PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY IN A CROSS-BORDER CONTEXT, INCLUDING CHILD ABDUCTION-Delavnica v Pragi

PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY IN A CROSS-BORDER CONTEXT, INCLUDING CHILD ABDUCTION

Prague, 23 – 25 March  2015

Workshop organiser:

Academy of European Law (Elitsa Stoeva and Jaroslav Opravil) on behalf of the European Commission (Contracting Authority)  in cooperation with the Czech Bar Association 

Language: English

Event number: 115DV110

 

Please visit the event’s web site for a detailed programme and the application form: http://www.era.int/?125126&en

 

This is a workshop targeted at lawyers in private practice and designed to be practice-oriented and focused on peer and expert training.

 

Key objectives include

ü  to provide expert training on Regulation Brussels II bis, including the main provisions in parental responsibility matters, the rules on international child abduction cases and their interaction with other EU instruments in the area of Civil Justice (on the taking of evidence, service of documents etc.)

ü  to raise awareness of the interrelation of EU, international and domestic legislation on cross-border parental responsibility cases

ü  to recap the preliminary ruling procedure using practical exercises

ü  to offer participants the opportunity to practise family mediation in a scenario of child abduction through role play exercises

ü  to provide participants with a practical introduction to the e-justice tools

ü  to promote contacts between lawyers from different member states and provide participants with valuable networking opportunities

 

This workshop is a project of the European Commission in the framework of the development of training modules regarding European legislative instruments for cross-border cooperation in civil matters, which is implemented by the Academy of European Law (ERA).