https://www.hcch.net/?act=events.rss News | Tag: conv30 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:59:35 GMT From 6 to 7 October 2025, the second meeting of the Working Group (WG) on the study relating to institutions analogous to trusts was held online, hosted by the Permanent Bureau (PB). The meeting had more than 25 registered delegates and other experts, representing eight HCCH Members and five Observers, in addition to members of the PB of the HCCH. Pursuant to its mandate (C&Ds No 70-72 of CGAP 2025), the WG reviewed the most recent draft of the Note on the Application and Interpretation of Article 2 of the Convention of 1 July 1985 on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition.. https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=1108 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=1108 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 08:30:00 GMT In March 2025, the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) mandated the establishment of a Working Group (WG) to review and complete the study on the application and interpretation of Article 2 of the 1985 Trusts Convention and on the institutions analogous to trusts, having due regard to any possible implications on non-Contracting Parties, and subject to available resources (see Conclusion and Decisions Nos 70-72 of CGAP 2025). The first meeting of the WG was held online from 6 to 8 May 2025, hosted by the Permanent Bureau (PB). The meeting was attended by 26 delegates and other.. https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=1067 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=1067 Tue, 13 May 2025 09:59:00 GMT The Permanent Bureau is pleased to announce that following the mandate of the Council on General Affairs and Policy at its 2022 meeting (see C&Ds Nos 14, 34 and 36), the inaugural HCCH CODIFI Conference will be held online from 12 to 16 September 2022. CODIFI will examine issues of private international law in the Commercial, Digital, and Financial (CODIFI) sectors, highlighting developments in the digital economy and fintech industries as well as clarifying the roles of core HCCH instruments: the 1985 Trusts Convention, the 2006 Securities Convention, and the Principles on Choice of Law.. https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=856 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=856 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 07:02:00 GMT On 15 March 2017, during the meeting of the Council on General Affairs and Policy of the Hague Conference, Belarus signed the Hague Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance. Belarus was represented by the Minister of Justice, H.E. Mr. Oleg L. Slizhevsky. With the signature of Belarus, the Convention now has 37 States and REIOs which have signed, ratified or acceded to the instrument. Belarus has been a Member of the Hague Conference since 2001 and is bound by eight Hague Conventions. On 15 March 2017, the Republic of.. https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=546 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=546 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:08:00 GMT Only a few weeks after signing the Hague Convention of 1 July 1985 on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition, Switzerland deposited, on 26 April 2007, its instrument of ratification of this Treaty. Switzerland became the eleventh Contracting State to the Trusts Convention. In conformity with its Article 30, the Convention will enter into force for Switzerland on 1 July 2007... https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=130 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=130 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:49:00 GMT Text of the press release: 1. On 3 April 2007 the European Community (EC) became a Member of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, by depositing its instrument of acceptance of the Statute of the Hague Conference. The Hague Conference is the World Organisation for Cross-border Co-operation in Civil and Commercial Matters. 2. The deposit, preceded by a favourable decision of the Council on General Affairs and Policy of the Hague Conference, took place during a ceremony held in the new building of the Academy of International Law on the grounds of the Peace Palace in The.. https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=129 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=129 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:45:00 GMT On Friday, 15 January 1999, an international conference took place on "Principles of European Trust Law" in the Academy Building at The Hague. It was organized by the Business and Law Research Centre and the Faculty of Law of Nijmegen University. The conference discussed Principles of European Trust Law, drawn up by an International Working Group. The Principles build on the work which the Hague Conference undertook during the years 1980-1984 in the context of the preparation of the Convention of 1 July 1985 on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition, which is now in force for.. https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=74 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=74 Fri, 15 Jan 1999 21:32:00 GMT