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The author of this post is Costanza Honorati, professor of EU law and private international law at the University ofContinue Reading
European Law Institute (ELI) has recently launched a new project devoted to the proposal of the EU Regulation on theContinue Reading
The Legal High Committee for Financial Markets of Paris issued a report on the work of the international commercial chambers ofContinue Reading
At the request of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament, the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights andContinue Reading
A group of German scholars, consisting of Christine Budzikiewicz (University of Marburg), Konrad Duden (University of Leipzig), Anatol Dutta (Ludwig MaximilianContinue Reading
The European Commission published on 13 April 2023 a study on the application of Regulation 4/2009 on maintenance obligations. TheContinue Reading
The author of this post is Uglješa Grušić, Associate Professor, Faculty of Laws, University College London. As has already been reportedContinue Reading
The European Commission has published, on 29 March 2023, a Study to support the preparation of a report on theContinue Reading
Lotario Benedetto Dittrich (University of Trieste) has written a Study at the request of the JURI committee of the EuropeanContinue Reading
The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) has recently published the new edition of the Practical Handbook on theContinue Reading
UNIDROIT has started an online consultation on its Draft Principles and Commentary on Digital Assets and Private Law, which MarcoContinue Reading
The Experts’ Group on the Parentage/Surrogacy Project of the Hage Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) has issued its FinalContinue Reading
This post was written by Pietro Franzina and Thalia Kruger, and is being published simultaneously on Conflictoflaws.net and on theContinue Reading
On 9, 10 and 11 November 2022, a Special Commission devoted to the Hague Convention of 13 January 2000 onContinue Reading
This post was written by Hans van Loon. As reported in this blog before the European Commission on 23 February 2022Continue Reading
On 23 June 2022, the Lisbon Guidelines on Privacy, drawn up by the ILA Committee on the Protection of PrivacyContinue Reading
The JUDGTUST Project (Regulation BIa: a standard for free circulation of judgments and mutual trust in the EU) conducted byContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Francesco Pesce, who is an associate professor at the University of Genoa. The very firstContinue Reading
On behalf of the European Commission (DG JUST), Milieu Consulting is conducting a study on the application of Regulation (EU)Continue Reading
On 19 April 2022, the European Commission has launched a new page on the e-Justice Portal concerning children from UkraineContinue Reading
The European Commission (EC) set out an initiative Recognition of parenthood between Member States. As underlined by the EC, the initiative aims toContinue Reading
The author of this post is Burcu Yüksel Ripley, who is a Senior Lecturer in law and the Director of the CentreContinue Reading
The European Parliamentary Research Service of the European Parliament has issued on November 18th, 2021, a Briefing on The UnitedContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Hans van Loon, a member of GEDIP and of the Institut de Droit International andContinue Reading
On 15 October 2021, the two Rapporteurs of the European Parliament, Emil Radev and Nuno Melo (following a Joint committeeContinue Reading
In June 2021, the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament issued a Draft Report with recommendations to theContinue Reading
According to Frank Woud (e-CODEX Community and External Relations Manager, Ministry of Justice and Security, The Netherlands): The full potentialContinue Reading
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) can be defined as lawsuits intended to intimidate and silence critics by burdening themContinue Reading
In spite of the numerous studies and decades of analysis, the interface between private international law and human rights keepsContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Thomas Mastrullo, who is a lecturer at the Sorbonne Law School (Paris 1) On 31Continue Reading
On 14 June 2021, the Research Service of the European Parliament released a briefing paper related to the proposal forContinue Reading
A joint publication of the Secretariats of UNCITRAL, UNIDROIT and the HCCH, titled Legal Guide to Uniform Instruments in theContinue Reading
The European Group of Private International Law (EGPIL-GEDIP) has published the minutes (in French) of its 2020 Meeting. The topics discussed during theContinue Reading
The following text has been kindly provided by professors Toshiyuki Kono, Pedro de Miguel Asensio and Axel Metzger. The International Law Association’sContinue Reading
In September 2020, the First President of the French supreme court for private and criminal matters (Cour de Cassation), Ms ChantalContinue Reading
The post below was provided by Catherine Shen, Project Manager at the Asian Business Law Institute. Readers of the EAPIL blog areContinue Reading
In February 2019, Michael G. Faure (Maastricht University and Erasmus Law School Rotterdam) and Kévine Kindji (Maastricht University) presented toContinue Reading
Marilyn Freeman (University of Westminster, London) has written an in-depth analysis on the Child Perspective in the Context of theContinue Reading
The EU has developed a common judicial area where judgments given in one EU Member State are recognised and canContinue Reading
In December 2020, the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts (SIFoCC), which brings together the commercial courts of several countriesContinue Reading
Complaints about the inefficiency of enforcement mechanisms at national and transnational level are not new. The insufficiency of existing national andContinue Reading
In the context of the 2020 Annual Conference of the European Law Institute, the feasibility study on EU Conflict ofContinue Reading
On 21 July 2020 the Unidroit Secretariat released a Note on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts and theContinue Reading
Bertrand Copigneaux, Nikita Vlasov and Emarildo Bani of IDATE DigiWorld, Nikolay Tcholtchev and Philipp Lämmel of Fraunhofer Institute for OpenContinue Reading
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and following a video message of the Secretary General, the Permanent Bureau (PB) ofContinue Reading
Confinement has severely curtailed our freedom of movement, but it has certainly not put an end to disagrements and disputes.Continue Reading
On 21 March 2020 the Fellows of the European Law Institute (ELI) have approved a Report on the Protection of AdultsContinue Reading
AMICABLE, a project co-funded by the European Commission, aims to create Best Practice Tools assisting with the enforceability of mediated agreements in the EU,Continue Reading
The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law has published a new volume of The Judges’ Newsletter, a biannualContinue Reading
The European Group of Private International Law (EGPIL-GEDIP) has published the minutes (in French) of its 2019 Meeting in Katowice.Continue Reading
On 28 November 2019 the European Added Value Unit published a study accompanying the European Parliament’s legislative own-initiative report on Common minimum standardsContinue Reading
Udo Bux (Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament) has written an In Depth AnalysisContinue Reading