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Reminder: EAPIL 2020 Conference on Private International Law in Aarhus (Denmark)
As noted earlier on this blog, we will celebrate the forthcoming establishment of the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) at a conference to be held at Aarhus University, Denmark, from 14 to 16 May 2020.
The conference will bring together academics and practitioners from all over Europe and provide a unique opportunity to talk and think about European Private International Law in a pan-European fashion. Topics to be discussed will include the effects and the challenges of digitalization, the problems of fragmentation as well as other challenges the discipline is currently facing.
Early bird registration is still possible via the conference website. For questions, please get in touch with the local organizer, Morten M. Fogt (mmf@law.au.dk).
Stay tuned for more Information about the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) including information about how to join!
New signatory States to the HCCH Child Support Convention and the HCCH Service Convention
In November 2019, there were a couple of new signatory States to the HCCH Conventions. New Zealand signed the HCCH Child Support Convention and Austria did the same with respect to the HCCH Service Convention.
These HCCH Conventions are not yet in force for New Zealand and Austria as both States would need to ratify them pursuant to the relevant articles under each Convention. Nevertheless, by signing the Conventions both States have acquired the “obligation not to defeat the object and purpose of a treaty prior to its entry into force” in accordance with Article 18 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
With regard to Austria, and given the external competence of the European Union in these matters, it is important to note that the signature was made pursuant to the Council Decision (EU) 2016/414 of 10 March 2016 authorising the Republic of Austria to sign and ratify, and Malta to accede to, the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, in the interest of the European Union. Interestingly, this decision requires that the ratification of the Service Convention be made by 31 December 2017 at the latest. I am unaware of any updates with respect to this decision.
The HCCH news items are available here (New Zealand) and here (Austria).
ERA Seminar on ‘Recent ECtHR Case Law in Family Matters’ – Strasbourg 13-14 February 2020
On 13-14 February 2020, ERA (Academy of European Law) will host a Seminar in Strasbourg to present the major judgments related to family matters issued by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in 2019. The focus of the presentations will be mainly on:
- Children in European migration law
- Parental rights, pre-adoption foster care and adoption
- Parental child abduction
- Reproductive rights and surrogacy
- LGBTQI rights and gender identity
The Seminar, organised by Dr Angelika Fuchs, will provide participants with a detailed understanding of this recent jurisprudence. The focus will be placed, in particular, on Article 8 ECHR (respect for private and family life) and the analysis of the case law of the ECtHR will tackle the legal implications but it will also extend to social, emotional and biological factors.
The opening speech will be given by Ksenija Turkovi?, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
More information on the event and on registration is available here.
This event is organised with the support of the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union