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New acquisition: Michaels, R., Ruiz Abou-Nigm, V. and Loon, H. van (eds.), The Private Side of Transforming our World - UN Sustainable Development Goals 2013 and the Role of Private International Law, Cambridge, Intersentia Online, 2021.

On January 30, 2013, the court (Rechtbank) in the Hague, The Netherlands, ruled that Royal Dutch Shell can be held partially responsible for pollution in Nigeria's Niger Delta region and ordered it to pay damages to one farmer.

Guestblog by Brigitte Lhoest International family law in Europe was historically an area predominantly regulated by national law.

Guestblog by Brigitte Lhoest The Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (further: the Convention) is a multilateral treaty, which seeks to protect

From 10 to 17 November a Special Commission of the Conference on Private International Law (hereafter HCCH) on the implementation of the 2007 Child Support Convention and of the

Counterfeiting, which represents 5 to 7% of world trade, has implications on the competitiveness of EU companies, on jobs and on the health and security of EU citizens.

On October 2, 2010, the 11th and final round of the negotiations for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was concluded successfully in Tokyo, Japan. The Government of Japan hosted the negotiations.

A lot can happen in 12 months. The year 2012 was an eventful year with positive events and with disasters and luckily it was not the end of the world, as predicted by the Mayan calendar.

As we turn the page on 2016, the Peace Palace Library looks back on the most notable international law news and Peace Palace Library events. What a year 2016 was! Again there were terror attacks around the world, in Brussels, Istanbul, Nice, Berlin, Ankara, Orlando and Aleppo.

As we turn the page on 2015, the Peace Palace Library looks back on the most notable international law news and Peace Palace Library events. A lot can happen in 12 months.

As we turn the page on 2017, the Peace Palace Library looks back on the most notable international law news and Peace Palace Library events. What a year 2017 was! Hereby some highlights.