Social Media Ideas for 2000 Protection Of Adults Convention

Support in cross-border transactions by Adults: Contract law vs capacity law

Thalia Kruger, University of Antwerp & Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg This piece is based on a paper that I presented at the World Congress on Adults Pro...

Protecting will-making autonomy

Will States Address Disability Invisibility in the Crimes Against Humanity Convention?

Only two of 64 proposed amendments submitted by U.N. member States for a draft Crimes Against Humanity Convention enumerate disability as a specific protected category. The post W...

New law to clarify who makes decisions when you can’t

The new legislation will centre human rights of people lacking decision-making capacity as the Govt mulls a register of enduring powers of attorney

Aarhus Convention: the public loves it, States not so much

The Aarhus Convention is an international agreement that gives people three core rights: the right to access information about the environment, the right to take part in decisi...

The 1961 HCCH Apostille Convention: Why All African Countries Should Ratify It? — Insights from Judicial Practice in Afr...

I. The Apostille Convention

Adoption in the proposal for a European Parenthood Regulation

This post was written by Aukje Mens, Jurist at INEA, the Dutch expertise centre on intercountry adoption. She wrote in her own name.  Recently, an article I wrote about adoption in...

Courts cannot determine age in ‘one in one out’ removal challenges

In R (on the application of EXR) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 1568 (Admin), the High Court set out how courts should review a Home Office decision to tr...

How elderly Canadians can protect themselves from the assisted suicide regime

Canadian pro-life group Life Care Network released a free guide helping seniors plan to age safely at home while avoiding pressures toward assisted suicide.

'Valerie's Law' on guardianship rights passes Dáil

The Dáil has passed legislation to ensure killers who take the life of their child's other parent will no longer be able to automatically keep guardianship rights.

‘The Promise’ of the Refugee Convention?

As UNHCR is pushing for a renewed international commitment to the 1951 Refugee Convention, critics stress the need to review (if not abolish) the existing asylum system and revisit...

Protecting assets in a blended family?

The hope is married asap, but my partner is still finalizing divorce in Germany. It’s finalized in the US already. We’re looking at buying a home with an SCI now, too.

Dutch youth care agency sent children to Spain without consent

Child protection organisation SAVE has placed vulnerable young people in care programmes in Spain without the required consent of the...

UNHCR: 75 years on, the Refugee Convention Remains a Lifeline for Millions

GENEVA, July 27 (IPS) - Seventy-five years after the Refugee Convention was opened for signature on 28 July 1951, it remains the foundation of the international refugee protection...