Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP): Issue 1 of 2026

The first issue of 2026 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) is out.

In addition to recent case law and other materials, it features two contributions.

Ilaria Queirolo, Il diritto internazionale privato della famiglia come strumento di pace (Private International Family Law as an Instrument of Peace)

The aim of this contribution is to debate the potential role of private international law, particularly in family matters, in safeguarding and promoting peace and, more broadly, the founding values of the international community. Whilst it has rightly been noted, in the past, that the contribution of private international law to the management of global crises was, to some extent, limited, the evolving understanding of private international law is helping to shape a different perspective. In this context –also focusing on the circulation of family statuses – the paper analyses the gradual shift in the relevant legal frameworks, primarily driven by cross-fertilisation between private international law and the protection of fundamental rights.

Stefano Dominelli, Insurance Matters and Injured Parties in Brussels I-bis after Bundesrepublik Deutschland v. Mutua Madrileña Automovilista: Which Direction for a Future Recast?

Rules on direct action by injured parties under the Brussels I-bis Regulation have long been set out in the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Bundesrepublik Deutschland v. Mutua Madrileña Automovilista, Case C-536/23, is the latest piece of a complex puzzle, and it underscores the need for further clarity in applying the relevant provisions. The Recast of the Brussels I-bis Regulation would be an apt occasion, at least, to crystallise the solutions developed by the Court; yet, from the preliminary 2025 Commission’s Report, it would seem that rules in insurance matters will not be directly affected during the legislative process. The aim of this contribution is to reconstruct the main solutions developed by the CJEU, in light of the persistence of the matter in the Court’s dockets, and to argue that the recast should explicitly address direct actions in insurance matters to bring greater clarity to their application.