Common Law Judicial Conference on International Child Custody
From 17-21 September 2000, a Common Law Judicial Conference on International Child Custody took place in Washington, hosted by the U.S. Department of State. The following six countries participated: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States. Judges representing these delegations proposed "Best Practices" to improve operation of the Hague Convention of 25 October...
Workshop of Legal Experts
On the initiative of the Finnish Government, the Permanent Bureau organised from 7-9 September 2000 a workshop of Legal Experts from the Russian Federation, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden, with a view to facilitating the accession by the Russian Federation to several Hague Conventions on judicial co-operation. Further initiatives of this kind are already in...
Deputy Secretary General Catherine Kessedjian Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite
At a reception given at his residence on 5 July 2000, the Ambassador of France to the Netherlands, His Excellency Mr Bernard de Faubournet de Montferrand, conferred on Mrs Catherine Kessedjian, Deputy Secretary General, the insignia of Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite. This distinction was awarded to Mrs Kessedjian for her services during the last eighteen years in upholding the civil law...
Visit of the German Minister of Justice
The German Minister of Justice, Madam Professor Dr Herta Däubler-Gmelin, visited the Permanent Bureau on 6 June 2000. It was the first visit of a German Minister of Justice to the offices of the Secretariat of the Hague Conference.The Minister was accompanied by Mr Lothar Maur, Judge at the Landgericht, Dr Stefan Walz, Ministerialrat, Mr Jan MacLean, Judge at the Amtsgericht, Ms Alexa Albrecht,...
Visit of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice of Romania, to the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on private international law
On Wednesday morning, 17 November 1999, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice of Romania H.E. Mr Valeriu Stoica, paid a visit to the Permanent Bureau of the Conference. Furthermore were present, among others, H.E. Mr Mihnea Motoc, Ambassador of Romania to the Netherlands, and Mrs Cristina Luzescu, Director for International Relations from the Romanian Ministry of Justice, whereas the...
Electronic Commerce and the Internet (Press release including a synthesis of the Round Table’s recommendations)
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA ROUND TABLE ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW The Hague Conference on Private International Law, an intergovernmental organisation whose objective is the unification of private international law norms (essentially conflict of laws, procedure and judicial co-operation), recently held, jointly with the University of Geneva (Switzerland), a Round Table...
Rencontre entre le Président de la République de Bulgarie et le Bureau Permanent de la Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé au Palais de la Paix
En visite officielle aux Pays-Bas, S. Exc. M. Petar Stoyanov, Président de la République de Bulgarie, a rencontré au "Bol Room" du Palais de la Paix, le Bureau Permanent de la Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé.Le Président était accompagné de son épouse, S. Exc. Mme Antonina Stoyanova, et d'une délégation comprenant notamment S. Exc. M. Mario Tagarinski, ministre de...
Official opening of the Hague Conference website
On Thursday, 8 October 1998, 5:00 p.m., the Secretary General of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr D.J. van den Berg, opened the new website of the Hague Conference on private international law. The creation of this website was made possible by a special financial contribution from the Netherlands Government. A small ceremony took place at the Permanent Bureau to celebrate the event....
Proceedings of the international colloquium - Proceedings of the international colloquium - "Internet: Which Court Decides, Which Law Applies?"
Proceedings of the international colloquium - "Internet: Which Court Decides, Which Law Applies?" - in honour of Michel Pelichet, organized by the Molengraaff Institute of Private Law, University of Utrecht, and the Hague Conference on private international law Edited by Katharina Boele-Woelki and Catherine Kessedjian Published by Kluwer Law International, The Hague / Boston / London 1998 ISBN...