Preliminary Documents

Title Year
Prel. Doc. No 32 of June 2005 - The future Convention on exclusive choice of court agreements and arbitration 2005
Prel. Doc. No 31 of June 2005 - The American instruments on private international law - a paper on their relation to a future Hague Convention on exclusive choice of court agreements 2005
Prel. Doc. No 30 of June 2005 - Note on forms for the recognition and enforcement of a foreign judgment 2005
Prel. Doc. No 29 of May 2005 - Comments on the preliminary draft Convention on exclusive choice of court agreements (+ addendum) 2005
Prel. Doc. No 28 of April 2005 - Report on the meeting of the Drafting Committee of 18-20 April 2005 in preparation of the Twentieth Session of June 2005 2005
Information Document submitted by the delegation of the Russian Federation - The Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters 2005
Prel. Doc. No 27 of April 2005 - The relationship between the Judgments Project and certain regional instruments in the arena of the Commonwealth of Independent States 2005
Prel. Doc. No 26 of December 2004 - Explanatory Report on the preliminary draft Convention on exclusive choice of court agreements, drawn up by Trevor C. Hartley and Masato Dogauchi 2004
Draft on exclusive choice of court agreements (Work. Doc. No 110, revised April 2004) 2004
Prel. Doc. No 25 of March 2004 - Explanatory Report on the Preliminary Draft Convention on Choice of Court Agreements, drawn up by Trevor C. Hartley and Masato Dogauchi 2004
Work. Doc. No 49 of December 2003 - Draft on exclusive choice of court agreements 2003
Prel. Doc. No 24 of December 2003 - The relationship between the judgments project and other international instruments 2003
Prel. Doc. No 23 of October 2003 - Mechanisms for the transfer of cases within federal systems 2003
Prel. Doc. No 22 of June 2003 - Report on the work of the Informal Working Group on the Judgments Project, in particular on the preliminary text achieved at its third meeting of March 2003 2003
Preliminary Result of the Work of the Informal Working Group on the Judgments Project (Prel. Doc. No 8 of March 2003 for the Special Commission on General Affairs) 2003
Prel. Doc. No 21 of January 2003 - Report on the Second Meeting of the Informal Working Group on the Judgments Project of January 2003 2003
Prel. Doc. No 20 of November 2002 - Report on the first meeting of the Informal Working Group on the Judgments Project of October 2002 2002
Prel. Doc. No 19 of August 2002 - Reflection Paper to Assist in the Preparation of a Convention on Jurisdiction and Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 2002
Prel. Doc. No 18 of February 2002 - Choice of court agreements in international litigation: their use and legal problems to which they give rise in the context of the interim text 2002
Prel. Doc. No 17 of February 2002 - The impact of the Internet on the Judgments Project: thoughts for the future 2002
Prel. Doc. No 16 of February 2002 - Some reflections on the present state of negotiations on the judgments project in the context of the future work programme of the Conference 2002
Interim Text - Summary of the Outcome of the Discussion in Commission II of the First Part of the Diplomatic Conference (6-22 June 2001), prepared by the Permanent Bureau and the Co-reporters 2001
Prel. Doc. No 15 of May 2001 - Informational note on the work of the informal meetings held since October 1999 to consider and develop drafts on outstanding items 2001
Prel. Doc. No 14 - Comments on the preliminary draft Convention, adopted by the Special Commission on 30 October 1999, and on the Explanatory Report by Peter Nygh and Fausto Pocar 2001
Prel. Doc. No 13 of April 2001 - Report of the experts meeting on the intellectual property aspects of the future Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, Geneva, February 2001 2001
Prel. Doc. No 12 of August 2000 - Electronic Commerce and International Jurisdiction, Ottawa 2000, Summary of discussions 2000
Prel. Doc. No 11 of August 2000 - Report on the preliminary draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, drawn up by Peter Nygh and Fausto Pocar 2000
Prel. Doc. No 10 of October 1998 - Note on provisional and protective measures in private international law and comparative law 1998
Prel. Doc. No 9 of March 1998 - Synthesis of the work of the Special Commission of March 1998 on international jurisdiction and the effects of foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters 1998
Prel. Doc. No 8 of November 1997 - Synthesis of the work of the Special Commission of June 1997 on international jurisdiction and the effects of foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters 1997
Prel. Doc. No 7 of April 1997, revised translation of October 1997 - International jurisdiction and foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters 1997
Prel. Doc. No 6 of August 1996 - Conclusions of the second Special Commission meeting 1996
Prel. Doc. No 5 of June 1996 - A case for The Hague (document submitted by the Swiss delegation) 1996
Prel. Doc. No 4 of May 1996 - Note on the recognition and enforcement of decisions in the perspective of a double convention with special regard to foreign judgments awarding punitive or excessive damages 1996
Prel. Doc. No 3 of April 1996 - Note on the question of forum non conveniens in the perspective of a double convention on judicial jurisdiction and the enforcement of decisions (+ annexes) 1996
Prel. Doc. No 2 of December 1995 - Conclusions of the Special Commission of June 1994 1995
Prel. Doc. No 1 of May 1994 - Annotated checklist of issues to be discussed at the meeting of the Special Commission of June 1994 1994