Entries by Mayela Celis

Another milestone: the Child Protection Convention has 51 Contracting Parties

In 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 […]

Is there a need for international conventions on legal parentage (incl. international surrogacy arrangements)?

The 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 […]