European Union issues
The 2007 Hague Maintenance Convention
The EU will ratify this by the end of June 2013 and so it will enter into force with non-EU countries on 1.10.2013
No progress has been made on the issue of individual Member States being able to ratify Conventions independently of the EU (the competence issue). It remains the case that infraction proceedings could be taken against a Member State which ratified the 1980 Hague Convention with a new state independently of the EU.
The European Commission is looking to commission an expert to review the operation of BIIR and will then decide on whether a consultation is required
The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament is holding a meeting on 25th April 2013 on Family Protection, covering adoption, and abduction.
The European Court of Human Rights
The judgement in X-v-Latvia is still awaited
China and the 1980 Hague Convention
The position seems to be that the Chinese are going to conduct an assessment study before considering implementation.
Pakistan
A judicial conference is taking place in Pakistan on 19th April 2013. Presumably the UK-Pakistan Protocol will be under discussion.
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