January 2009, judges and experts from more than 50 countries and representatives from leading international judges associations met in Brussels (Belgium), under the auspices of the European Commission and the Hague Conference, to discuss direct judicial communications on family law matters and the development of judicial networks.
Read the Recommendations and Conclusions of this judicial conference: in English | in French | in Spanish. ..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=158Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:54:00 GMTThird Asia Pacific Regional ConferenceInternational Co-operation through Hague Conventions in the Asia Pacific
The Third Asia Pacific Regional Conference, jointly organized by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hague Conference on Private International Law, was held in Hong Kong from 24 to 26 September 2008. Among the topics discussed were the latest work of the Hague Conference and the implementation in the Asia Pacific of the Hague Conventions drawn up in the fields of international judicial and administrative co-operation and cross-border family relations, including the protection of..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=147Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:54:00 GMTThird Russian Seminar held in EkaterinburgOn 15 and 16 May 2008, a seminar on the implementation of the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters and the Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters was held in Ekaterinburg. This seminar was the third in a series of Russian seminars: the first was convened in Moscow in October 2005 and the second in Saint Petersburg in January 2007.
For more information, please click:
Agenda of the Seminar in English | Agenda of the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=149Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:11:00 GMT4th ASEAN Law Forum in Ha NoiFourth Law Forum of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
On 8 and 9 April 2008, the Fourth ASEAN Law Forum on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil and Commercial Matters was held in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. The Forum, hosted by the Ministry of Justice of Viet Nam, was attended by experts from the ASEAN Member States - Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam - as well as by representatives from the Hague Conference on Private International Law, Australia and China. The participants discussed..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=145Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:50:00 GMTSecond IIN-HCCH Meeting of Governmental Experts on International Child Abduction by one of their ParentsThe Second Meeting of Governmental Experts on International Child Abduction by one of their Parents took place in Buenos Aires from 19 to 21 September 2007.
Participants were mainly Judges and Central Authority officers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States of America, Uruguay and Venezuela, as well as observers from Spain, UNICEF, Missing Children Argentina and several interested academics.
The meeting was co-organized by the Inter-American..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=139Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:33:00 GMTAsia-Pacific Regional MeetingAsia-Pacific Regional Meetingon the work of the Hague Conference on Private International LawSydney, Australia - 27-29 June 2007
From 27 to 29 June 2007, participants from Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga and Viet Nam, and academics, interested individuals, representatives from non-governmental organisations and members of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=136Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:59:00 GMTJudicial Seminar for French-speaking African countries on the principal Hague Conventions on International Child Protection, International Judicial and Administrative Co-operation and International LitigationFrancophone African Judges Seminar27-31 August 2007The HagueDialogue between judges and experts from the Francophone African Region to promote the Hague Conventions
Judges of the high jurisdictions of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia and experts from the Association Africaine des Hautes Juridictions Francophones (AAHJF), the Association des Hautes Juridictions de Cassation des Pays ayant en Partage l'Usage de Français (AHJUCAF),..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=134Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:47:00 GMTService of Process under the Hague 1965 Service Convention - Saint Petersburg Seminar
On 30 and 31 January 2007, a seminar on the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters was held in Saint Petersburg. This Seminar, a follow-up from an initial seminar convened in Moscow on 4-5 October 2005, was jointly organised by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the Canadian and Finnish Governments.
For more information, please click:
Programme of the Seminar in English | Programme of the Seminar in RussianList of ParticipantsConclusions of..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=127Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:05:00 GMTInter-American Expert Meeting on International Child AbductionThe Hague, 10 November 2006Experts from the Inter-American Children*s Institute (IIN) and the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) co-ordinated the Inter-American expert meeting on international child abduction, which was attended by national experts from the following States: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, United States of America and Uruguay.
Read here the Conclusions and Recommendations of this meeting. [Spanish version]..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=124Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:14:00 GMTAfrican Judicial Seminar at The HagueIn response to the exponential growth of the geographical span and number of States and individuals affected by cross border child protection issues the Permanent Bureau has been carrying out exploratory work in Southern and Eastern Africa in the context of the Hague Project for International Co-operation and the Protection of Children in the Southern and Eastern African Region - the role of the Hague Conventions in the practical implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.
In co-operation with the Hague Forum..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=119Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:22:00 GMTSecretary General visits Latin AmericaCo-operation with MERCOSUR Agreement with Inter-American Children*s Institute
I On the invitation of the ※Comisi車n T谷cnica§ of the Ministers of Justice of MERCOSUR and its Associate Members, the Secretary General of the Hague Conference (HCCH) on 8 June 2006 participated in the meeting of the Comisi車n in Buenos Aires (Argentina is chairing MERCOSUR from 1 January to 30 June 2006). The meeting was attended by high level experts from the original MERCOSUR Member States (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay 每 all Members of the HCCH) and from the Associate..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=116Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:53:00 GMTSecond Malta Judicial Conference on Cross-Frontier Family Law IssuesFrom 19 until 22 March 2006, the Second Malta Judicial Conference on Cross-Frontier Family Law Issues was held, hosted by the Government of Malta in collaboration with the Hague Conference on Private International Law (click here for the first Malta Conference, held in March 2004).
Judges and experts from Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Indonesia, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, the Netherlands, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of the..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=115Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:42:00 GMTLatin American Judges* Seminar: The Hague Children*s Conventions and Cross-Border Protection of Children within Latin AmericaOn 28 November - 3 December, 2005, 18 Judges, from Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, United States of America, Uruguay, and Venezuela met in The Hague, The Netherlands, to discuss how to improve, among the countries represented, the operation of the three modern Hague Children’s Conventions addressing international child abduction, intercountry adoption, and matters of child protection, as well as the ongoing discussions related to a worldwide Convention on international child support and..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=114Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:35:00 GMTService of Process under the Hague Service Convention - Seminar in MoscowFrom 4-5 October 2005, a seminar on the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters was held in Moscow. This Seminar was jointly organised by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the Canadian and Finnish Governments.
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=112Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:33:00 GMTInternational Symposium on the Hague Securities Convention in SeoulThe Korea Private International Law Association (KOPILA) & the Korea Securities Depository (KSD) are pleased to announce the holding of an important Seminar on the Hague Securities Convention. This Seminar, which is organised with the support of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) and sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Korea, will be held on Friday, 23 September 2005 and will take place at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul (Orchid Room).
The main speakers are Co-Rapporteurs Professor Karl Kreuzer (Germany) and Professor..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=109Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:37:00 GMTInternational Forum on e-Notarization and e-ApostillesThe Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) and the International Union of Latin Notaries (IULN) are jointly organising an International Forum on e-Notarization and e-Apostilles. This Forum will be hosted by the National Notary Association of the United States of America (NNA) and will be held on 30 and 31 May 2005 in Las Vegas (Bally’s), Nevada, USA.
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=105Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:53:00 GMTLatin American Judges' SeminarA Latin American Judges' Seminar is being held at Monterrey (Mexico) from 2-4 December 2004 under the auspices of the Hague Conference on Private International Law. Judges and other authorities from Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela will be meeting to discuss hypothetical cases and a number of themes related to the Hague Child Abduction Convention.
Click here to read the Conclusions of the Monterrey Seminar. A Spanish..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=104Fri, 03 Dec 2004 12:13:00 GMTE-Commerce ConferenceDuring the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH ), the Dutch Government and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC ) will jointly host a conference in The Hague on 26 and 27 October 2004 on the legal issues raised by electronic commerce. The conference will focus on the areas of private law and private international law, but other areas such as international tax law will also be addressed. The conference aims at raising general awareness, including politi- cal awareness, of the vast range of legal questions raised by..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=100Wed, 06 Oct 2004 10:07:00 GMTMalta judicial Conference on Cross-frontier Family Law issues - Building Bridges and Protecting ChildrenPRESS RELEASE
International Child Protection, and the development of co-operation between European States and States of the Islamic tradition from the Mediterranean region, are two interconnected themes of an important Conference which is to take place in Malta from 14 to 17 March 2004.The Conference on Cross-Frontier Family Law Issues will be attended by top ranking judges and Government Officials from Algeria, Belgium, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, UK (England and Wales). Also present will be..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=89Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:28:00 GMTSecretary General of Hague Conference on private international law visits HungaryFrom 17-19 November 2002, the Secretary General of the Hague Conference on private international law, Mr Hans van Loon, paid an official visit to Budapest.Mr Van Loon met with the President of the Republic of Hungary, Dr Ferenc M芍dl, at the Houses of Parliament. In the 1980s, Dr M芍dl had represented Hungary at the negotiations in The Hague which led to the adoption by the Sixteenth Diplomatic Session of the Hague Convention of 1 August 1989 on the Law Applicable to Succession to the Estates of Deceased Persons.Further meetings took place with the Minister of Justice, Dr P谷ter B芍r芍ndy, as well..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=9Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:42:00 GMTElectronic presentation with general information on the Hague ConferenceOn 10 May 2001, at a meeting organised by the International Union of Sheriff Officers and Judicial Officers in Cape Town, South Africa, the First Secretary of the Hague Conference, Dr Christophe Bernasconi, made an electronic presentation on the Hague Conference to promote the Organisation's work in several African countries...
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=33Thu, 10 May 2001 12:50:00 GMTMesa Redonda, Universidad Nacional de Educaci車n a DistanciaMesa Redonda sobre "Evoluci車n y Perspectivas de la Conferencia de La Haya de Derecho Internacional Privado", Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Nacional de Educaci車n a Distancia.
Moderador:D. Pedro-Pablo Miralles Sangro, Decano de la Facultad de Derecho; Profesor Titular de DIPr. UNEDIntervinientes:D. Julio D. Gonz芍lez Campos, Magistrado del Tribunal Constitucional; Catedr芍tico de DIPr. Universidad Aut車noma de Madrid: Pasado y presente de la Conferencia de La Haya de DIPr.Da. Elisa P谷rez Vera, Presidenta del Consejo Consultivo de la Junta de Andaluc赤a; Catedr芍tica de DIPr. UNED:..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=36Thu, 26 Oct 2000 12:55:00 GMTVisit of the Hungarian Minister of JusticeThe Hungarian Minister of Justice, Dr Ibolya D芍vid, visited the Permanent Bureau on 17 October 2000. It was the first visit of a Hungarian Minister of Justice to the offices of the Secretariat of the Hague Conference.The Minister was accompanied by His Excellency Dr Andr芍s Gergely, Ambassador of Hungary to the Netherlands. Among the topics discussed were the practical operation of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention, the current negotiations on a worldwide convention on jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign judgments, and the possibility of Hungary becoming a Party to several Hague..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=37Tue, 17 Oct 2000 12:55:00 GMTWorkshop of Legal ExpertsOn the initiative of the Finnish Government, the Permanent Bureau organised from 7-9 September 2000 a workshop of Legal Experts from the Russian Federation, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden, with a view to facilitating the accession by the Russian Federation to several Hague Conventions on judicial co-operation. Further initiatives of this kind are already in preparation...
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=41Thu, 07 Sep 2000 13:35:00 GMTVisit of the German Minister of JusticeThe German Minister of Justice, Madam Professor Dr Herta D?ubler-Gmelin, visited the Permanent Bureau on 6 June 2000. It was the first visit of a German Minister of Justice to the offices of the Secretariat of the Hague Conference.The Minister was accompanied by Mr Lothar Maur, Judge at the Landgericht, Dr Stefan Walz, Ministerialrat, Mr Jan MacLean, Judge at the Amtsgericht, Ms Alexa Albrecht, press officer at the Justice Ministry, Dr Andrea Schulz, Regierungsdirektorin, and Dr Siegfried Johannes Trommer, Counsellor at the German Embassy at The Hague. The Minister was received by Professor..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=45Tue, 06 Jun 2000 13:49:00 GMTJudges' Seminar on the International Protection of ChildrenOn the initiative of the French and German Ministers of Justice, a Judges' Seminar on International Protection of Children was held at the Conference Centre De Ruwenberg, near 's-Hertogenbosch, from 3-6 June 2000, with the support of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on private international law.Twelve judges from France, twelve from Germany, seven from Italy and six from the Netherlands engaged in intensive discussions on the application of the international instruments concerned with the protection of children, in particular the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=46Sat, 03 Jun 2000 13:52:00 GMTVisit of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice of Romania, to the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on private international lawOn Wednesday morning, 17 November 1999, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice of Romania H.E. Mr Valeriu Stoica, paid a visit to the Permanent Bureau of the Conference. Furthermore were present, among others, H.E. Mr Mihnea Motoc, Ambassador of Romania to the Netherlands, and Mrs Cristina Luzescu, Director for International Relations from the Romanian Ministry of Justice, whereas the Dutch Ministry of Justice was represented by Mr Luk芍cs, Counsellor.Among the topics discussed was the possible accession by Romania to a number of Hague Conventions. Furthermore, the Minister sought..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=56Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:16:00 GMTElectronic Commerce and the Internet (Press release including a synthesis of the Round Table*s recommendations)
PRESS RELEASE
GENEVA ROUND TABLE ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
The Hague Conference on Private International Law, an intergovernmental organisation whose objective is the unification of private international law norms (essentially conflict of laws, procedure and judicial co-operation), recently held, jointly with the University of Geneva (Switzerland), a Round Table discussion on issues of jurisdiction and applicable law arising out of electronic commerce and Internet transactions.
This meeting took place on 2, 3 and 4 September 1999 and was attended by one..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=63Thu, 02 Sep 1999 17:40:00 GMTRencontre entre le Pr谷sident de la R谷publique de Bulgarie et le Bureau Permanent de la Conf谷rence de La Haye de droit international priv谷 au Palais de la PaixEn visite officielle aux Pays-Bas, S. Exc. M. Petar Stoyanov, Pr谷sident de la R谷publique de Bulgarie, a rencontr谷 au "Bol Room" du Palais de la Paix, le Bureau Permanent de la Conf谷rence de La Haye de droit international priv谷.Le Pr谷sident 谷tait accompagn谷 de son 谷pouse, S. Exc. Mme Antonina Stoyanova, et d'une d谷l谷gation comprenant notamment S. Exc. M. Mario Tagarinski, ministre de l'administration de l'Etat, S. Exc. M. Konstantin Dimitrov, vice-ministre des affaires 谷trang豕res, et S. Exc. M. Kamen Velichkov, ambassadeur de Bulgarie aux Pays-Bas.Le Bureau Permanent 谷tait repr谷sent谷 par le..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=79Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:37:00 GMTPrinciples of European Trust LawOn Friday, 15 January 1999, an international conference took place on "Principles of European Trust Law" in the Academy Building at The Hague. It was organized by the Business and Law Research Centre and the Faculty of Law of Nijmegen University. The conference discussed Principles of European Trust Law, drawn up by an International Working Group. The Principles build on the work which the Hague Conference undertook during the years 1980-1984 in the context of the preparation of the Convention of 1 July 1985 on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition, which is now in force for..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=74Fri, 15 Jan 1999 21:32:00 GMTLes enfants sans enfanceColloque au Palais de Justice, Premi豕re chambre de la Cour d'appel Introduction: l'enfant, une personne en devenir (avec pr谷sentation de la Convention de La Haye du 19 octobre 1996 sur la protection des enfants par William Duncan, Premier secr谷taire au Bureau Permanent de la Conf谷rence de La Haye)"Les enfants sous influence" - l'enfant dans les sectes / l'enfant dans la guerre"Les enfants sous contrainte" - l'enfant exploit谷 / l'enfant asservi..
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/de/news-archive/details/?varevent=76Fri, 27 Nov 1998 21:34:00 GMTProceedings of the international colloquium - Proceedings of the international colloquium - "Internet: Which Court Decides, Which Law Applies?"Proceedings of the international colloquium - "Internet: Which Court Decides, Which Law Applies?" - in honour of Michel Pelichet, organized by the Molengraaff Institute of Private Law, University of Utrecht, and the Hague Conference on private international law Edited by Katharina Boele-Woelki and Catherine Kessedjian Published by Kluwer Law International, The Hague / Boston / London 1998 ISBN 90-411-1036-4Contents:- "L'adéquation entre le village virtuel et la création normative - remise en cause du rôle de l'Etat?" (Pierre Sirinelli)- "A global network in a..
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