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.
In case T 555-24, dated 26 May 2025, the Supreme Court of Sweden found that the conditions for declaring only part of an arbitral award invalid were present. The decision concerns the partial invalidity of an arbitral award.
According to a UNCITRAL press release dated 26 May 2025, Pakistan signed the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation.
The article states that foreigners’ acquisition of Turkish citizenship through investment was introduced into Turkish law in 2016 by adding a new subparagraph to Article 12/1 of the Turkish Citizenship Law.
The HCCH and the Singapore Family Justice Courts co-hosted the Fourth Global Meeting of the International Hague Network of Judges in Singapore from 19 to 21 May 2025.
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.
Andorra deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters. The development concerns the private-international-law regime for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
The HCCH Experts’ Group on Carbon Markets held its first meeting from 13 to 15 May 2025. The hybrid meeting brought together 60 delegates and other experts, representing 19 HCCH Members and six Observers, together with members of the HCCH Permanent Bureau.
Following the deposit of Bahrain’s instrument of accession on 13 March 2025, the Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters entered into force for the Kingdom of Bahrain on 12 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.
On 6 May 2025, the Republic of the Philippines deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters.
Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale on 2025-05-02 announced the development entitled “Out now: Issue 1/2025 of the Rivista”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Italy / Europe.
Pedro Del Olmo considers how Spanish law structures the relationship between contractual and tortious liability in light of the basic features of each non-contractual liability regime.
Published on 30 April 2025, Nazlican Akmeşe Kangal’s article considers the international jurisdiction of Turkish courts in cargo and passenger carriage disputes arising from international air-carriage contracts.
Erman Eroglu’s article in Türkiye Adalet Akademisi Dergisi examines the law applicable to life-insurance contracts with a foreign element under Turkish private international law and Law No. 5718.
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.
This Arbitration International article by Nakul Dewan and Sathvik Chandrashekar examines the doctrine of separability in arbitration agreements and the limits of its application.
Ercan, Duygu. authored the academic publication “The Distinction between Intellectual Property and Contractual Statutes in Cross-Border Copyright Assignment Disputes” in Public and Private International Law Bulletin, Vol.
ERTUĞRUL YAZAR authored the academic publication “The Right of Foreigners to International Protection in State Sovereign Areas” in Adalet Dergisi, published on 2025-04-17. The publication forms part of the private-international-law literature concerning Türkiye.
The EU Immigration Portal’s Portugal page explains the conditions and supporting documents for seasonal-work short-stay visas of up to 90 days and temporary-stay visas for longer periods.