IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 8 Nov 2025
Room 606, Level 600, MTCC
Session information
Committee(s)
Family Law Committee
(Lead)
Description
Looking at summary returns and refusals under the 1980 and 1996 Hague conventions, where there are allegations of domestic abuse and/or where there is a return to a state of war or conflict, also looking at the position where states are not signatories to the conventions.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Zenobia Du Toit | Miller Du Toit Cloete, Cape Town, South Africa; Member, Family Law Committee Advisory Board |
Speakers
| Diahann Gordon Harrison | Office of the Children’s Advocate Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Philippe Lortie | Hague Conference on Private International Law, THE HAGUE, Netherlands |
| Rahima Nato-Kalfane | Cabinet BWG Associes, Paris, France; Treasurer, Family Law Committee |
| Michelle Oliel | Stahili Foundation, Den Haag, Netherlands |