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Table of contents
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
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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
MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL HAGUE NETWORK OF JUDGES