Agenda
Day 1
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY AND CHILD PROTECTION LAW
Opening Ceremony
Philippines | Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) |
Philippines | Chief Justice, Supreme Court |
HCCH | Secretary General |
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SESSION 1 | THE HCCH: BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP & KEY CONVENTIONS
| Philippines | Philippine Ambassador to the Netherlands |
| Thailand | Permanent Secretary of Justice of Thailand |
| Mongolia | Vice Minister of Justice and Home Affairs |
| HCCH | Representative for Asia and the Pacific |
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Day 2
TRANSNATIONAL LITIGATION AND APOSTILLE
SESSION 2 | 1961 APOSTILLE CONVENTION
Chair:
Prof. Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan
University of the Philippines
| Philippines | Ms Dyan Kristine Miranda-Pastrana Director, Office of Consular Affairs, DFA |
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| Singapore | Chief Operations Officer / Chief Financial Officer, |
| Indonesia | Director, Central Authority and International Law, Directorate General of Legal Administrative Affairs, Ministry of Law and Human Rights |
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SESSION 3 | 2005 CHOICE OF COURT CONVENTION & 2019 JUDGMENTS CONVENTION
Chair:
Dr Gérardine Goh Escolar
Deputy Secretary General, HCCH
| New Zealand | Hon. Justice David Goddard |
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| Philippines | Associate Justice, Supreme Court (ret.) |
| People’s Republic of China | Director General of the International Cooperation Department, Supreme People’s Court |
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SESSION 4 | 1965 SERVICE CONVENTION & 1970 EVIDENCE CONVENTION
Chair:
Atty. Peter Corvera
3rd Vice President of the Philippine Bar Association
| Australia | Senior Legal Officer, Attorney-General’s Department |
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| Philippines | Hon. Raul B. Villanueva (Service Convention) Court Administrator, Supreme Court of the Philippines |
| Republic of Korea | Seoul Western District Court |
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SESSION 5 | 1993 ADOPTION CONVENTION
Chair
Hon. Janella Ejercito Estrada
Executive Director, National Authority for Child Care
| Philippines | Former Executive Director, National Authority for Child Care |
| Viet Nam | Department of Adoption, Ministry of Justice |
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SESSION 6 | 1980 CHILD ABDUCTION CONVENTION & 1996 CHILD PROTECTION CONVENTION
Chair
Hon. Angelene Mary W. Quimpo-Sale
Justice, Court of Appeals
| Australia | Judge, Federal Circuit and Family Court |
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| Philippines | Associate Justice, Supreme Court |
Israel | Senior Deputy to the State Attorney, Ministry of Justice |
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SESSION 7 | 2007 CHILD SUPPORT CONVENTION
Chair
Atty. Jilliane Joyce R. De Dumo-Cornista
Philippine Embassy, Seoul
| United States of America | Ms Margaret Haynes Association (NCSEA) |
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| Philippines | Prof. Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan |
| New Zealand | Ms Leeanne Spillane |
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Day 3
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL, DIGITAL, AND FINANCIAL LAW & NORMATIVE PROJECTS AND FUTURE WORK
Chair
Prof. Michael Tiu, Jr.
College of Law, University of the Philippines
SESSION 8 | 2015 CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES
| Indonesia | Assistant Professor, Universitas Indonesia |
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SESSION 9 | JURISDICTION PROJECT
SESSION 10 | DIGITAL ECONOMY PROJECT
CLOSING CEREMONY
| HCCH | Dr Christophe Bernasconi |
| Philippines | Prof. Sedfrey Candelaria |
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