ISFL Israel Conference 2014: International Family Law with Emphasis on the Work of the Hague Conference on Private International Law

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1 ISFL Israel Conference 2014: International Family Law with Emphasis on the Work of the Hague Conference on Private International Law Sha'arei Mishpat Law School, Hod Hasharon : 2 nd 3 rd January 2014 Draft Program Wednesday 1 st January : Welcome Reception in Tel-Aviv (Metropolitan Hotel, 11 Trumpledor St.) Thursday 2nd January 8.00 Minibus leaves Metropolitan Hotel in Tel-Aviv for Sha'arei Mishpat. 8.45: Registration and light refreshments Opening Plenary Greetings - Dr. Aviad Hacohen (Dean, Sha'arei Mishpat Law School) Session 1 : The Issues to be Confronted Louise Ellen Teitz (First Secretary, Hague Conference on Private International Law): Current work of the Hague Conference in family law Marilyn Freeman (UK): The Long-Term Effects of Child Abduction Martha Bailey (Canada): Resolving Conflicts between The Hague Abduction Convention and Immigration and Refugee Law Douglas Frenkel (US): Mediating International Custody Disputes: Lessons from a Pilot Project Parallel Panels

2 Session 2: International Child Abduction and Protection I Chair: Justice Moshe Drori Ian Curry Sumner (Netherlands): The implementation of the Hague Abduction Convention 1980 in the Netherlands: Efficient or formalistic? Ed Freedman (Israel): Custody Rights under the Child Abduction Convention: State Law or Hague Law? Andrew Zashin (US): Filling the gaps with public policy: The application of the Hague Convention protocol in US courts in the absence of a co-signing state Philip Marcus (Israel): Adapting The Hague Conventions To The Paradigm Of Parental Responsibilities: Session 3: Conflict of Laws in relation to Marital Relationships and Succession Talia Einhorn (Israel) : The Coordinating Role of Israeli Conflict Rules in Matters of Succession Comparative Perspectives Celia Fassberg (Israel): Legal Protectionism Dov Frimer (Israel): The effect of private religious marriages performed in the US Sharon Shakargy (Israel): Together But Apart: On the Cross-Border Regulation of Alternative Spousal Relationships :Lunch : Parallel Panels Session 4: International Child Abduction and Protection II Adriaan P. van der Linden (Netherlands): The Dutch Liaison Judge International Child Care and Protection Robert Rains (US) Possession is 9/10 of the Law: the Need for Strict Procedural Rules in Hague Cases Eytan Lipskier (Israel): Current Challenges and Difficulties in Implementing the Hague Convention on Child Abduction from a Practical Perspective Shmulik Moran (Israel): Conditions for Return in Hague Abduction cases Leslie Kaufman (Israel): Operating the 1980 Abduction Convention - A Central Authority Perspective Peretz Segel (Israel): The 1996 Child Protection Convention An Israeli Perspective

3 Session 5: Inter-relationship between International Human Rights Law and Domestic Family Law Neil Van Schalkwyk (South Africa): Divorce and the effect of Gumede v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others SA 152 (CC) on the matrimonial property systems in South Africa Ruth Halperin-Kaddari (Israel): Attempting a universal family law norm in a fragmented universe Daphna Hacker (Israel) : Israeli Men's Groups' (Ab)use of International Law Hadas Tagari (Israel): Is there a need for an International Convention on Family Rights and Rights in the Family? Yuval Merin (Israel): Same-Sex Marriage as a Human Right and the Interplay between Domestic and International Law : Parallel Panels Session 6: Children's Rights Perspectives Chair: Justice (ret) Saviona Rotlevi Jordi Ribot (Spain): Assessing the well-being of the child in international abduction cases: the Spanish experience in the light of the interaction between the Hague Convention and the ECHR Michelle Fernando and Nicola Ross (Australia): RCB in the High Court of Australia: hearing children s objections to return in Hague Convention cases Ricky Finzi-Dottan (Israel): The Welfare of the Child and Return under the Hague Abduction Convention A Mental Health Practitioner's Perspective Jeremy Bradley (UK): Narrative Injustice and its Consequences in Family Law Yitzhak Cohen (Israel) : The Right of a Minor to Independent Status - Three Models Session 7: Surrogacy I Barbara Connolly (UK): The Modern Family Created Through Surrogacy & Scientific Advances In Fertility Treatment Pamela Laufer-Ukeles (US and Israel): Regulating Commercial Intimacy across Borders: How States Should React to the International Surrogacy Phenomenon Yehezkel Margalit (Israel): In Defense of International Surrogacy Agreements Julia Feuer (Israel): Bringing global uniformity to surrogacy and protecting the status of the Jewish child

4 17.30 Keynote Session to mark publication of Dr. Rhona Schuz's book "The Hague Child Abduction Convention A Critical Analysis Greetings: Professor Binyamin Sredni (President, Sha'arei Mishpat) Panel: Thirty Years of the Hague Child Abduction Convention Chair: Professor Amos Shapira (Tel Aviv University) Lady Brenda Hale, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Justice Neal Hendel, Supreme Court of Israel Justice Ben-Zion Greenburger, District Court, Israel (Hague Network Judge for Israel) Rhona Schuz (Center for the Rights of the Child and the Family, Sha'arei Mishpat)) Supper (approximately): Minibus leave Sha'arei Mishpat for Tel-Aviv Friday 3 rd January Minibus leaves Metropolitan Hotel in Tel-Aviv : Parallel Panels Session 8: European Community Regulation of Family Law Katja Karjalainen (Finland): Foundation of the European Union Family Law Laura Carpaneto (Italy) : The functioning of the new EU regime on child abduction: few critical remarks Iris Cannor (Israel): The relationship between European Private International Law and Public International Law as exemplified in the field of family law

5 Session 9 : Surrogacy II Chair: Dr. Carmel Shalev Katarzyna Bagan-Kurluta (Poland): The problems arising from surrogacy in the context of the work of the Hague Conference on Private International Law on the convention on international surrogacy arrangements Olga Khazova (Russia): Russian Legal Framework of Surrogate Motherhood Ruth Zafran (Israel): Transnational Surrogacy - Parental Recognition in the Israeli law Judith Meizels (Israel) : International Surrogacy A Practitioner's Perspective : Parallel Panels: Session 10: Relocation Yoav Mazeh (Israel) : Balancing the Values at Stake in Relocation Cases Ghislaine Lanteigne (UK) : International relocation in England: the practice and perspectives of lawyers Andrew Pote (UK): Leave or not to Leave? That is the question Daniel Gottlieb (Israel): A Psychologist's Perspective on Relocation Session 11 : Inter-Country Adoption Claire Fenton-Glynn (UK): A Balancing Act: Enforcing the subsidiarity principle in inter-country adoption: Elena Urso (Italy): Inter-country Adoption after Twenty Years since the Signature of the 1993 Hague Convention: A Comparative Overview Galit Mevorach (Israel): Inter-country adoption in Israel Olga Dyuzheva (Russia): Challenges of inter-country adoption in Russia : Closing Plenary Session Session 12: The Way Forward Zvi Trigger (Israel): Perspectives on International Surrogacy of Israelis Anne-Marie Hutchinson (UK): International Arrangements for Surrogacy : Light Lunch 13.30: Minibus leaves Sha'arei Mishpat for Tel-Aviv

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