The first training session in 2017, organised as a part of the project EU Judiciary Training on Brussels IIa Regulation: From South to East, headed “Brussels II bis: Jurisdiction in parental responsibility and child abduction cases” was held at the
Rome: important conference on European Integration
Last 24th of March, for the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome, “Roma 3 University” has organized a major conference entitling EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND SUPRANATIONALISM. The conference began in joint session for the
Two videos on international child abduction from BBC and European Commission
We share two videos made by Shoot You (a London based video production company, specialising in business communications) for BBC Studios & Post Production on behalf of the European Commission, on mediating disputes on children’s living conditions after a parental breakup and to
A four-volume set on European family law by Jens M. Scherpe
Edward Elgar Publishing published a four-volume set ‘European Family Law’ by Jens M. Scherpe, University Senior Lecturer from the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, UK. The set consists of the three edited books and
Italy – The Court of Appeal of Trento recognizes the parent-child relationship between two children born to a surrogated mother and a non-biological father
On the 23 February 2017, the Court of Appeal of Trento rendered a landmark order which gave legal effect in Italy to a Canadian decision on the issue of children born from surrogacy to a same-sex couple. The children, both
Work in progress and… Save the date!
We are organizing the final training of the project “EU Judiciary training on Brussels II a Regulation: From South to East”, co-funded by the Justice Programme of the European Union (more information about the project: http://brussels2family.wpmu-hosting.si.unimib.it/home/chi-siamo-2/). The first Judicial training
The Economist focusing on International Child Abduction
Both the on-line and the printed issue of The Economist (February,18th 2017), devote a long and well-argued article to the increasing plague of International Child Abduction. Multi-national families are often facing hard battles to avoid (in the best cases) or
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights decides in the Paradiso Campanelli case: there was no violation of article 8
On the 27 of January the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg rendered the FINAL DECISION on the sensitive issue of surrogate motherhood, examining the case of the Italian spouses Paradiso and Campanelli. The facts are
Italy: Enacted the new Statute on civil Unions
Last week (on January 27) the Official Gazette of Italian Law has published the final version of a Legislative Decree (D.Lgs. 19 gennaio 2017, n. 7) which finally provides the international law rules for the regulation of civil unions. This decree
Pakistan – Hague Child Abduction Convention ratified by Pakistan Government
After Turkey (see article), also Pakistan has finally joined the 1980 Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, becoming the 96th Contracting State to the Convention. The historical decision was taken by the Government during the cabinet meeting