At the HCCH, the Working Group tasked with finalising the Model Forms for Chapter II of the 1970 Evidence Convention held its second meeting online on 26 September 2025, hosted by the Permanent Bureau.
UNCITRAL on 2025-09-29 announced the development entitled “Iran ratifies the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / UNCITRAL.
The European Union has approved the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration. The development concerns transparency in investor-State arbitration within international arbitration law.
UNCITRAL adopted the Toolkit on Prevention and Mitigation of International Investment Disputes on 21 July 2025. The source presents this as an official item in the UNCITRAL press-release list.
UNCITRAL adopted the Toolkit and Background Notes on Asset Tracing and Recovery in Insolvency Proceedings on 18 July 2025. The source presents this as an official UNCITRAL action listed among its press releases.
El Salvador on 2025-07-17 announced the development entitled “El Salvador accedes to the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of El Salvador.
HCCH reported that the first meeting of the Working Group established to finalise the Model Forms for Chapter II of the 1970 Evidence Convention took place online on 11 July 2025, hosted by the Permanent Bureau.
Ibrahim Doğan Takavut’s article of 30 June 2025 assesses the European Law Institute Principles on the use of digital assets as security from a private international law perspective.
Víctor Herraiz Jagerovic’s article focuses on smartphone data extraction (SDE) by the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) in asylum proceedings.
The HCCH Experts’ Group on Digital Tokens met for the first time on 16-18 June 2025 in hybrid format. The meeting brought together 53 delegates and other experts, representing 18 HCCH Members and 8 Observers, together with members of the HCCH Permanent Bureau.
The HCCH Working Group held its first online meeting on 5 June 2025 to finalise a Good Practices document concerning the 1965 Service, 1970 Evidence and 1980 Access to Justice Conventions.
Silvia Feliu Álvarez de Sotomayor authored the academic publication “Canales Gutiérrez, Silvana, Consumers and Tourist Accommodation Platforms in Private International Law.
Marta Pertegás Sender reviews a work concerned with conflict-of-laws questions arising on the internet. Its subject is the private-international-law problems created by internet-based activity.
The Working Group established for the 1996 Child Protection Convention met online on 28 May 2025 to continue its work on completing the Country Profile and the draft Cooperation Request Model Form.
According to a UNCITRAL press release dated 26 May 2025, Pakistan signed the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation.
The HCCH Working Group set up to complete the Country Profile and the draft Cooperation Request Model Form for the 1996 Child Protection Convention held its eighth online meeting on 14 May 2025.
In March 2025, the HCCH Council on General Affairs and Policy authorised the establishment of a Working Group to review and complete the study on the application and interpretation of Article 2 of the 1985 Trusts Convention and on institutions analogous to trusts.
The seventh meeting of the Working Group on the completion of the Country Profile and the draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form under the 1996 Child Protection Convention was held online on 30 April 2025, hosted by the Permanent Bureau.
HCCH — News on 2025-03-27 announced the development entitled “Third Working Meeting of the Experts’ Group on Central Bank Digital Currencies”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / HCCH.
The HCCH Working Group held its sixth online meeting to complete the Country Profile and the draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form under the 1996 Child Protection Convention.