Topic: The Hague Conference on Private International Law and China

Speaker: Christophe Bernasconi, Deputy Secretary General, Hague Conference on Private International Law

Time: September 20, 2012, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Venue: Room 317, School of Law, Wuhan University

Lecture: Introduction to the Hague International Private Law Conference, Introduction to the Hong Kong Representative Office, The implementation of the Hague Convention in China, The Convention on the Abolition of Judicial Instruments Certification, The Convention on the Choice of Courts, The Child Abduction Convention The Securities Convention

Christophe Bernasconi's biography: Joined the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 1997, became the first secretary in 2000, and became the Deputy Secretary-General in 2011. He is responsible for the administration of judicial assistance, the work of securities conventions, and assisting member states in implementing relevant conventions. He is Bachelor of Law, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Master of McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Ph.D., University of Fribourg. He has served as a member of the International Lawyers Association Capital Markets Committee, a member of the International Law Association's Cross-Border Implementation Committee for Environmental Law and one of the authors of the interpretation of the Hague Securities Convention. He taught at the Hague Academy of International Law in 2000 and 2004.