On Thursday 12 November 2026, the Centre de recherche de droit international privé et du commerce international (CRDI) of Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas and the Centre d’études des droits du monde arabe (CEDROMA) of the Faculty of Law and Political Science of Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth will hold a conference in Paris on current developments in the private international law of Arab States. The conference asks how these legal systems balance their own legal traditions against the growing pull of shared solutions.

The first panel, Le poids des particularismes, is chaired by Samuel Fulli-Lemaire. It opens with the Egyptian model of private international law, presented by Karim El Chazli. It then turns to recent changes, with Marie Goré speaking on the private international law of the Emirate of Dubai and Léna Gannagé on the rise of substantive rules in the family private international law of the United Arab Emirates.

The second panel, La tentation de l’universalité, is chaired by Louis d’Avout. It looks at where and how universal solutions are emerging:

• international contracts (Marie-Claude Najm)
• the recognition of situations in Lebanese family law (Roula El-Husseini Begdache)
• fundamental rights and public policy in Tunisian private international law (Souhayma Ben Achour)
• the accession of Arab States to the HCCH Conventions, discussed by Christophe Bernasconi, Secretary General of the Hague Conference

Ali Mezghani will deliver the general conclusions.

Practical information

• Date and time: 12 November 2026, 10:00–18:00
• Venue: Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas, 12 place du Panthéon, 75005 Paris, Salle des Conseils (Aile Soufflot, Esc. M, 2nd floor)
• Language: French
• Registration: required by 11 November 2026

Complete program and registration at this link.