Ahmet Sürerdamar’s article in the Public and Private International Law Bulletin addresses online dispute resolution (ODR) in response to the new needs created by digitisation in consumer transactions.
Aleyna Sağdiç’s article, published on 5 April 2026, addresses the role of public-order review in the recognition and enforcement of foreign court judgments under Article 54 of the Turkish PIL Act.
Following a March 2025 mandate from the HCCH Council on General Affairs and Policy, the Permanent Bureau is convening online meetings for Central Authorities to exchange experience of the 1965 Service, 1970 Evidence and 1980 Access to Justice Conventions.
This article addresses whether Turkish courts have international jurisdiction over the liquidation of a matrimonial property regime where the spouses have no domicile or habitual residence in Turkey, yet assets in Turkey still need to be liquidated after divorce or annulment proceedings abroad.
The article recalls that litigation costs comprise the expenses incurred after proceedings begin and before judgment is given, together with the attorney’s fee, and that they are treated in Turkish law as accessory to the judgment.
This article by Clara Isabel Cordero Álvarez, published in CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL, takes the CJEU’s judgment of 4 October 2024 as its starting point and examines how the public-policy exception under the Brussels regime interacts with fundamental rights, especially freedom of…
Mª Jesús Sánchez Cano’s article in CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL, DOI 10.20318/cdt.2026.10314, discusses the habitual-residence jurisdiction rule in Article 7 of Brussels II ter in the light of C‑395/23, Anikovi.
On 5 June 2025, the District Court of The Hague rejected an application for the exequatur of a Ukrainian judgment holding Gazprom jointly and severally liable for damage caused by the Russian Federation in Ukraine.
Stefano Dominelli’s article in CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL critically examines a recent US Supreme Court judgment that, for the first time, clearly interpreted the due process limits under the Fifth Amendment.
Antonio Jesús Calzado Llamas authored the academic publication “The Limits of Article 4 of Regulations (EU) 2016/1103 and 2016/1104 in Jurisdictional Conflicts Concerning the Rights of the Surviving Spouse and the Surviving Partner” in CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL, published on 2026-03-26.
This article by Lidia Domínguez Ruiz, published in Cuadernos de Derecho Transnational, addresses cross-border criminal evidence in the European Union from three angles: the most contested practical issues raised by the European Investigation Order, the new European preservation and production…
María Auxiliadora García Garrido’s article addresses trade dress and its jurisprudential origins, with particular attention to the normative uncertainty surrounding the concept, the branches of law that may apply by analogy, and the differing approaches taken across legal systems.
The development of European citizens’ right to free movement following the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam, and especially certain decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union, must also be examined in terms of its impact on the circulation of documents.
On 23 March 2026, UNCITRAL announced that Panama had ratified the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships. Panama completed the ratification on 19 March 2026.
Registration is open for the 14th International Forum on the HCCH electronic Apostille Programme (e-APP). The forum concerns cross-border authentication of documents and sits within international civil procedure.
According to the HCCH’s official notice, the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters entered into force for Montenegro on 1 March 2026, following Montenegro’s deposit of its instrument of ratification on 21 February 2025.
According to the HCCH notice, the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters entered into force for Albania on 1 March 2026.
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.
On 17 February 2026, the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships, known as the Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships, entered into force.
The HCCH’s Experts’ Group on the International Transfer of Maintenance Funds held its seventh meeting online from 2 to 4 February 2026, hosted by the Permanent Bureau.
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.
Egypt signed the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, known as the Singapore Convention on Mediation, at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 13 January 2026.