Dutch Professor Tobias Asser, Nobel Peace Prize in 1911, was the initiator of the first session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 1893. He saw the need for international conferences to develop instruments, treaties conventions, protocols etc., to regulate relationships between individuals in an international context. At the moment the Hague Conference is a permanent intergovernmental organization, with regular plenary sessions, focused on many aspects of Private International Law (family law, contracts, recognition and execution of foreign judgments and many other subjects).
This Research Guide is intended as a starting point for research on The Hague Conference on Private International Law. It provides the basic legal materials available in the Peace Palace Library, both in print and electronic format. Handbooks, leading articles, bibliographies, periodicals, serial publications and documents of interest are presented in the Selective Bibliography section. Links to the PPL Catalogue are inserted. The Library’s classification index code 259. Private International Law : Congresses and Conferences and subject heading (keyword) Hague Conference on Private International Law are instrumental for searching through the Catalogue. Special attention is given to our subscriptions on databases, e-journals, e-books and other electronic resources. Finally, this Research Guide features links to relevant websites and other online resources of particular interest.
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From 10 to 17 November a Special Commission of the Conference on Private International Law (hereafter HCCH) on the implementation of the 2007 Child Support Convention and of the Protocol on Applicable Law will meet at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The Special Commission of the HCCH will discuss the implementation of the 2007 Child Support Convention and of the Protocol on Applicable Law. The new Convention aims to resolve the problems of unpaid or uncollectible child support and the problems of costly, complicated, slow and under-utilized international procedures. It will provide for a simplified procedure to recover child support internationally.
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Comparative conflict of laws: conventions, regulations and codes / , 2009
T. M. C. Asser (1838-1913), founder of The Hague tradition : dreaming the ideal, living the attainable / , 2011
Unifying and harmonizing substantive law and the role of conflict of laws / , 2010
Recueil des conventions : (1951-2009) / Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé / , 1951-2009
Actes de la Conférence de La Haye chargée de réglementer diverses matières de droit international privé / , 1893-
Les nouvelles conventions de La Haye : leur application par les juges nationaux / , 1976-
