This Zenodo article offers a comparative analysis of the conflict-of-laws rules governing personal status in the legal systems of Iran and Afghanistan.
This article by Tristan Harley, Najeeba Wazefadost and Mohammad Baqir Bayani examines refugee participation in the context of the 1951 Refugee Convention. It appears in the International Journal of Refugee Law as an academic contribution to debate on participation in international refugee law.
UNIDROIT on 2026-07-16 published the legal development “Turkish translation of the UNIDROIT Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law is now available”.
The article by Dewa Sukma Kelana, Agus Gandara, Siah Khosyi’ah and Ahmad Fathonih, published in Jurnal Pustaka Cendekia Hukum dan Ilmu Sosial, addresses the distribution of assets in cross-border succession disputes under Islamic law and Indonesian positive law.
The German Judges Association’s response to the HCCH draft text for a future convention on parallel proceedings and related actions has been published.
The definition of ‘judgment’ in the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention is the focus of this Uniform Law Review article by Matthias Weller and Achim Czubaiko-Güntgen.
Hannah Naccasha’s article in Immigrants & Minorities examines the role of adultery in immigration cases in New York and California between 1952 and 1975. It addresses the point where nationality law and immigration litigation meet.
Cassadee Orinthia Yan’s The Gendered Politics of Belonging examines how nationality laws across the world translate patriarchal power into hierarchies of citizenship.
Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg’s article in Scandinavian Studies in Law addresses how human rights are applied in cross-border family matters and what this means for the mission of private international law, with particular reference to women’s rights.
Peter Arnt Nielsen’s article in Scandinavian Studies in Law addresses blocking statutes in the context of private international law. It touches on conflict of laws, arbitration, contracts, court decisions and EU private international law.
Marie Linton’s article in Scandinavian Studies in Law addresses overriding mandatory rules in private international law. It concerns rules that apply directly, irrespective of the law designated by the choice-of-law rule, and was published on 12 July 2026.
Tuulikki Mikkola; Fanni Aarniva authored the academic publication “Recognition of Foreign Marriages and Ordre Public in Finnish Private International Law” in Scandinavian studies in law, published on 2026-07-12.
The European Association of Private International Law has announced the publication of the Wrocław conference volume, Private International Law and Global Crises, based on the Second EAPIL Conference held in Wrocław in June 2024.
Alina Tryfonidou’s article in the Nordic Journal of European Law analyses the Court of Justice’s judgment in Commission v Malta and the compatibility of investor citizenship schemes with EU law.
UNCITRAL reported progress in its work on dispute settlement and digital trade at its 59th session. The development is relevant to international arbitration law and the handling of cross-border disputes.
Honduras on 2026-07-09 announced the development entitled “Honduras Ratifies the ICSID Convention”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / ICSID.
According to an HCCH News announcement dated 9 July 2026, the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents entered into force for the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria following the deposit of its instrument of accession on 5 November…
Dr Emilie McDonnell authored the academic publication “EU Externalised Migration Control and the Right to Leave” in EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy, published on 2026-07-08. The publication forms part of the private-international-law literature concerning European Union.
the academic publication “Comparative study of border externalisation and the future of international refugee law”, published on 2026-07-08. The publication forms part of the private-international-law literature concerning United States; European Union; European states.
Elisa Ortega Velázquez’s article in the Mexican Law Review argues that US migration governance between 2017 and 2025 moved from coercive securitisation to a hegemonic form of control, spanning Trump’s first presidency, the Biden administration and the opening of Trump’s second presidency.