The Hague Conference on Private International Law is governed by its Council on General Affairs and Policy, which meets annually in or around the first week of March. This year, its meeting will be held by videoconference, starting on February 28, 2022 and lasting through March 4, 2022. It will … Read More about HCCH Update (2022): Council on General Affairs and Policy Meeting to be held 28 February – 4 March
HCCH Update (2021): Parentage and Surrogacy
The Hague Conference on Private International Law organized a meeting of an Experts Group to discuss the feasibility of a future instrument on the issues of parentage and surrogacy. This group met from February 15-17, 2021 online. You can view its report here. The group concluded … Read More about HCCH Update (2021): Parentage and Surrogacy
HCCH Update (2021): Conclusions and Decisions of the Council on General Affairs and Policy
The governing body of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, its Council on General Affairs and Policy, met from March 1-5, 2021 online. This body dictates the work of the Hague Conference. There were a few family law items on the agenda, and the Conclusions and Decisions … Read More about HCCH Update (2021): Conclusions and Decisions of the Council on General Affairs and Policy
HCCH Update: Annual Council Meeting
The Hague Conference's (HCCH) Council on General Affairs and Policy (the organization's governing body) holds an annual meeting, typically in March, to set forth an agenda for the organization's work over the coming year. The meeting is attended by representatives of Member States. Prior … Read More about HCCH Update: Annual Council Meeting
HCCH Update: Service of process in a new era of technology
The Hague Conference on Private International Law hosted a successful conference in December 2019 that focused on employing information technology in international service of process cases. The conference was the motivation for a new publication, now available on the Hague Conference's … Read More about HCCH Update: Service of process in a new era of technology
HCCH Update: Happy 40th to the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention
Today marks an auspicious day in history. It is the 40th anniversary of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention. This highly successful treaty serves to promptly return children to their habitual residence after they are wrongfully removed or retained in another treaty partner … Read More about HCCH Update: Happy 40th to the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention