HCCH Publications

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Table of Contents

I - Special Focus: The Fifth Meeting of the Special Commission to Review the Operation of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction and the Practical Implementation of the Hague Convention of 19 October 19996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Measures for the Protection of Children

Introduction

  • The Permanent Bureau – Introduction to the Special Commission
  • The Permanent Bureau – Preliminary and Information Documents published for the Special Commission
  • The Permanent Bureau – Conclusions and Recommendations of the Special Commission

General Overview

  • The Hon. Justice Jacques Chamberland – The 2006 Special Commission: a Canadian Perspective
  • The Hon. Judge, Dr Ricardo C. Pérez Manrique – The Fifth meeting of the Special Commission on the 1980 Convention. A Latin American Analysis

Judicial Networks

  • The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Mathew Thorpe – The International Hague Network of Judges in the Context of the Special Commission
  • The Hon. Judge Robine de Lange-Tegelaar – Judicial Communication in the Context of the Fifth Meeting of the Special Commission 

Contact and Relocation

  • The Hon. Judge Peter Boshier – Contact and Relocation, some refl ections on a changing world

Promoting agreements and settlements

  • Ms Gabrielle Vonfelt – How to develop Mediation within the Frame of the 25 October 1980 Convention?
  • Judge Eberhard Carl and Dr. Christina Wicke – Mediation projects in Hague cases: Developments in Germany

Safe return of the child

  • The honourable Judge Shireen Fisher – How far did the Conclusions and Recommendations of the Fifth Meeting of the Special Commission advance the interpretation of Article 13(1)b, Grave Risk Defence?

Interamerican Follow up Meeting

  • The Hon. Judge, Dr Ricardo C. Perez Manrique – Interamerican Meeting

The Liaison Judge Dinner

  • The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Mathew Thorpe – The Liaison Judges Dinner

II - Comparative law study on the rights of the child

  • The Hon. Judge Forcada Miranda and the Hon. Judge Tagle de Ferreyra – The Hearing of the Child in Argentina and Spain

III - International Child Protection Conferences and Seminars

  • Reports on recent judicial conferences and seminars
  • Forthcoming events

IV - Hague Conference Update

V - Personal Notes

Conventions (incl. Protocols and Principles)