Entries by Mayela Celis

Work on possible future Private International Law instruments on legal parentage (incl. legal parentage established as a result of an international surrogacy arrangement) is making progress

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Written by Mayela Celis The sixth meeting of the Experts’ Group on Parentage / Surrogacy took place in late October & early November 2019 in The Hague, the Netherlands, and focused on proposing provisions for developing two HCCH instruments: a general private international law instrument (i.e. a Convention) on the recognition of foreign judicial decisions […]

New HCCH publication: When Private International Law Meets Intellectual Property – A Guide for Judges

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This week the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) announced the release of a new publication: When Private International Law Meets Intellectual Property – A Guide for Judges. This Guide is co-authored by Annabelle Bennett (Australia) and Sam Granata (Belgium), with the co-ordination of the Secretariats of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and […]

HCCH Event on the HCCH Service Convention in the Era of Electronic and Information Technology and a few thoughts

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Written by Mayela Celis The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) is organising an event entitled HCCH a / Bridged: Innovation in Cross-Border Litigation and Civil Procedure, which will be held on 11 December 2019 in The Hague, the Netherlands. This year’s edition will be on the HCCH Service Convention. […]

Some Brexit news: The UK has extended the Hague Child Support Convention and the Hague Choice of Court Convention to Gibraltar in the event the Withdrawal Agreement is not approved

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On 31 July 2019, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) extended the HCCH Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (Child Support Convention) and the HCCH Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements (Choice of Court Convention) […]