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.
This article by Demet Çelik Ulusoy and Oktay Şekerli addresses the constitutional framework of refugee rights in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus through a comparative constitutional law lens.
The HCCH Experts’ Group on Digital Tokens met for the second time in hybrid format from 18 to 20 November 2025, with more than 50 delegates and experts, together with members of the HCCH Permanent Bureau.
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.
Bilgin Tiryakioğlu’s article examines statute of limitations in investment arbitration in the context of bilateral investment treaties to which Türkiye is a party.
Korkmaz, Abdullah Harun authored the academic publication “A Comparative Review of the Jurisdiction Rule in the Recognition of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Türkiye” in Akdeniz Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol. 15 No.
The HCCH Working Group on Parentage / Surrogacy met for the fifth time from 10 to 14 November 2025 in hybrid format, with more than 45 registered delegates and experts representing 24 HCCH Members and three Observers, alongside members of the Permanent Bureau.
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 Ali Wardak, Kate Williams, Palash Kamruzzaman and Yaseen Ayobi was published on 6 November 2025 in volume 3, issue 2 of The Boğaziçi Law Review.
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.
The article examines the acquisition of Turkish citizenship under Article 42/1 of Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901 by persons who acquired TRNC citizenship at birth through a written declaration.
The article addresses the relationship between fairness in private international law and the interests it seeks to accommodate, discussing party interest, order interest, transaction interest, substantive legal justice and state interest through the lens of equity.
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…
Lena-Maria Möller’s article, published in the Arab Law Quarterly, examines jurisdictional and legal conflicts in the United Arab Emirates’ federal family law system.
ICSID stated in a news release dated 17 October 2025 that it had published its 2025 Annual Report with expanded caseload statistics. The notice records the report’s publication and notes that it includes expanded caseload data.
Kemer, Nurten authored the academic publication “Sözleşme Özgürlüğü Çerçevesinde Tahkimde Sürpriz Karar Yasaği” in Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol. 9 No.
Bahar Küpe and Ahmet Sürerdamar examine how Turkish citizenship might be redefined amid current constitutional amendment debates. They put forward proposals for revising the constitutional definition if it is to be reformulated.
Erman Eroğlu’s article in Ankara Haci Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi addresses the law applicable to ghostwriting agreements with a foreign element under Turkish PIL.
Sariöz Büyükalp, Ipek; Öztürk, Dila Ferzan authored the academic publication “Air Carrier’s Liability under Warsaw and Montreal Conventions and the Application of Conventions’ Provisions in the Context of Private International Law” in Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol.
UNCITRAL has announced that Kyrgyzstan has become a State party to the Singapore Convention on Mediation, taking the number of States parties to 20. The announcement concerns the international framework for the recognition and enforcement of mediated settlement agreements in cross-border disputes.
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.