The article examines when the limitation period begins in claims arising from the liquidation of the matrimonial property regime following a foreign divorce judgment.
Andrea Schulz authored the academic publication “Jueptner, Eva: A Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Judgments. Why did the Judgments Project (1992–2001) Fail?
Following the deposit of its instrument of accession on 11 March 2025, the Republic of Moldova became bound by the Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of…
Yawa Félicité Etse considers the legal regime governing the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards under OHADA law, identifying the applicable rules and the way in which they operate.
Lorena Sales Pallarés’s 2025 article considers the spread of strategic litigation from established fields such as environmental protection and human rights into data protection, consumer law and corporate accountability.
Viet Nam deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (the 1961 Apostille Convention) on 31 December 2025.
The HCCH Permanent Bureau has announced the completion of the e-Country Profiles project and the development and modernisation of online Country Profiles for the 1965 Service Convention, the 1970 Evidence Convention, the 1980 Child Abduction Convention and the 1993 Adoption Convention.
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 Working Group held its third meeting online on 1 December 2025, hosted by the Permanent Bureau, to bring the Good Practices document for the 1965 Service, 1970 Evidence and 1980 Access to Justice Conventions to completion.
The HCCH Working Party met online on cross-border family mediation in the context of the Malta Process, with child abduction among the topics addressed. In private international law terms, the record concerns mediation and judicial cooperation in cross-border family disputes.
On 25 November 2025, the Working Group held its third online meeting, hosted by the HCCH Permanent Bureau, to advance the finalisation of the model forms for Chapter II of the 1970 Evidence Convention.
The HCCH Permanent Bureau has launched a public consultation on the draft text of a possible new convention on parallel proceedings and related actions. In private international law terms, the initiative is tied in particular to international jurisdiction and international lis pendens.
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.
Algeria deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents on 5 November 2025.
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…
The HCCH Working Group on Matters Related to Jurisdiction in Transnational Civil or Commercial Litigation held its ninth meeting from 20 to 24 October 2025 in hybrid format, with 60 registered delegates and other experts representing 20 HCCH Members and two Observers, together with members of the…
Onur Uraz and Ceren Pirim’s article in the Public and Private International Law Bulletin focuses on the intervention procedure in proceedings before the International Court of Justice under Article 63 of the ICJ Statute.
Judges' Newsletter on International Child Protection on 2025-10-09 announced the development entitled “Vol. XXVII of the Judges’ Newsletter on International Child Protection published”.