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Registration Open for Bonn Conference on “International Filiation Law in the EU”, 24 / 25 September 2026

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Registration is now open for the already announced conference on “International Filiation Law in the EU” dealing with questions of filiation law resulting from the EU Parenthood Proposal. More information and the registration link can be accessed at the website of the conference. Registration is esp. important for the conference dinner as spots are limited and will be provided on a first come basis.

Bonn (Germany), 24/25 September 2026, Conference International Filiation Law in the EU

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As already announced, there will be an international conference “International Filiation Law in the EU” dealing with questions of filiation law resulting from the EU Parenthood Proposal.

Save the Date: 24/25 September 2026, International Filiation Law in the EU

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On 24 and 25 September 2026, the international conference ‘International Filiation Law in the EU’ will take place at the University of Bonn (Germany). The conference will analyse the EU Parenthood Proposal and the several academic and political reactions to this Proposal, and embed it in a human rights and EU law frame.

Confirmed speakers are Cristina González Beilfuss (Barcelona, Spain), Susanne Lilian Gössl (Bonn, Germany), Ulrike Kjestina Janzen (German Federal Ministry for Justice and Consumer Protection), Martina Melcher (Graz, Austria), Nicolas Nord (CIEC/ICCS), Ilaria Pretelli, (Lausanne, Switzerland), Velina Todorova (Plovdiv, Bulgaria), Alina Tryfonidou (Cyprus), and Patrick Wautelet (Liége, Belgium).

Everybody who is interested in cross-border questions of filiation, child protection and EU law is invited to come and contribute to the ongoing discussion!

More information and the programme will follow soon. If you have questions, please write to sekretariat.goessl@jura.uni-bonn.de.

ELI-Webinar “Enhancing Child Protection” (Int’l Filiation Law)

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As already announced in another post, there will be a Webinar organized by the European Law Institute (ELI) on March 12 to present and discuss the Project Report of the ELI Project “Enhancing Child Protection: Private International Law on Filiation and the European Commission’s Proposal COM/2022/695 final”

Publication and Webinar: ELI Report on the EU Parenthood Proposal

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Yesterday, the Project Report of the ELI Project “Enhancing Child Protection: Private International Law on Filiation and the European Commission’s Proposal COM/2022/695 final”

It contains constructive amendments to the original Commission’s Parenthood Proposal and intends to bring it more in line with the acquis and general considerations of EU PIL. Furthermore, it puts the best interest of the child in the focus of the analysis.