On 14th-15th March 2024, the partners of the UniPAR project met for the first time in Genoa (UNIGE) to meet and exchange, as well as to set up the Working Plan of the project.
In the afternoon of March 14th, the project technical meeting took place, followed by a social dinner.
March 15th was dedicated to the first Roundtable of the project: “Family on the Move in the EU: a Private International Law Perspective”.
The Roundtable was a lively and fruitful start of the project’s dissemination and research activities. Although confronted with a lot of topics concerning (EU) PIL in family matters, all the presentations dwelt on the main theme of parenthood as an underlying topic of all the presentations, in order to photograph the overall relevance of the issue.
Prof. Gonzalez Beilfuss started with a presentation on “The main challenges of regulating parenthood in European Private international law”, focusing on the PIL issues surrounding parenthood in the EU area of freedom, security and justice.
Prof. Mirela Zupan dwelt on a presentation about “Parental Responsibility Matters under the Recast Regulation Brussels II ter”, which is a matter that has been regulated by the EU (from the perspective of PIL) from a long time and on which many States are going under significative legislative changes.
Prof. Boriana Musseva’s presentation focused on “Brussels IIb regulation and Matrimonial Matters”. Starting from the heterogeneity of legal situations that may interest a marriage between two persons (from the perspective of PIL connecting factors), prof. Musseva highlighted the approaches of the Brussels IIb regulation with reference to jurisdiction, applicable law, as well as the recognition and enforcement of judgments.
Prof. Ilaria Pretelli gave a presentation on “The impact of the Istanbul Convention on the Interpretation of the 1980 The Hague Child Abduction Convention in Europe and Beyond”. After analyzing the juridical and socio-psychological implications of international child abduction (also on the perspective of the long-term impacts), the presentation dwelt on the analysis on how the underlying reasons of ICA are often strongly based on cultural differences.
Prof. Thalia Kruger focused on the “Proposal for Regulation on Protection of Adults”. Together with a certain degree of fragmentation of national laws on the topic, international initiatives such as the Hague Convention have focused on PIL aspects.
Lastly, prof. Laura Carpaneto offered some conclusive remarks on the works of the morning session.
The afternoon session consisted in the presentation of research projects by PhD students from UNIGE and UB as well as a debate with the participating students.
