C. Honorati (ed.), Jurisdiction in Matrimonial Matters, Parental Responsibility and International Abduction. A Handbook on the Application of Brussels IIa Regulation in National Courts, Torino, Giappichelli, ISBN 9788892112254, 2017. The book provides an overview of the recent legal literature and case
A new CJEU judgment on infant’s habitual residence: clarifying importance of physical presence and intent
On 8 June 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) rendered a judgment in case C-111/17 OL v PQ which further clarifies the concept of the child habitual residence, the issue which has already been dealt
MILAN FINAL TRAINING: A GREAT SUCCESS!
The final training session “Dealing with International Child Abduction Cases” organised as a part of the project “EU Judiciary Training on Brussels IIa Regulation: From South to East”, took place at the University of Milano-Bicocca on
In Italia il Senato approva una mozione unitaria che istituisce una task force ministeriale per il contrasto alla sottrazione internazionale di minori
In data 14 Aprile 2016, il Senato della Repubblica ha approvato due atti di indirizzo che riguardano misure di contrasto alla sottrazione internazionale di minori: l’ordine del giorno unitario n. 1 e la mozione n. 552 (Testo 2) La sottrazione internazionale
Milan, 8-9 June: Judicial Training on International Child Abduction
On Thursday 8th and Friday 9th of June the University of Milano-Bicocca will organize and host a training session which is part of the project “EU Judiciary Training on Brussels IIa Regulation: from South to East”, cofounded by the EU
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
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
Spain – On the use of mediation for the enforcement of a return order of children in a child abduction case
The decision of the Provincial Court (Audiencia Provincial) of Barcelona nº 573/2013 of 1 October 2013, though rendered some years ago, outstands as it considers the use of mediation in the enforcement of a child return order in a child
THE 1996 AND 2007 HAGUE CONVENTIONS SIGNED BY TURKISH GOVERNMENT
Last July the news that the Turkish government had decided to suspend the European Convention on Human Rights had raised serious concerns about an authoritarian drift of policy (see article on The Telegraph). Last week came a rather more
JURISDICTION ON DIVORCE AND SEPARATION PROCEEDINGS DOES NOT ALWAYS IMPLY JURISDICTION ON CUSTODY OF THE CHILD WHO IS RESIDENT ABROAD
«When separation proceedings are taking place in a Member State other than where the child is not habitually resident, the best interests of the child and the proximity criterion, as provided by whereas 12 and 13 of Brussels II a