HCCH | List of Judicial and other conferences 1998-2024

List of Judicial and other conferences 1998-2024

The "Malta process" and the Working Party on Cross-border family mediation:

Fifth Conference on the HCCH Children’s Conventions as Bridges between Civil/Common Law and Islamic Law, Valletta, Malta, 24-27 September 2024
Working Party on Mediation – 4 March 2019, meeting report [English][Arabic]
Working Party on Mediation – 13 March 2017, meeting report [English]
Fourth Malta Conference on Cross-Frontier Child Protection and Family Law, Valletta, Malta, 2-5 May 2016
First Regional Seminar of the Working Party on Mediation in Southeast Asia, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) (28-29 November 2014):

Report [English] [Arabic]

International Seminar "Islamic legal perspectives on cross-border family disputes involving children" (7 April 2014):

Brief summary [English] [Arabic]
Brief summary including keynote presentations

Morocco Judicial Seminar on Cross-Border Protection of Children and Families, Rabat, 13-15 December 2010
Working Party on Mediation - 29 October 2009 conference call, meeting report [English] [Arabic]
Working Party on Mediation - 30 July 2009 conference call, meeting report [English] [Arabic]
Working Party on Mediation in the Context of the Malta Process - Responses to Questionnaire I | Questionnaire II
Working Party on Mediation in the Context of the Malta Process - Questionnaire II
Working Party on Mediation in the Context of the Malta Process - Questionnaire I
Third Judicial Conference on Cross-Frontier Family Law Issues, St. Julian's, March 2009
Second Judicial Conference on Cross-Frontier Family Law Issues, St. Julian's, Malta, 19-22 March 2006 (Arabic version)
Judicial Conference on Cross-frontier Family Law issues involving certain “Hague Convention” and “non-Hague Convention” States from the Islamic world, St. Julian’s, Malta, 14-17 March 2004 (Arabic version) (unofficial Spanish translation)

Africa:

Seminar on Cross-Frontier Child Protection in the Southern and Eastern African Region, Pretoria, 22-25 February 2010
Judicial Seminar for French-speaking African Countries on the principal Hague Conventions on International Child Protection, International Judicial and Administrative Co-operation and International Litigation, The Hague, 27-31 August 2007
Judicial Seminar on International Co-operation and the Protection of Children in the Southern and Eastern African Region, The Hague, 3-6 September 2006
Anglo-Egyptian Congress, London, England, 19-20 January 2004

Asia-Pacific:

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, Hong Kong, 24-26 September 2008
Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting, Sydney, 27-29 June 2007

Latin America and the Caribbean:

1^st Regional Meeting of Judges of the International Hague Network, Rio de Janeiro, 15-17 May 2024
2^nd Inter-American Meeting of Central Authorities and International Hague Network Judges on International Child Abduction, Panama, 29-31 March 2017
Inter-American Meeting of International Hague Network Judges and Central Authorities on International Child Abduction, Mexico 23-25 February 2011
First Meeting of Latin American Judges of the International Hague Network of Judges, Montevideo, 4 December 2009
Second Meeting of Government Experts. Inter-American Program of Cooperation for the Prevention and Remedy of Cases of International Abduction of Children by one of their Parents, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 19-21 September 2007:

Report of Round Table 1 - Conventions
Report of Round Table 2 - Central Authorities
Report of Round Table 3 - Model rules of procedure for the international return of children
Conclusions
Model Law on procedure for the application of the Conventions on International Child Abduction

Inter-American Expert Meeting on International Child Abduction, 10 November 2006
Latin American Judges’ Seminar: The Hague Children’s Conventions and Cross-Border Protection of Children within Latin America, The Hague, Netherlands, 28 November-3 December 2005 (English-Spanish)
Latin American Judges' Seminar on the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 1-4 December 2004 (Spanish version)

Meetings of the International Hague Network of Judges:

Conference of Hague Convention Network Judges celebrating the 20th anniversary of the International Hague Network of Judges, Miami, 24-26 October 2018
Meeting of the International Hague Network of Judges (IHNJ), Hong Kong, 11-13 November 2015
Conference celebrating the 15th anniversary of the International Hague Network of Judges, Windsor, 17-19 July 2013

Judicial and Other Seminars:

International Seminar on the Protection of Children Across Borders: The 1996 HCCH Convention on the Protection of Children, Rabat, Morocco, 14-15 November 2019 [Arabic]
11^th German‐Anglophone Judicial Conference for International Family Law, Schwechat, Austria, 27-29 June 2018
Cross border child protection, International Conference and Workshop, Geneva, 21-23 October 2015
9^th German‐Anglophone Judicial Conference, Thun, Switzerland, 5-8 September 2012
International Judicial Conference on Cross-border Family Relocation, Washington D.C., 23-25 March 2010
International Symposium on Child Abduction, Berlin, 4 December 2009 (Chairman's Statement)
Joint EC-HCCH Conference on Direct Judicial Communications on Family Law Matters and the Development of Judicial Networks, Brussels, 15-16 January 2009
Judges' Seminar on the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction - Conclusions, Noordwijk, 19-22 October 2003 (Deutsch) (Español)
United Kingdom-Pakistan Judicial Conference on Child and Family Law , London, England, 15-17 January 2003 (Español)
Judicial Seminar on the International Protection of Children, De Ruwenberg, 20-23 October 2001 (Deutsch) (Español)
Francophone-Anglophone Family Law Judicial Conference, Dartington Hall, England, 4-7 June 2001
Common Law Judicial Conference on International Parental Child Abduction, Washington, D.C., 17-21 September 2000: "Best Practices" to improve operation of the Child Abduction Convention
Third United Kingdom-German Conference on Family Law, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 2000
Judicial Seminar on the International Protection of Children, De Ruwenberg, 3-6 June 2000
Judicial Seminar on the International Protection of Children, De Ruwenberg, 22-25 June 1998

Conventions (incl. Protocols and Principles)

Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction [28]