Book Launch Conference on the 2005 Hague Choice of Court Agreements Convention

The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law will host a hybrid conference on the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements on 11 December 2025 in The Hague. The conference is organised on the occasion of the publication of a new commentary of the Convention and the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention.

Opening remarks: Christophe Bernasconi | Secretary General, HCCH

Panel 1 Introduction to the Commentary

Moderator | Melissa Ford | Secretary, HCCH

The manifest injustice and public policy exception in Article 6: novel, misconceived, or unremarkable?

Brooke Marshall | Associate Professor of Law, University of Oxford and Fellow of St Edmund Hall

Stefanie Francq | Professor and Chair of European Law, Catholic University of Louvain

Declarations under Article 21 and 22 and accommodating multiple legal systems

Louise Ellen Teitz | Professor of Law, Roger Williams University Law School

Fausto Pocar |   Professor Emeritus of International Law, University of Milan and former judge to international tribunals

Law applicable to the issue of consent to choice of court agreements

Gilles Cuniberti | Professor of Comparative and Private International Law, University of Luxembourg and President of the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL)

Adrian Briggs KC | Emeritus Professor of Private International Law, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund Hall

Panel 2 Operation of the Convention – Views from Singapore

Moderator | Melissa Ford | Secretary, HCCH

Delphia Lim | Director, International Legal Division, Ministry of Law, Singapore

Colin Seow | Founder, Colin Seow Chambers LLC

Anselmo Reyes | Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court

Date: Thursday 11 December 2025
Time: 1.30 p.m. – 4.45 p.m. (CET)
Cocktail: 4.45 p.m. (CET)
Venue: International Development Law Office, Hofweg 9-E, The Hague

Attendance, whether in person or online, is free, but registration is required.