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Functioning of the ODR Platform: EU Commission Publishes First Results

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Written by Emma van Gelder and Alexandre Biard, Erasmus University Rotterdam (PhD and postdoc researchers ERC project Building EU Civil Justice)

On 13 December 2017, the European Commission published a report on the functioning of the Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Platform for consumer disputes, and the findings of a web-scraping exercise of EU traders’ websites that investigated traders’ compliance with their information obligations vis-à-vis consumers. Read more

Conference Report: Contracts for the Supply of Digital Content and Digital Services, A legal debate on the proposed directive, ERA Brussels, 22 November 2017

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Written by Antonella Nolten, Research Fellow at the EBS Law School, Wiesbaden, Germany

On 22 November 2017 the Academy of European Law (ERA) hosted a conference on the recent developments on the Proposal for a Digital Content Directive in Brussels. Read more

Bob Wessels, International Insolvency Law: Part II European Insolvency Law, 4th edition 2017, Wolters Kluwer

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Written by Lukas Schmidt, Research Fellow at the Center for Transnational Commercial Dispute Resolution (TCDR) of the EBS Law School, Wiesbaden, Germany

With International Insolvency Law Part II having been published, Bob Wessels’ 10 volume series ‘Insolventierecht’ (Insolvency Law) is now completed in its 4th edition. The publication comprehensively deals with the European Insolvency Regulation Recast as entered into force on 26 June 2017, while International Insolvency Law: Part I Global Perspectives on Cross-Border Insolvency Law, already published at the end of 2015, covers the core concepts of Cross-Border Insolvency Law, other regional frameworks than the EIR and relevant instruments of soft law. Read more

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HCCH Internship Applications Now Open!

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Applications are now open for three- to six-month legal internships at the Permanent Bureau’s headquarters in The Hague, for the period from July to December 2023!

Interns work with our legal teams in the areas of Family and Child Protection Law, Transnational Litigation and Legal Cooperation, and Commercial, Digital and Financial Law. Duties may include carrying out research on particular points of private international law and/or comparative law, taking part in the preparation of HCCH meetings and contributing to the promotion of the HCCH and its work.

Applications should be submitted by 31 March 2023. For more information, please visit the Internships Section of the HCCH website.

Spanish at the HCCH: An ode to professors Alegría Borrás and Julio González Campos

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May today’s milestone (reported here) be also an ode to late professors Alegría Borrás and Julio González Campos for their absolute tireless efforts regarding the Spanish language at the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) and their infatuation with the Spanish language.

Let us remember that we are standing on the shoulders of giants.

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Revolución! Hague Conference Adopts Spanish as Third Official Language

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Take a last look at this image from the website of the HCCH; it will likely change soon. The HCCH has adopted Spanish as an official language from 1 July 2024.
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Here is the official announcement from The Hague Conference (the link provides also the Spanish version):
During the annual meeting of the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP), the Members of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) expressed their unanimous support for the introduction of Spanish as an official language. From 1 July 2024, Spanish will join English and French as one of the three official languages of the Organisation.
This development represents an important further step contributing to universality and inclusiveness at the HCCH, reflecting the importance of multilingualism and multilateralism as core pillars of its work.
The adoption of Spanish as an official language will facilitate the proper and effective implementation and operation of the HCCH’s Conventions and instruments in Spanish-speaking States and will therefore have a decisive positive impact on the lives of the hundreds of millions of native Spanish-speakers around the world. The adoption of Spanish will also simplify the lives of the countless other individuals who interact with Spanish-speaking States – be it through commerce, travel, personal relations, or other.
The decision to adopt Spanish as an official language of the HCCH will be reflected in CGAP’s Conclusions and Decisions, to be published in the coming days.
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And here is a first blog entry from Claudia Martínez, appropriately in Spanish.
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Notably, a Spanish version of the HCCH website has existed since the launch in 2009. Then, it was the only language version other than the English and French ones. Today, (more or less) full versions exist also in German and Portuguese;  other language sites provide translations of Hague Conventions.

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