In mid-June 2026, the European Parliament gave its final approval to amendments to the EU rules on the return of third-country nationals staying irregularly in Union territory, by 418 votes to 218 with 30 abstentions.
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HCCH — News on 27 October announced the development entitled “Canada ratifies and Kyrgyzstan accedes to the Child Support Convention”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / HCCH.
This book chapter by Thomas Nektarios Papanastasiou appears in The Practice of Interpretation in International Law and examines methods of interpretation in international investment law.
Deniz Defne Kirli Aydemir’s article in the Kadir Has University Faculty of Law Journal considers evasion of law from the standpoint of private international law and conflict-of-laws rules.
A correction to Jane McAdam and Geoff Gilbert’s article on international protection in the context of climate change and disasters was published in the International Journal of Refugee Law on 29 August 2026.
On 26 August 2026, the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH published a Note on the application and interpretation of Article 2 of the 1985 Trusts Convention and on institutions analogous to trusts. It addresses the question whether an institution falls within the Convention’s scope.
Franco Ferrari addresses the relationship between uniform substantive law and private international law by asking whether rules were intended to be interpreted and applied in the same way across different legal systems.
On 26 August 2026, Giesela Rühl published a reference entry on the foundational concepts and systematic structure of private international law. The entry appears in Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks.
KU Leuven Faculty of Law and Criminology has scheduled a masterclass on arbitration between States for 28 November 2025 as part of its 2025-2026 Legal Clinics programme.
Francesco Spera addresses how the European Union’s use of soft-law instruments in responding externally to migration and asylum crises relates to the principles of the Treaties and the integration process.
Gábor Levente Kozma and Murilo Lubambo de Melo address how the European Union and England and Wales can constrain cross-border SLAPPs, focusing on the allocation of international jurisdiction. They also consider the recognition and enforcement of decisions arising from such proceedings.
Yahya Ali Ansyah and Atikah Rahmi address the legal problem faced by foreign-national heirs seeking to acquire immovable estate property in Indonesia. Their analysis focuses on the interaction between inheritance rules and restrictions on foreign ownership of land.
Conflict of Laws issued a call for papers on 24 August 2026 for the Third Conflict of Laws Annual Workshop (CLAW3). The call concerns submissions of academic research in the field of conflict of laws.
Ingrid V Eagly addresses the difficulties unaccompanied migrant children face in accessing legal information, guardians and free legal assistance during international-protection and status-regularisation procedures in EU Member States.
Published on 21 August 2026, the independent Declaration asserts a right for people with experience of forced displacement or statelessness to participate in decisions that directly or indirectly affect their protection and human rights.
Jade Roberts examines the legality of the United Arab Emirates’ 2008 arrangement with the Comoros to provide Comorian passports to the UAE’s stateless bidun population.
Guy S Goodwin-Gill focuses on the role of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees in relation to refugee status and international protection. The article addresses the legal relationship between the Convention and those protection frameworks.
Sara Park’s book chapter, published on 19 August 2026, explores Japan’s Nationality Act at the intersection of family, migration and national identity.
Emil Śliwiński examines how terrorism-based deprivation of citizenship should be assessed for proportionality under the European Convention on Human Rights. The article compares ECtHR cases involving citizenship deprivation on terrorism grounds with citizenship case law arising in other contexts.
Vanessa Ruget analyses how Russia’s 2023 citizenship law and several subsequent decrees instrumentalise citizenship. The framework reshapes naturalisation through a new civics test, revised oath-of-allegiance requirements, compulsory military registration and an emphasis on “traditional” values.
Justin Robertson traces how investment migrants acquire foreign status, second passports and residencies while continuing to live in China. The analysis connects this practice of “migration without leaving” with household registration, capital transfers and the regulation of investment migration.
Nguyen Thi Tuyet Nhung and Thao Ngo Minh Phuong consider how Vietnamese private international law affects women’s rights in marriage and family relationships involving foreign elements, using a feminist legal-theory perspective.