From 24 to 27 September 2024, the HCCH and the Government of Malta co-hosted a conference on protecting children and strengthening co-operation in cross-border family disputes involving civil-law, common-law and Shari’a-based legal systems.
Ahmet Dulger authored the academic publication “The Applicable Law to the Agreements on Sharing-out of the Estate with Foreign Element” in Istanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi dergisi, published on 2024-09-30.
Yöney, Can's academic work “Some Remarks on the General Provisions of the Draft French Code of Private International Law of March 2022” was published in Sakarya Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol. 12 No.
HCCH — News on 2024-09-01 announced the development entitled “2007 Child Support Convention and 2007 Maintenance Obligations Protocol enter into force for Georgia”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / HCCH; Georgia.
ÖMÜR KARAAĞAÇ authored the academic publication “Applicable Law to the Ghostwriting Contract Including Foreign Element” in Terazi Hukuk Dergisi, published on 2024-08-17. The publication forms part of the private-international-law literature concerning Türkiye.
Ayşe Ledün Akdeniz’s article, published in Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi on 7 August 2024, concerns the law applicable to the individual employment contracts of employees taken abroad.
Philine Wehling and Nisreen Mahasneh’s article in the Uniform Law Review looks at why the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (UPICC) are used less often in the Middle East and North Africa, and where their future use might expand.
HCCH — News on 2024-07-01 announced the development entitled “1993 Adoption Convention enters into force for Angola”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Angola / HCCH.
HCCH — News on 2024-06-28 announced the development entitled “First Working Meeting of the Experts’ Group on Central Bank Digital Currencies”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of HCCH.
HCCH — News on 2024-06-26 announced the development entitled “Third 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”.
Miguel Gardeñes Santiago authored the academic publication “Vecindad civil, instituciones de los Derechos civiles autonómicos y conflictos de leyes” in Revista Española de Derecho Internacional, published on 2024-06-18.
HCCH on 2024-06-10 announced the development entitled “First Working Meeting of the Digital Tokens Project”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Uluslararasi / HCCH.
Özüm Demirkol’s article, published in Hukuk ve Adalet Eleştirel Hukuk Dergisi on 1 June 2024, addresses the law applicable to employee inventions in intellectual property contracts with a foreign element.
This Journal of International Arbitration article by Darius Chan and Elias Khong addresses the tension between the finality of arbitral awards and courts’ role in safeguarding public policy when an award is challenged on public-policy grounds.
In March 2024, the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) decided to establish an Experts’ Group to study the applicable law and jurisdiction issues raised by the cross-border use and transfers of CBDCs (see Conclusion and Decisions Nos 9 and 10 of CGAP 2024).
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.
HCCH on 2024-05-14 announced the development entitled “Georgia ratifies the 2007 Child Support Convention and the 2007 Maintenance Obligations Protocol”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Georgia.
The article addresses depecage, meaning the application of different states’ laws to different legal categories arising from the same legal relationship.
The HCCH Working Group on Parentage / Surrogacy held its second meeting from 8 to 12 April 2024 in hybrid format. It was attended by 46 delegates and other participants representing 27 HCCH Members and three Observers, together with members of the HCCH Permanent Bureau.