Annual Report of the HCCH 2018
King Willem-Alexander joins HCCH for 125th Anniversary Celebrations
On Wednesday 12 September, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands joined the HCCH for a commemorative ceremony to celebrate its 125th anniversary year at Diligentia theatre in The Hague. Since its establishment in 1893, the Hague Conference has successfully built bridges between diverse legal systems and facilitate cross-border co-operation in civil and commercial matters. By...
125 YEARS HCCH
On 12 September 1893, Tobias Asser, Dutch Jurist, Scholar and Statesman, realised a vision: he opened the first Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). Today, exactly 125 years later, the HCCH celebrates Asser’s vision and the occasion of this First Session with a solemn ceremony in the presence of his Majesty The King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. ...
Latin American Meeting on the Implementation and Operation of the Hague Conventions on Legal Co-operation and International Child Protection
From 13 to 15 August 2018, the Latin American Meeting on the Implementation and Operation of the Hague Conventions on Legal Co-operation and International Child Protection was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This meeting is part of the celebrations of the 125th anniversary of the HCCH. The meeting was attended by 180 participants, including representatives of National Organs and Central...
Website live!
The website for the global conference “HCCH 125 — Ways Forward: Challenges and Opportunities in an Increasingly Connected World” has gone live at https://www.hcch.net/en/about/hcch-125-hk. This global conference gathers world-leading experts who will discuss the opportunities for, and challenges to, private international law. Through interactive “Davos Style”...