On 5 June 2024, the HCCH announced that the 1961 Apostille Convention, which abolishes the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents, had entered into force for Rwanda. This followed Rwanda’s deposit of its instrument of accession on 6 October 2023.
Özüm Demirkol’s article, published in Hukuk ve Adalet Eleştirel Hukuk Dergisi on 1 June 2024, addresses the law applicable to employee inventions in intellectual property contracts with a foreign element.
This Journal of International Arbitration article by Darius Chan and Elias Khong addresses the tension between the finality of arbitral awards and courts’ role in safeguarding public policy when an award is challenged on public-policy grounds.
The Journal of International Arbitration article by Long Tran Viet and Hai Phan Thanh examines the factors influencing the selection of commercial arbitration by Vietnamese businesses that have arbitration agreements.
The article by Kathrin Asschenfeldt and Lisa-Marie Ross, published in the Journal of International Arbitration, examines the growth of climate-change disputes involving environmental and energy-law concerns and the participation of corporations and other non-state actors.
HCCH — News on 2024-05-29 announced the development entitled “First meeting of the Working Group established to complete the Country Profile and work on the draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form for the 1996 Child Protection Convention”.
HCCH — News on 2024-05-17 announced the development entitled “First Meetings of the Working Groups (WGs) on the Practical Handbooks and Country Profiles for the 1965 Service and 1970 Evidence Conventions”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of HCCH.
In March 2024, the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) decided to establish an Experts’ Group to study the applicable law and jurisdiction issues raised by the cross-border use and transfers of CBDCs (see Conclusion and Decisions Nos 9 and 10 of CGAP 2024).
Under this project, the Permanent Bureau (PB), in partnership with relevant subject-matter experts and Observers, is studying the private international law issues relating to digital tokens.
HCCH on 2024-05-14 announced the development entitled “Georgia ratifies the 2007 Child Support Convention and the 2007 Maintenance Obligations Protocol”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Georgia.
The article addresses depecage, meaning the application of different states’ laws to different legal categories arising from the same legal relationship.
The article states that the number of asylum-seeking unaccompanied children is increasing and that a major reason they are deprived of basic rights such as asylum, shelter, education and health is the absence of a legal representative.
This article analyses the Memorandum of Understanding on a Strategic and Global Partnership that the European Commission concluded with Tunisia on 23 July 2023, situating it within the wider move to externalise migration control through partnerships with third countries.
This article addresses how the law applicable to an arbitration agreement is determined, focusing on implied choice of law and the role of the law governing the main contract.
The HCCH Working Group on Parentage / Surrogacy held its second meeting from 8 to 12 April 2024 in hybrid format. It was attended by 46 delegates and other participants representing 27 HCCH Members and three Observers, together with members of the HCCH Permanent Bureau.
The article examines the accountability mechanisms available for human rights violations affecting people on the move in the context of migration-control externalisation.
The HCCH Permanent Bureau announced that pre-registration had opened for all interested delegates and experts for a forum on domestic violence and the operation of Article 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention. The forum will be held in Sandton, South Africa, from 18 to 21 June 2024.
Hasan, Asm Mahmudul; Islam, Md Syful authored the academic publication “Reparation of Civil Aerial Accidents Under International Air Law: A Case Study of the 2020 Ukrainian Plane Incident in Iran” in Erzincan Binali Yildirim Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol. 28 No.
Bal, Lider's academic work “Internal Protection Alternative Approach and International Protection Status” was published in Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol. 6 No.
The article describes the modernization of the Energy Charter Treaty as an effort to incorporate climate-change considerations more effectively into the investment treaty.
The article examines the law applicable to disputes arising from standard employment contracts used for workers sent abroad from Türkiye through IŞKUR.