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Representatives of Hague Conference on Private International Law visit SC justices

Published Oct 17, 2022 05:05 pm

Supreme Court Justices, led by Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo, with representatives of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) on Oct. 17, 2022.

Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo reaffirmed the Supreme Court’s (SC) support to five instruments which have been adopted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), an inter-governmental organization that administers several international conventions, protocols and soft law instruments.

The Philippines is a party to five HCCH instruments – the 1961 Apostille Convention, the 1965 Service Convention, the 1980 Child Abduction Convention, the 1993 Adoption Convention, and the 2007 Child Support Convention.

Gesmundo’s reaffirmation was aired during the courtesy call on Monday, Oct. 17, by HCCH delegates led by Secretary General Dr. Christophe Bernasconi and Deputy Secretary General Dr. Gérardine Goh Escolar.

The Philippines’ SC is a co-host of the HCCH Asia Pacific Week to be held in Makati City from Oct. 18 to 20, 2022.

The SC’s public information office (PIO) said the three-day conference, with the theme “Enabling Cross-Border Cooperation in the Region and Beyond,” seeks to help participants learn more about the HCCH and engage with private international law experts from all over the Asia Pacific region;

SC Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier will talk on the 1980 Child Abduction Convention and the 1996 Child Protection Convention, while Court Administrator Raul B. Villanueva will act as one of the panelists on the 1965 Service Convention.

With Chief Justice Gesmundo during the courtesy call were Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, and Justices Ramon Paul L. Hernando, Amy C. Lazaro-Javier, Henri Jean Paul B. Inting, Mario V. Lopez, Ricardo R. Rosario, Jhosep Y. Lopez, Jose Midas P. Marquez, and Antonio T. Kho, Jr.

Also in attendance were Philippine Judicial Academy (PhilJA) Chancellor Rosmari D. Carandang; Court Administrator Raul B. Villanueva; Atty. Sedfrey M. Candelaria, Chief, PhilJA’s Research, Publications and Linkages Office; Assistant Court Administrator and Chief Public Information Office Atty. Brian Keith F. Hosaka; Deputy Clerk of Court and Judicial Reform Program Administrator Atty. Laura C.H. Del Rosario; and Deputy Clerk of Court and Chief Technology Officer Atty. Jed Sherwin G. Uy.

The HCCH delegation included Philippine Embassy in the Hague Ambassador H.E. J. Eduardo Malaya; Department of Foreign Affairs Office of Treaties and Legal Affairs Executive Director Roussel R. Reyes; Philippine Embassy in The Hague First Secretary Atty. Jarie R. Osias; Philippine Embassy in Seoul Third Secretary Atty. Jilliane Joyce R. De Dumo-Cornista; and Philippine Embassy in The Hague Legal Officer Atty. Marisar Ivy C. Cabatingan.

TAGS: #SC # CJ GESMUNDO # HCCH

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