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EDITORIAL

• The ten years of The Judges' Newsletter, Nicolas Sauvage

SPECIAL FOCUS: Direct Judicial Communications on Family Law Matters and the Development of Judicial Networks, EC-HCCH Joint Conference, Brussels, 15-16 January 2009

Theme I - Direct Judicial Communications in International Child Protection Matters - A Reality

• Experience of a judge from New Zealand, Judge Peter BOSHIER
• Experience of a judge from Germany, Judge Eberhart CARL
• Experience of a judge from England & Wales, Justice Andrew MOYLAN
• Experience of a judge from the Netherlands, Judge Annette OLLAND
• The experience of judges from the United States of America with direct judicial communication, Justice James GARBOLINO

Theme II - Development of Regional and International Networks - Their scope and object, appointment process, information about members and functions of members (Draft Principles Nos 1 to 5)

• Background to the International Hague Network of Judges, Philippe LORTIE
• Background to the European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters, Joao SIMOES DE ALMEIDA
• The Hague Network and IberRED in Latin America, Judge Ricardo PÉREZ MANRIQUE
• The International Hague Network of Judges - the roles and functions of a Judge, Judge Jónas JOHANNSSON
• The European Judicial Network - the roles and functions of a Judge, Judge Carlos Manuel GONÇALVES DE MELO MARINHO

Theme III - Good Practices for Direct Judicial Communications (Draft Principles Nos 6 to 9)

• Overarching principle for direct judicial communications and commonly accepted safeguards (Draft Principle No 6), Judge Mary FINLAY GEOGHEGAN
• Initiating the contact (Draft Principle No 7), Justice Ben STEPHENS
• Using the best means of communications available in a multilingual context (Draft principles Nos 8 and 9), Judge Javier FORCADA MIRANDA
• Good practices in the field of cross-border insolvency proceedings in the light of the proposed Hague Draft Principles, James FARLEY

Theme IV - Offices and Mechanisms to facilitate Judicial Communications (Draft Principles Nos 3 to 5)

• Mechanisms for Judicial Communications in Benin, Judge Saliou ABOUDOU
• Role and functions of the Head of International Family Law Justice, Delia WILLIAMS
• The Dutch Office for direct judicial communications, Judge Robine DE LANGE-TEGELAAR
• Dividing the Brazilian territory in two and the Permanent Working Group, Judge Mônica SIFUENTES PACHECO DE MEDEIROS
• Support from the Permanent Bureau, Eimear LONG
• Support from the European Commission, Olivier TELL

Theme V - National Networks in support of the International or Regional Networks (Draft Principles No 3)

• Provincial and Territorial Hague Network of Judges for Canada, The Honourable Madam Justice Robyn M. DIAMOND
• National Network for Argentina, Judge Graciela TAGLE
• The American Judicial Network - A work in progress, Judge Judith L. KREEGER
• National Network for Spain in support of the European Judicial Network, Javier L. PARRA GARCIA

Theme VI - The interaction between judicial networks and Central Authorities (Draft Principles Nos 1.1, 7.3 and 7.4)

• Judicial Independence and the International Hague Network of Judges: a personal perspective, Justice Jacques CHAMBERLAND
• The role of a Central Authority, Andrea SCHULZ
• The division of powers and the protection of the judge's independence and impartiality (the point of view of a jurisdiction of common law tradition), Justice Catherine McGUINNESS

Theme VII - The Future of Direct Judicial Communications

• Direct judicial communications in 2018 - What can we expect?, Justice Diana BRYANT
• Ideas regarding direct Judicial Communications for the purpose of Article15 of the Brussels II bis Regulation, Judge Lubomir PTÁCEK
• Future use of information for direct judicial Communications, Judge Dionisio NÚÑEZ VERDIN.
• The future of direct judicial communications, Lord Justice Mathew THORPE

Theme VIII - Conclusions and Recommendations

INTERNATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

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