Entries by Gilles Cuniberti

Ubertazzi on Kate Provence Pictures

Benedetta Ubertazzi is a Full-Tenured Assistant Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Macerata, Italy and a Fellow at Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The publication of topless photographs of Britain’s likely future queen Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge (hereinafter: Kate Middleton or the Duchess), by certain newspapers in several EU countries – such […]

Muir Watt on Kate Provence Pictures

Horatia Muir Watt is a professor of law at Sciences-po Paris Law School. Cachez ce sein…It seems to me that this case – which is perhaps less intrinsically interesting, even from a conflict of laws perspective, than other recent instances in which the cross-border exercise of the freedom of press is challenged in the name of […]

Kate Provence Pictures: Online Symposium

Two weeks ago, French tabloid Closer published photos of Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton taking the sun on the terrasse of a Chateau in Provence this summer, including pictures of the latter appearing topless.  The Royal couple has since then initiated proceedings in France, both civil and criminal against the publisher of the tabloid. […]

Hague Conference Seeks New Secretary General

The Hague Conference is seeking to recruit its next Secretary General. The Hague Conference on Private International Law, the world’s leading organisation for the progressive unification of the rules of private international law based in The Hague, the Netherlands, is looking for an outstanding lawyer to fill on 1 July 2013, the post of Secretary […]