The HCCH Permanent Bureau announced that pre-registration had opened for all interested delegates and experts for a forum on domestic violence and the operation of Article 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention. The forum will be held in Sandton, South Africa, from 18 to 21 June 2024.
The article examines the law applicable to disputes arising from standard employment contracts used for workers sent abroad from Türkiye through IŞKUR.
HCCH — News on 2024-03-14 announced the development entitled “Angola accedes to the 1993 Adoption Convention”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / HCCH; Angola.
Karaca, Hüseyin Akif's academic work “Determining the Applicable Law in Bank Guarantees” was published in Marmara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Hukuk Araştirmalari Dergisi, Vol. 30 No.
HCCH on 2024-02-13 announced the development entitled “Albania signs the 2005 Choice of Court Convention and the 2007 Maintenance Obligations Protocol”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Albania / HCCH.
The article examines how population movements from Ukraine, particularly to France, create international private-law situations involving married couples and divorce.
HCCH on 2024-02-02 announced the development entitled “Fifth Meeting of the International Transfer of Maintenance Funds Experts’ Group”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / HCCH.
Olivera Boskovic authored the academic publication “Extraterritoriality and the proposed directive on corporate sustainability due diligence, a recap” in Journal of Private International Law, published on 2024-01-02.
The article summarizes the differences between the Supreme Court's decisions before and after 2020 on the law applicable to individual employment contracts containing a foreign element.
Mohammad Fadel authored the academic publication “Sovereignty, Territoriality, and Private International Law in Classical Muslim International Law” in The American Journal of Comparative Law, published on 2023-12-01.
Josep Maria Valls i Xufré authored the academic publication “El poder preventivo en Derecho Interregional” in Revista Española de Derecho Internacional, published on 2023-11-30. The publication forms part of the private-international-law literature concerning Spain.
HCCH — News on 2023-11-24 announced the development entitled “First Meeting of the Working Group on Parentage / Surrogacy”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of HCCH Members and Observers.
Lea Brilmayer’s article “Le troisième Restatement des conflits de lois et « les processus ordinaires d’interprétation juridique »” was published in the Revue critique de droit international privé.
Kermitt Roosevelt’s article “Le troisième Restatement et la question de la méthode: une réponse” was published in the Revue critique de droit international privé.
Maggie Mills authored the article “Les délais de prescription et la dichotomie substance/procédure: une occasion manquée,” published in the Revue critique de droit international privé.
The second meeting of the HCCH-UNIDROIT Joint Project on Digital Assets and Tokens took place in Rome from 2 to 4 October 2023, in hybrid format and at the premises of the UNIDROIT Secretariat.