Inter-professional conference:  Cross-border parental responsibility cases

European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), 

Bucharest, 6 -7 May 2025

• Transfer of Jurisdiction and the Child’s Best Interests
• Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions on Parental Responsibility: Mutual Trust and Limitations

Train-the-trainer seminar: EU judicial cooperation in family matters + available EU-level digital tools

European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), e-FILIT

Online, 25-26 March 2025

• The EU Regulations on Matrimonial Matters
• Workshop on the EU Regulations on family matters

EAPIL Winter School 2025: “European Private International Law” - 

EAPIL and Università degli Studi dell’Insubria

Basilica di Sant’Abbondio,Como, Italy, 10-15 February 2025

• The family and the law of torts in EU: a case study on international child abduction

Linguistic seminar on English terminology in EU Family Law

European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)

Luxembourg, 21-22 January 2025

• Key concepts and terminology of the Brussels II-ter and Rome III Regulations on divorce and the Maintenance Regulation

• Key concepts and terminology of the Brussels II-ter Regulation: Parental responsibility and international child abduction

• Case study on the EU instruments on family matters

Webinar: Recognition of parenthood

EJTN (European Judicial Training Network) 

Online, 7 November 2024

• Webinar for a concise exploration of the recognition of parenthood in the European Union, where we'll delve into the legal frameworks, recent developments, and key considerations in navigating diverse legal trends across EU member states.

Rights of the Child

Organised by the EIPA for the European Commission, DG JUST

Brussels, 24-25 october 2024

• General aim of the course: to raise awareness to the protection and promotion of children’s rights as a core objective of the European Union and provide guidance in building a child-friendly culture in EU policy-making.

EUROPEAN CIVIL PROCEDURE IN FAMILY LAW MATTERS - ADVANCED 

EJTN (European Judicial Training Network) CIVIL JUSTICE SEMINAR

Malta, 19-20 September 2024

• Setting the scene: Brussels IIb and the interplay with the relevant Hague Conventions

• Recent CJEU case law in family matters

EU Gender Equality Law

Academy of European law - ERA, Seminar for Members of the Judiciary

Sofia, 6-7- June 2024

• The EU legal framework on equality – with special attention to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, its legal value and the issue of horizontal direct effect of Article 21 in CJEU case law

“Grensoverschrijdend personen- en familierecht”

Internationaal Juridisch Congres in het kader van de Twinning tussen de balies van Gent (België), Karlsruhe (Duitsland) en Nottingham (Verenigd Koninkrijk), Organisatie: Commissie Externe Betrekkingen (C.E.B.) van de Balie Gent namens de Stafhouder en de Raad van Orde van de Balie Gent

Ghent, 31 Mei 2024

• Rechtsregels in het Europees familierecht

Legal transactions in family matters from the perspective of 20 years of membership of the Republic of Poland in the European Union

Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University

Krakow, 17 May 2024

• Transcription of a Birth Certificate indicating Same-Sex Couple as Parents

  
  

PAX Moot Court 2024

PAX Moot Competition

Ljubliana, 24-25 April 2024

• Judge during the competition's oral rounds, Transnational Law and Private International Law

The future of EU family law “with cross-border implications”:
Families on the move and PIL aspects in the light of the Pancharevo Judgment

EAPIL and Università degli Studi dell’Insubria

Online, 19 April 2024

• Online roundtable discussion,follow-up session to the first edition of the EAPIL Winter School in European Private International Law “Personal Status and Family Relationships”

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS JURISPRUDENCE - CIVIL MATTERS

National Institute for Magistracy (Bucharest, Romania)

Online, 4-5 March 2024 & 28-29 March 2024

• "Article 8 and Article 10 ECHR - recent jurisprudence and European standards regarding the right to private and family life and the freedom of expression"

• 'Article 14 ECHR - the right not to be discriminated against in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights"

EAPIL Winter School: “European Private International Law”

EAPIL and Università degli Studi dell’Insubria

Como, Italy, 12-16 February 2024

• Status within the Family: Child Abduction

1. HCCH 1980 Convention

2. EU Regulation 2019/1111 on the part related to child abduction

Current Reflections on EU Gender Equality Law

Academy of European law - ERA

Trier, 4-5 December 2023

• Research projects in (EU) Gender Equality Law: Brief presentation on European Union-Council of Europe Joint Project on"Improving the Effectiveness of Family Courts: Better Protection of the Rights of Family Members"

EUROPEAN CIVIL PROCEDURE IN FAMILY LAW MATTERS - ADVANCED  - CI/2023/09

EJTN (European Judicial Training Network) CIVIL JUSTICE SEMINAR

Sofia, Bulgaria, 2-3 November 2023

• Setting the scene: Brussels IIb and the interplay with the relevant Hague Conventions

• Defining „habitual residence“ on the light of the recent CJEU case law

International Conference on Family Justice

European Union-Council of Europe Joint Project on"Improving the Effectiveness of Family Courts: Better Protection of the Rights of Family Members"

Ankara, Türkiye, 1-3 November 2023 (hybrid)

• Panel session: The Principle of Fault and Procedural Problems in Divorce Proceedings

• Presentation topic: Lengthy Legal Procedures, Procedural Law Issues, and Proposed Solutions in Divorce Cases under Articles 6 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights  

SUMMER COURSE ON EUROPEAN FAMILY LAW

Academy of European law - ERA

Online, 19- 23 June  2023

• "Hearing of the child with focus on human rigths"

• Workshop  "Parental responsibility under the Brussels IIb Regulation"

• "Same sex parents, reproductive rights and surrogacy"

Webinar Series on the Future of Cross-border Parenthood in the EU:

Analysing the EU Parenthood Proposal: Many Questions and Some Tentative Answers

EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (EAPIL)

Online, 17 May 2023

• Chair: session 3

JUST PARENT workshop

Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Milano, 14 April 2023

• European Commission's recent proposal for a Regulation on the European filiation certificate

ROUNDTABLE MEETING: "Handbook on Family Court Judgements of Alimony and Compensation"

European Union-Council of Europe Joint Project on"Improving the Effectiveness of Family Courts: Better Protection of the Rights of Family Members"

ANKARA, 22 March 2023

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS JURISPRUDENCE - CIVIL MATTERS

National Institute for Magistracy (Bucharest, Romania)

Online, 6-7 March 2023

• "Article 8 and Article 10 ECHR - recent jurisprudence and European standards regarding the right to private and family life and the freedom of expression"

• 'Article 14 ECHR - the right not to be discriminated against in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights"

Final Conference - CrossBFamilyMatters

"EU cross border family matters in an international context: applicability of EU instruments in relation to third countries and the relevance of international treaties in the area of parental responsibility, child abduction and maintenance"

European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)

Krakow, 13 December 2022

• Interplay between the Brussels IIbis and Brussels IIter Regulations and the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

• Recognition and enforcement - Revisiting and exchange of views on the Brussels II a and Brussels II ter Regulations and the 1996 Hague Convention regarding how to better execute judgments in relation to cross-border parental responsibility and child abduction cases

CLOSING CONFERENCE - "FILIT"

European Bailiffs’ Foundation (EUBF), in partnership with the Bar School of Paris (EFB), the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), the European Union of Judicial Officers (UEHJ), the Bar School of Rome Vittorio Emmanuele Orlando (SF) and the Order of Solicitors and Enforcement Agents of Portugal (OSAE)

Brussels, 12 December 2022

• Enforcement of parental responsibility decisions - the new Brussels IIter Regulation on jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, and on international child abduction (2019/1111)

EUROPEAN CIVIL PROCEDURE IN FAMILY LAW MATTERS - BASICS CI/2022/02

EJTN (European Judicial Training Network) CIVIL JUSTICE SEMINAR

Pirna, Germany, 29-30 November2022

• Setting the scene: Brussels IIb and the interplay with the relevant Hague Conventions

• Defining „habitual residence“ on the light of the recent CJEUI case law

EUROPEAN FAMILY LAW:THE BRUSSELS IIb REGULATION

Language training for the Latvian judiciary

Academy of European law - ERA

Online, 7 – 11 November 2022

• Cross-border divorce within the EU• Jurisdiction, recognition and lis pendens

• Applicable law: introduction to Regulation Rome III

• Cross-border parental responsibility• Rules on jurisdiction, transfer of jurisdiction and provisional measures
• The term ‘habitual residence’ and the importance of the CJEU’s jurisprudence

• Workshop: practical exercises on parental responsibility

2nd ROUNDTABLE MEETING: EU/CoE Joint Project on"Improving the Effectiveness of Family Courts: Better Protection of the Rights of Family Members”

Council of Europe, Ankara office

Online/Mardin, Türkiye, 21-22 October 2022

• Improving the framework of alimony and compensation determination by Family Courts

NOVELTIES IN THE BRUSSELS II TER REGULATION with emphasis on the recognition and enforcement of parental responsibility decisions

European Bailiffs’ Foundation (EUBF), in partnership with the Bar School of Paris (EFB), the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), the European Union of Judicial Officers (UEHJ), the Bar School of Rome Vittorio Emmanuele Orlando (SF) and the Order of Solicitors and Enforcement Agents of Portugal (OSAE)

Paris, 6 October 2022, E-learning module

• Brussels IIb and the main improvements in the Recast Regulation

ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN FAMILY LAW 2022

Academy ofEuropean law - ERA

Trier&online, 22-23 September 2022

"A look to Brussels and The Hague – new rules on parentage?"

SUMMER COURSE ON EUROPEAN FAMILY LAW

Academy ofEuropean law - ERA

Trier, 27 June - 1 July 2022

• "Major jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in family matters, including same-sex couples and gender issues"

• "Reproductive rights and surrogacy"

HOW TO HANDLE CROSS BORDER MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES?THE FIRST DECADE OF APPLYING THE MAINTENANCE REGULATION

EIPA Luxembourg - European Centre for Judges and Lawyers

Luxembourg, 20-21 June 2022

Jurisdiction, abolishment of the exequatur, recovery of international maintenance outside the EU, and the adjustment of maintenancedecisions together with the corresponding case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union

GOOD PRACTICES IN CROSS-BORDER CHILD ABDUCTION CASES

EIPA Luxembourg - European Centre for Judges and Lawyers

Warsaw, 6 April 2022

Panel discussion:

• Jurisdictional issues in child abduction cases

• Safeguards and guarantees in child abduction proceedings

• Practical questions in relation to cross border child abduction cases

• ​Recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters of child abduction

PARENTAL JUDGMENT ENFORCEMENT IN A CROSS-BORDER CONTEXT

European Bailiffs’ Foundation (EUBF), in partnership with the Bar School of Paris (EFB), the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), the European Union of Judicial Officers (UEHJ), the Bar School of Rome Vittorio Emmanuele Orlando (SF) and the Order of Solicitors and Enforcement Agents of Portugal (OSAE)

Rome, Italy, 8 June 2022

1st Roundtable: 20 years of accumulated experience the Brussels IIa Regulation

• Jurisdictions and enforcement rules

• Safeguards and warranties in procedures of parental responsibility

• Right of the child to be heard

2nd Roundtable: The novelties Recast of the Regulation on jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility

WORKSHOPS "GUIDELINES ON DIVORCE CASE-FLOW MANAGEMENT"

Council of Europe

Ankara, Turkey, 27-28 April 2022

Presentation of the draft to pilot judges and representatives of the Ministry of Justice (Turkey) to discuss each item of the guidelines

ECTHR JURISPRUDENCE IN CIVIL MATTERS

Superior Council of Magistracy, Romania

Bucharest, 17 - 18 March2022

• "Article 8 and Article 10 ECHR - recent jurisprudence and European standards regarding the right to private and family life and the freedom of expression"

• 'Article 14 ECHR - the right not to be discriminated against in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights"

EU CROSS BORDER FAMILY MATTERS - AREAS AND TOOLS FOR BETTER COOPERATION

EIPA Luxembourg - European Centre for Judges and Lawyers

Luxembourg, 27 -28 January 2022

Novelties of the Brussels II ter Regulation:

• General introduction oftheRegulation (EU) No 2019/1111on jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, and on international child abduction

• Jurisdiction rules

• The hearing of the child in the context of a cross border family cases

• New recognition and enforcementrules in relation to parental responsibility decisions, with a particular view to privileged decisions on access rights

• New recognition and enforcementrules in relation to child abduction decisions, especially enforcement of the return decision, procedure following a refusal to return

Practical aspects of cross border maintenance cases:

• Good practices in relation to the4/2009Maintenance Regulation

• The relationship between the4/2009Maintenance Regulation and the 2007 Hague Convention and Protocol

LAUNCHING CONFERENCE“IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FAMILY COURTS: BETTER PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF FAMILY MEMBERS”EUROPEAN UNION-COUNCIL OF EUROPE JOINT PROJECT

Council of Europe

Ankara&online, 18 January 2022

Keynote speech: "European Standards, Best Practices and New Developments in the Family Justice"

EUROPEAN CIVIL PROCEDURE IN FAMILY LAW MATTERS

European Judicial Training Network

Trier, 2 - 3 December 2021

• Setting the scene: Brussels IIa and the interplay with the relevant Hague Conventions

• Defining “habitual residence” in the light of the recent CJEU case law

• ​Novelties of the Brussels IIb (recast) Regulation

ADVANCED TRAINING: HOW TO HANDLE CROSS-BORDER CHILD ABDUCTION PROCEDURES? NOVELTIES BROUGHT BY THE RECAST BRUSSELS IIA REGULATION

EIPA Luxembourg - European Centre for Judges and Lawyers

Luxembourg, 13-14 October 2021

"Crossroads between child abduction and fundamental rights – right to a fair trial"

SUMMER COURSE ON EUROPEAN FAMILY LAW

ERA - Academy of European Law

Online, 14 June 2021 – 18 June 2021

• "Same-sex parents, reproductive rights and surrogacy"

• "Hearing of the child in times of pandemic"

• WORKSHOP: "Cross-border child custody 2021, including parental disputes during the Corona crisis"

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS JURISPRUDENCE - CIVIL MATTERS

National Institute for Magistracy (Bucharest, Romania)

Online, 10-11 April 2021

• "Article 8 and Article 10 ECHR - recent jurisprudence and European standards regarding the right to private and family life and the freedom of expression"

• 'Article 14 ECHR - the right not to be discriminated against in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights"

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPARATIVE LEGAL REVIEW AND THE JUDICIAL PROTECTION OF GENDER EQUALITY

Gender Equality Research Institute, in collaboration with the International Association of Constitutional Law

Online, 4 - 5 March 2021

"Striving for Substantive Gender Equality in Family Law: An International and Comparative Analysis on Selected Issues"

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS JURISPRUDENCE - CIVIL MATTERS

National Institute for Magistracy (Bucharest, Romania)

Online, 22-23 October2020

• "Article 8 and Article 10 ECHR - recent jurisprudence and European standards regarding the right to private and family life and the freedom of expression"

• 'Article 14 ECHR - the right not to be discriminated against in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights"

SUMMER COURSE ON EUROPEAN FAMILY LAW

ERA - Academy for European Law

Online (Trier, Germany), 22-26 June 2020

• "Major jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in family matters, inter alia best interest of the child, adoption and rights of same-sex parents"

• "Reproductive rights and surrogacy"

• "Hearing of the child in times of pandemic"

• WORKSHOP: "Cross-border child custody 2020, including parental disputes during the Corona crisis"

RECENT ECTHR CASE LAW IN FAMILY MATTERS

ERA - Academy for European Law

Strasbourg, 13-14 February 2020

"Back on the agenda: International child abduction

• Wrongful retention (Adžić v Croatia)

• Child abduction in breach of judgments (Simoes Balbino v Portugal; Andersena v Latvia; Vladimir Ushakov v Russia; Lacombe v France)

• Domestic violence and return of children (OCI v Romania)"