Hans van Loon

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• Some reflections on the utility of applying certain techniques for international co-operation developed by The Hague Conference on Private International Law to issues of international migration/Quelques réflexions sur l’utilité d’appliquer certaines techniques de coopération internationale développées par la conférence de La Haye de Droit International Privé a des questions de migration internationale. in www.hcch.net

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• Quelques remarques sur la complémentarité des efforts mondiaux et européens pour unifier le droit international privé in J-Y Carlier & S Francq (dirs.) Vers un code européen de droit international privé, Liber amicorum Marc Fallon, pp. 397-411.
• Inleiding in F. Ibili e.a. Handboek internationale kinderontvoering (2), pp. 1-20
• La nécessité d'un cadre mondial de coopération pour une réglementation durable de la migration de travailleurs in Revue critique de droit international privé, 2024, no 2, pp. 218 - 231
• Paul Lagarde - Législateur international in Website GEDIP/EGPIL

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• Humanisation and Beyond: Private International Law in Support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 in J-M Thouvenin (dir publ/ed) Challenges of International Law at the Time of the Centenary of the Hague Academy of International Law/ Les défis du droit international au tournant du centenaire de l'Académie de droit international de La Haye, 441-455
• New Perspectives for the CIEC/ICCS and its Work in Yearbook of Private International Law, Vol. XXV 2023/2024, pp. 1-12
• On the Complementarity of Global Hague and Regional and Regional European Unification of Private International Law in N Raičević & S Marjanović (eds.), Private International Law and International Organizations - achievements and challenges, Proceedings of the 18th Regional Conference on Private International Law 2023

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• A view from The Hague - essay in honour of Trevor Hartley in Journal of Private International Law, 2024,Vol 20, No 3,554-562
• Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé - refonte 2024 in Répertoire de droit international, Envoi 2024-2

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• The Role of Private (International) Law in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in V. Popovski & A. Malhotra, Reimagining the International Legal Order, Routledge, 2023
• With/avec/con Marina Vargas Gómez-Urrutia (co-prologuista) Prólogo (Sustracción internacional) in María Mayela Celis Aguilar, Sústracción internacional de menores - estudio jurisprudencial, doctrinal y crítico del Convenio de La Haya de 1980 Aspectos clave y soluciones a los problemas de aplicación
• Access to Justice (SDG 16): The Role of the Hague Conventions on Private International Law in Revista Direito.UnB | Setembro-Dezembro, 2023, V. 07, N.3, T.I | ISSN 2357-8009| pp. 201 - 225

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• With/avec/con Warren Binford, Michael Bochenek, Pablo Cernadas, Emma Day, Sarah Field, Marci Hamilton, Ton Liefaard, Benyam Mezmur , Fasil Mulatu, Ann Skelton, Julia Sloth-Nielsen, João Stuart, Jinske Verhellen Report on Enforcing the Rights of Children in Migration in MDPI Laws 2023, 12, 85

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• Le règlement Bruxelles II ter dans son contexte : droit international privé conventionnel, droits humains, droit de la migration in Sabine Corneloup, Estelle Gallant, Vincent Égéa & Fabienne Jault-Seseke (dirs.), Divorce, responsabilité parentale, enlèvement international, Commentaire du règlement 2019/1111 du 25 juin 2019 (Bruxelles IIter)
• General Synthesis and Future Perspectives in M. Weller et al., The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention: Cornerstones, Prospects, Outlook, Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2023, 355-382
• PIL for a better world: Vision-Reality-Aberration? in K. Duden (ed.) IPR für eine bessere Welt, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2022, pp. 179-210.
• Towards a Practical Global Cooperation Framework for Temporary and Circular Migration in Gülüm Bayraktaroğlu Özçelik & Elçin Aktan (eds.), Avrupa ve Uluslararası Göç Hukuku – European and International Migration Law, Ankara 2022, pp. 545-559
• Private International Law in Support of Sustainable Development – Impulses from Osnabrück in H. Grothe & P. Mankowski, Festschrift für Christian von Bar zum 70. Geburtstag, 2022, pp. 195-204
• Warming up for climate litigation around the world in Campbell McLachlan and Jonathan Harris (eds.), Essays in International Litigation for Lord Collins, Oxford University Press, Hart 2022, pp. 84-106.
• Access to Justice and Legal Aid in Cross-border Situations in Department of Justice Hong Kong SAR, Proceedings Hong Kong Legal week 2020 Inaugural Rule of Law Congress – Towards 2030: A Decade of Action for Rule of Law, Hong Kong 2021, pp. 48-59, 64.
• Blinde Vlek Commissie Joustra voor Adoptieverdrag in Nederlands Juristenblad, 96, 2021, pp.842-846.
• Co-editors: Ralf Michaels & Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm The Private Side of Transforming our World in Intersentia, Cambridge etc. , 2021

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• Strategic Climate Litigation in the Dutch Courts: a source of inspiration for NGO’s elsewhere? in Acta Universitatis Carolinae Iuridica 4, 2020, pp. 69-84.

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• With/avec/con Hynd Ayoubi Idrissi Foreword/Préface in ISS, Kafalah - Preliminary analysis of national and cross-border practices / “Préface”, in ISS, La kafalah - Analyse préliminaire de pratiques nationales et transfrontières, Genève 2020.
• Droit international privé et droits humains: libre circulation des personnes ou ordre public? in H. Muir Watt, L. Biziková, A. Brandão de Oliveira, D. Fernández Arroyo, M. Ma, Le Tournant global en droit international privé, Paris, Pedone, 2020, pp. 671-680
• Towards a global Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in Civil or Commercial Matters in Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht (NIPR), 38/1 (2020), pp. 4-18 (at pp. 11 et seq.).
• Respecting Children’s Dignity under Private International and Migration Law in K. Boele-Woelki & D. Martiny (eds.) Plurality and Diversity of Family Relations in Europe, 2019, 47-58.
• De verhouding tussen internationaal privaatrecht en migratierecht in verband met de waardigheid van het kind in Tijdschrift voor Familie-en Jeugdrecht (41), 7/8, 154-160, 2019.
• Why this Convention? in Hague Conference on Private International Law, 25 Years of Protecting Children in Intercountry Adoption/ Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé, 2019, p. 8; English

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• Corporate social responsibility, human rights and environment in https://gedip-egpil.eu/en/documents/

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• Preface in 張美榕, Meirong Zhang, 中國區際私法之發展與完善──以海牙國際私法會議成果為視角, The Development and Perfection of Chinese Inter-Regional Conflict of Laws From the Perspective of the Achievements of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, Taipei, 2019, Yuanzhao Publishing Company.
• The Role of International Organisations Regarding the Codification of Private International Law in A. Annoni, S. Forlati, F. Salerno (eds.), La Codificazione nell’Ordinamento internazionale e Dell’ Unione Europea/ Codification in International And European Union Law, 2019, pp. 163-182.
• Ensuring continuity of personal status and family relations across borders: the interaction between private international law and human rights in H. Muir Watt et al., Global private international law : adjudication without frontiers, pp. 530-538 Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.
• The present and prospective contribution of global private international law unification to global legal ordering in Franco Ferrari and Diego Fernández Arroyo (eds.), Private International Law - Contemporary Challenges and Continuing Relevance, pp. 214-234 (2019), at pp. 229-231.
• Le Brexit et les Conventions de La Haye in Revue critique de droit international privé, vol 2, 2019, 353-366
• Requiem or Transformation? Perspectives for the CIEC/ICCS and its Work in Yearbook of Private International Law, Volume 20 (2018/2019), pp. 73-93
• Embracing Diversity - The Role of the Hague Conference in the Creation of Universal Instruments in V. Ruiz Abou-Nigm & M. Noodt Taquela (eds.), Diversity and Integration: Exploring Ways Forward, 2019, 31-46
• With/avec/con Ignacio Goicoechea The Key Role of Judges in the Development of Private International Law in V. Ruiz Abou-Nigm & M. Noodt Taquela (eds.), Diversity and Integration: Exploring Ways Forward, 2019, pp. 295-309.
• The Hague Convention of October 25, 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the Role of Mediation in Resolving International Child Abduction Cases in World Arbitration & Mediation Review, Vol. 12 (1), pp. 1-19, 2018

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• Common progress of private international law over the past 30 years in 过去三十年国际私法之发展——中国、海牙国际私法会议与世界〔荷〕汉斯·范鲁汉斯·范鲁 （著），张美榕（译），吴用（校）(Chinese Review of International Law, 2018, Vol.5, pp.80-86) .
• Hague Convention on child protection: an international framework for cross-border kafalah? in ISS Monthly Review, Nrs. 220 (Part I, April 2018) and 221 (Part II, May 2018)
• Principles and Building Blocks for a Global Legal Framework for Civil Litigation in Environmental Matters in Uniform Law Review, Vol. 23 (2), 2018, 298-318

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• With/avec/con S. Corneloup et al. Children on the Move: A Private International Law Perspective

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• SDG no 16: Peace and Justice in VN Forum (UN Forum) 2017, online journal published by the Dutch United Nations Association. http://www.nvvn.nl/artikel/promote-peaceful-and-inclusive-societies-for-sustainable-development-provide-access-to-justice-for-all-and-build-effective-accountable-and-inclusive-institutions-at-all-levels/
• At the Cross-roads of Public and Private International law in C.-J. Cheng (ed.), Collected Courses of the Xiamen Academy of International Law Summer Courses, July 27-31, 2015, Vol. 11, Leiden, 2017, pp. 5-65,

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• With/avec/con S. Corneloup et al. Private International Law in a Context of Increasing International Mobility: Challenges and Potential in Study for the European Parliament, JURI Committee, 2017

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• Protecting Children across Borders: The Interaction between the CRC and the Hague Children’s Conventions in T. Liefaard & J. Sloth-Nielsen (eds.), 25 Years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, The Hague, 2016, pp. 31-46.
• DRAFT Comments by the GEDIP/EGPIL on the Commission Proposal for a revision of the Brussels II Bis Regulation in https://gedip-egpil.eu/en/documents/

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• The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements – An Introduction in Anali Pravnog Fakulteta Univerziteta U Zenici, 2016, pp. 11-27;

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• El desafío doble de la migración internacional in Editorial Revista de Derecho Internacional, Vol. 68, 2 (2016), pp.15-17.
• The Brussels IIa Regulation: towards a review? in European Parliament, DG for Internal Policies, Cross-Border Activities in the EU- Making Life easier for Citizens, 2015, pp. 178-207, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2015/510003/IPOL_STU(2015)510003_EN.pdf
• The Global Horizon of Private International Law in Recueil des Cours de l’Académie de La Haye, Vol.380, Brill, Nijhoff Leiden/Boston 2016, pp.9-108.

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• Translation The Global Horizon of Private International Law (en Español) “El Horizonte Global del Derecho Internacional Privado”, 2020

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• Translation The Global Horizon of Private International Law (in Chinese) 著，张美榕译，吴用校：《全球视角中的国际私法》， in《国际法 研 (Chinese Review of International Law), 2017 年第六期, vol.6. http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTotal-SKGJ201706001.htm in 《国际法 研 (Chinese Review of International Law), 2017 年第六期, vol.6.
• Réfugiés, migrants, DIP et GEDIP in https://gedip-egpil.eu/en/documents/

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• The Transnational Context : Impact of the Global Hague and Regional European Instruments in Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale, Vol. 51, No. 4 (oct-dec.), p. 743-754, 2015
• R. Schuz, The Hague Child Abduction Convention: A Critical Analysis (Book review) in Netherlands International Law Review (NILR), Vol.62, 2015, pp. 201-206.
• Articulation et interaction des normes ; La notion de confiance mutuelle in H. Fulchiron et C. Bidaud-Garon, (eds.), Vers un statut européen de la famille, 2014, pp. 79-86, pp.227-229
• Kinderontvoering en Mensenrechten in Actuele ontwikkelingen in het familierecht, UCERF reeks 8, Nijmegen, Ars Aequi Libri, 2014, pp. 9-29.
• The Earth is one but the world is not: what role for global and regional unification of Private International law? in Revista Perspectiva Jurídica Universidad Panamericana, 2014, pp.359-373

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• On the Applicability of Hague Conventions on private international law to same-sex marriages in J. Moreno Rodríguez, C. Lima Marques, (eds.), Los servicios en el Derecho Internacional Privado, Jornadas de la ASADIP 2014, pp. 507-523
• Hague Conventions on Private international law, Same-Sex Marriage and Non-Marital Institutions in M. Piers, H. Storme, J. Verhellen ( eds.) , Liber Amicorum Johan Erauw , Antwerpen, Intersentia, 2014, pp. 277-294
• With/avec/con F. Pocar The 120th anniversary of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale, Vol. 50, No. 3, p. 517-528, 2014
• K. Trimmings, Child Abduction within the European Union (Book review) in Netherlands International Law Review (NILR), Vol. 61, 2014, pp. 128-132
• La méthode de la reconnaissance et les conventions de droit international privé de La Haye in P. Lagarde (ed.), La Reconnaissance des situations en droit international privé, 2013, pp.121-129
• El derecho internacional privado ante la Corte internacional de Justicia: mirando hacia atrás y mirando hacia adelante in Anuario español de derecho internacional privado, Vol. 13, 2013, 35-51
• The Current State of Private International Law in 日本経済新聞? (Nippon Keizai Shinbun), 7 September 2013 (in Japanese)
• Allegro sostenuto con brio, or: Alegría Borrás’ Twenty-Five Years of Dedicated Work at the Hague Conference in J. Forner Delaygua, C. González Beilfuss, R. Viñas Farré (eds.) Entre Bruselas y La Haya, Liber Amicorum Alegría Borrás, 2013, pp. 573-586 (at pp. 582-584)
• With/avec/con S. De Dycker The Role of the International Court of Justice in the Development of Private International Law in Mededelingen KNVIR, 2013, pp.73-119, see also https://www.knvir.org/correct-version-of-the-preadvies/
• Preface in International Family Law, Special Issue in Honour of William Duncan, [2012] IFL, 3-6
• With Monika Pauknerová The Treatment of Foreign Law in https://gedip-egpil.eu/en/documents/

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• HCCH Annual Reports/Rapports annuels/ Informes anuales in https://www.hcch.net/en/publications-and-studies/publications2/annual-report
• Préface in Isnard J., Andrieux F., Chardon M.,( eds.), Si l’Union m’était contée…1952-2012 –Soixante ans d’expertise et d’actions internationales au service de la profession d’huissier de justice, Union Internationale des Huissiers de Justice et Officiers judiciaires, 2012, p.7.
• The Hague Conference on Private International Law: Asser’s vision and an evolving mission in NIPR (Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht) Vol. 30, 2012, pp. 358-361; also/ également/ también, in: Hague Yearbook of International Law/ Annuaire de La Haye de droit international, Vol.24, 2012, pp. 3-10.
• Interaction Between Recent Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction in 41st Meeting of the Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law Strasbourg, 17 March 2011,

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• Prólogo (La Restitución Internacional) in Tagle de Ferreyra, G., Forcada Miranda F.J. y Seoane de Chiodi M., La Restitución Internacional de Niños, Visión doctrinaria y jurisprudencial en Argentina y España, Córdoba, Nuevo Enfoque Jurídico, 2011, English, pp. 13-16, Español, pp.17-21.
• Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé in Répertoire international Dalloz, 2011
• Internationale geschillenbeslechting in B. Niermeijer, M. Smit, P. Winkelman (eds.) Internationalisering, Veiligheid en Recht, Den Haag, Ministerie van Justitie, 2011, pp. 50-53
• Internationale Kinderontvoering in Th. M. de Boer, J.W. Fokkens, P. Vlas, M.J. Vos, C.L. de Vries Lentsch-Kostense (eds.), Strikwerda's Conclusies, 2011, pp. 297-309
• A European Law Institute? A Perspective from The Hague in European University Institute (Florence, Italy), Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Policy Papers 2010/3 – F. Cafaggi, F.Francrioni, H.-W. Micklitz, and M. Poiares Maduro, 2010, pp.67-77.
• The Hague Conference on Private International Law – Work in Progress Yearbook PIL in Sarcevic P., Volken P., Bonomi A. (eds.), Yearbook of Private International Law, 1999 - 2010: 12 (2010), pp. 419 -434; 7 (2005), pp. 240–247; 6 (2004), pp. 237-245; 5 (2003), pp. 169-175; 4 (2002), pp. 219-226; 3 (2001), pp. 237–244; 2 (2000), pp. 169-178; 1 (1999), pp. 205-214.
• The Accommodation of Religious Laws in Cross-Border Situations the Contribution of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in Cuadernos de derecho transnacional, Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 261-267, 2010
• The Need for Global Co-operation in the Field of Private International Law : India and the Work of The Hague Conference in International law : issues and challenges, Vol. 2, P. 105-117, Gurgaon : Hope India Publications, 2009
• Legal Diversity in a Flat, Crowded World : the Role of the Hague Conference in Revue hellénique de droit international, Vol. 62, p. 495-509, 2009
• Bridging Cultural Differences between Western and Religious Legal Systems in Vriesendorp, D., Nelissen F.A., Wladimiroff M., (eds.), The Hague legal capital? : liber in honorem W.J. Deetman, The Hague, Hague Academic Press, pp.. 15-22, 2008
• Quelques aspects de la mondialisation dans le domaine des conflits de juridictions in Travaux du Comité français de droit international privé, Année 2008, 17, pp. 227-253, https://www.persee.fr/doc/tcfdi_1140-5082_2008_num_17_2004_1179
• Vers un nouveau modèle de gouvernance multilatérale de la migration internationale in Vers de nouveaux équilibres entre ordres juridiques. Liber Amicorum Hélène Gaudemet-Tallon, Paris, Dalloz, 2008, pp. 420 – 434.
• Some Reflections on the Present State of Negotiations/Quelques réflexions sur l'état actuel des négociations du projet sur le jugements in Hague Conference on Private International Law/Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé, Proceedings of the Nineteenth Session/Actes et Documents de la Dix-neuvième session
• With/avec/con Andrea Schulz The European Community and the Hague Conference on Private International Law in Martenczuk, B., and van Thiel, S., (eds.), Justice, Liberty, Security: New Challenges for EU External Relations, Brussels, BUP, 2008, pp. 257-299.
• Prefácio in Grandino Rodas J., de Campos Monaco G.F., eds., Conferência da Haia de Direito Internacional Privado: A Participação do Brasil “, Brasilia: Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão, Ministério das Relaçoes Exteriores, 2007, pp. XV-XXI (English pp. XXIII-XXVIII).
• Foreword in Svantesson D.J.B., Private International Law and the Internet, (Alphen a.d. Rijn: Kluwer Law International), 2007, pp. XIII-XV.
• The Hague Conference on Private International Law in 2 Hague Justice Journal, 2007, pp. 75-84

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• Forty Years of Private International law in O. Ribbelink (ed.), Forty Years of International Law, T.M.C. Asser Institute, 2007, pp. 15-21
• La Conferenza dell’Aia di Diritto Internazionale Privato e il Notariato Latino in Unione Internazionale del Notariato, Roma, IPSOA, 2007, pp. 5-17
• Managing international migration: time for a new approach in AG/RES. 2224 (XXXXVI-06)] OEA/Ser.G Organization of American States, CP/CAJP/INF-38/07, 2007
• L’actualité de la Convention de La Haye relative à la loi applicable au trust et à sa reconnaissance in Mélanges en l’honneur de Mariel Revillard–Liber Amicorum, Paris, Éditions Defrénois, 2007, pp. 323-341
• Time for a new approach in Times of Malta, 13 September 2006, http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20060913/opinion/time-for-a-new-approach.41561
• The Hague Convention of 1st July 1985 on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition in Prum, A. & Witz, C. (eds.) Trust et fiducie, la Convention de La Haye et la nouvelle législation luxembourgeoise, Paris: Édition Montchrestien, 2005, pp. 19-33
• The Hague Conference on Private International Law: An Introduction in Van Krieken, P.J., & McKay, D., (eds.), The Hague: Legal Capital of the World, The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2005, pp. 518-526
• Global and Regional Cooperation in the Field of Private International Law: A Challenge for the Hague Conference in Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law, Vol. 7, 2005, pp. 2-19.
• Unification of private international law in a multi-forum context in Kieninger E.M., (ed.), Denationalisierung des Privatrechts? Symposium anlässlich des 70. Geburtstages von Karl Kreuzer, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2005, pp. 33-52.
• Foreword in Lowe N., Everall M., Nicholls M., International Movement of Children. Law Practice and Procedure, Bristol: Jordan Publishing, 2004, pp. v-vi
• The implementation and Enforcement of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction in comparative perspective: It’s Japan’s move! (English and Japanese) in Gender Law and Policy Annual Review Vol.2 (The Tohoku University 21st Century COE Program), 2004, English, pp. 189-209; Japanese 日本, pp. 123 – 137.
• The Hague Conference on Private International Law and its Relevance to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in E. Verhellen (ed.), Understanding Children's Rights, Ghent: Ghent University, 2004, pp. 243-352.
• ta Konferencija za Meždunarodno časno pravo v epochata na narastvašča globalizacija i regionalna integracija in Pravna misăl, Vol. 44, No. 4, p. 45-61, 2003
• The Hague Conference on Private International Law in a time of Globalisation: New Challenges and New Conventions in the fields of Civil Procedure and Applicable Law in Baur, J.F., Manzel, H.-P., (eds.), Systemwechsel im europäischen Kollisionsrecht, Fachtagung der Bayer-Stiftung für deutsches und internationales Arbeits-und Wirtschaftsrecht am 17. und 18. Mai 2001, München, C.H. Beck, 2002, pp. 193-203.
• Anders denken over kinderrechten: de betekenis van de Haagse Verdragen over internationaal privaatrecht in Tijdschrift voor Jeugdrecht en Kinderrechten, 2002, pp. 18-21
• The Hague Conference on Private International Law: Current problems and perspectives in La Codificación del Derecho Internacional - Cursos de Derecho Internacional y Relaciones Internacionales de Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2002, pp. 21-41
• Law, International Commerce and the Formulating Agencies - the Future of Harmonisation and Formulating Agencies - A Perspective from the Hague Conference in I. Fletcher, L. Mistelis, M. Cremona, (eds.), Foundations and Perspectives of International Trade Law, London: Sweet and Maxwell, 2001, pp. 67-72.
• Globalisation and The Hague Conference on Private International Law in International Law Forum du droit international, 2000, pp. 230-234
• Foreword in Selman P., (ed.), Intercountry Adoption, Developments, Trends and Perspectives (London: British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering, 2000), pp. 1-2.
• Les conflits de garde au sein des couples binationaux in in Enfants d’Europe, Enfants du monde, Actes des Deuxièmes Journées Européennes du Droit de Nancy, Nancy, 2000, pp. 31-38
• One Hundred Years of Activity of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in the Field of Family Law in Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law, 1999, pp. 95-116
• Recent Developments in International Treaty Law on the Protection of Children in International Family Law, 1999, pp. 91-95.
• Preface in S. Detrick S., and P. Vlaardingerbroek (eds.), Globalization of Child Law, the Role of the Hague Conventions, Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 1999, pp. VII-IX.
• Unification and Co-operation in the Field of International Family Law: A Perspective from The Hague in Borrás, A, Bucher, A., Struycken, T, Verwilghen, M. (eds), E Pluribus Unum. Liber Amicorum Georges A.L. Droz, The Hague etc., Martinus Nijhoff, 1996, pp. 173-190.
• What New Conventions There May Be: A Perspective From The Hague in Lowe, N., Douglas, G., (eds.), Families Across Frontiers, International Society of Family Law 8th World Conference, Cardiff 1994, The Hague: Kluwer, 1996, pp. 855-868.
• A bird’s eye view of the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 in Verhellen E., (ed.), Understanding Children’s Rights, Ghent: University of Ghent, 1996, pp. 389-395.
• Het Haags Verdrag van 29 mei 1993 inzake internationale adoptie in Verhellen E., (ed.), Rechten van kinderen in de wereld , Gent: Universiteit Gent, 1996, pp.149-167.
• Synthesis of the Discussions at the European Conference on Monitoring Children’s Rights in Verhellen E., (ed.), Monitoring Children’s Rights, The Hague etc., Martinus Nijhoff, 1996, pp. 211-221.
• Les Conventions de la Conférence de La Haye (I) in Rubellin-Devichi, J. & Frank, R., (eds.), L'Enfant et Les Conventions internationales, Lyon, Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 1996, pp. 49-69.
• Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption in The International Journal of Children's Rights, 1995, pp. 463-468.
• Os Aspectos Legais da Adoção Internacional e a Proteção da Criança - Relatório da Associação de Direito Internacional in Uma vida dedicada ao Directo. Homenagem a Carlos Henrique de Carvalho, São Paulo, Editora Revista dos Tribunais, 1995, pp. 241-254.
• International Co-operation and Protection of Children with regard to Intercountry Adoption in Hague Academy of International Law/ Académie de Droit International de La Haye/ Academia de Derecho Internacional de La Haye Recueil des Cours, Volume 244 (1993-VII), pp. 191-456, 1995.

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• The Protection of Children's Rights : in particular from the Point of View of Private International Law : Summary of Course in D. Bardonnet y A. Cançado Trindade (eds.) Derecho internacional y derechos humanos : libro conmemorativo de la XXIV Sesión del Programa exterior de la Academia de Derecho Internacional de La Haya : San José (Costa Rica) : 24 de abril - 6 de mayo de 1995, pp. 141-174, 2005.
• Note of the Permanent Bureau/ Note du Bureau permanent/ Nota de la Oficina Permanente Note on judicial jurisdiction and recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters of succession upon death/ Note sur la compétence judiciaire et la reconnaissance et l’exécution des décisions en matière de successions in Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé/Hague Conference on Private International Law/Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé, Proceedings of the Seventeenth Session/ Actes et Documents de la Dix-septième session / (1993), Tome I, (1995), pp. 220-227
• Inleiding in Frohn, E.N., Hennis, E., (eds.), Staatscommissie IPR, Geselecteerde Adviezen - naar een afgewogen IPR, Den Haag: T.M.C. Asserinstituut, 1995, pp. IX-XVI.
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