Étienne Farnoux’s article addresses the extent to which a jurisdiction clause and a “pay to be paid” clause can be relied on against a victim bringing a cross-border direct action against an insurer.
This article states that a validly agreed jurisdiction clause conferring jurisdiction on a foreign court prevails over the special jurisdiction of the court of one co-defendant, even where the dispute is indivisible or the contracts are interdependent.
Merve Acun Mekengeç’s article starts from the point that a jurisdiction agreement is a contract by which the parties, by mutual consent, accept the jurisdiction of a particular court, and then examines the conditions for conferring jurisdiction on a foreign court in maintenance disputes with a…
The HCCH has announced that the Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements entered into force for the Principality of Monaco on 1 March 2026.
Murat Emre Keküllüoğlu authored the academic publication “The Application of the Requirement of Being a Merchant under Article 17 of the Turkish Code of Civil Procedure in Terms of International Jurisdiction Agreements” in Akdeniz Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, published on 2026-01-23.
Published in the Akdeniz University Faculty of Law Review, this article by Can Yöney addresses the application of Articles 17 and 18 of the Turkish Code of Civil Procedure to international jurisdiction agreements conferring jurisdiction on Turkish courts.
On 11 December 2025, the HCCH Permanent Bureau held a hybrid book launch for The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements: A Commentary, marking the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the 2005 Choice of Court Convention.
The HCCH Permanent Bureau has announced that registration is now open for the book launch celebrating the publication of The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements: A Commentary.
This article by Deniz Defne Kirli Aydemir, published in Terazi Hukuk Dergisi, addresses how the concept of occupational disease is characterised in Turkish private international law and how the international jurisdiction of Turkish courts is assessed in disputes arising from employment…
Beyza Çağla Demir addresses the international jurisdiction of Turkish courts in disputes arising from individual employment contracts with a foreign element, under Articles 44 and 47 of the Turkish Private International Law and Civil Procedure Act No. 5718 (MÖHUK).
The HCCH has announced that the Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements entered into force for the Kingdom of Bahrain on 1 July 2025, following Bahrain’s deposit of its instrument of accession on 13 March 2025.
Bahrain deposited its instruments of accession on 13 March 2025 to the Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters and to the Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements.
The Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements entered into force for North Macedonia on 1 March 2025. This followed the deposit of North Macedonia’s instrument of accession on 21 November 2024.
On 1 January 2025, the Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements entered into force for the Swiss Confederation, following Switzerland’s deposit of its instrument of accession on 18 September 2024.
Beatriz Añoveros Terradas’s article in the Revista Española de Derecho Internacional examines whether European economic sanctions imposed after Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine can be deactivated through choice-of-court agreements that relocate litigation to third-State courts.
Çörtoğlu Koca, Sema authored the academic publication “The Problem of Exclusive Jurisdiction in the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Court Decisions Relating to Industrial Property Rights” in Başkent Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol. 11 No.
On 21 November 2024, the Republic of North Macedonia deposited its instrument of ratification of the 30 June 2005 Convention on Choice of Court Agreements.
HCCH on 2024-10-01 announced the development entitled “2005 Choice of Court Convention and 2007 Maintenance Obligations Protocol enter into force for Albania”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Albania; International / HCCH.