Guide on the Law Applicable to International Commercial Contracts in the Americas has been approved by OAS
The Organization of American States (OAS) has announced that the Inter-American Juridical Committee (CJI) has approved the
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It is possible! Another milestone for the Hague Conference: the Intercountry Adoption Convention has 101 Contracting Parties
/in News/by Mayela CelisAnother HCCH Convention has recently reached the number of 100 Contracting Parties. In February and March 2019, two States joined the HCCH Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Intercountry Adoption Convention): Guyana (by accession) and Honduras (by ratification). The Intercountry Adoption Convention will enter into […]
Another milestone: the Child Protection Convention has 51 Contracting Parties
/in News/by Mayela CelisIn February 2019, two States acceded to the HCCH Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (Child Protection Convention): Guyana and Nicaragua. Thus, the Convention has reached the milestone of more than 50 Contracting Parties. The status […]
A milestone for the Child Abduction Convention: 100 Contracting Parties!
/in News/by Mayela CelisWith the accession of Guyana, the HCCH Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“
Much-awaited draft guidelines on the grave risk exception of the Child Abduction Convention (Art. 13(1)(b)) have been submitted for approval
/in Views/by Mayela CelisAfter years in the making, the revised HCCH draft Guide to Good Practice on Article 13(1)(b) of the Child Abduction Convention has been completed and is accessible
Is there a need for international conventions on legal parentage (incl. international surrogacy arrangements)?
/in Views/by Mayela CelisThe Experts’ Group on Parentage / Surrogacy of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) has answered in the affirmative. At its fifth meeting earlier this year, the Experts’ Group agreed that it would be feasible to develop both: a general private international law instrument on the recognition of foreign judicial decisions on legal […]
Registration for OAS XLVI Course on International Law is now open
/in News/by Mayela CelisAs announced by the Department of International Law of the Organization of American States (OAS), registration is now open for the XLVI Course of International Law to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 22 July to 9 August 2019. Further information is available here in
HCCH Revised Draft Explanatory Report (version of December 2018) on the Judgments Convention is available on the HCCH website
/in Views/by Mayela CelisA revised Draft Explanatory Report (version of December 2018) on the
Conclusions of the EC-HCCH Joint Conference on the Cross-border Protection of Vulnerable Adults are now available
/in News/by Mayela CelisThe conclusions of the EC-HCCH Joint Conference on the Cross-border Protection of Vulnerable Adults are now available