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.