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Agenda
25 June (Wed)

MC: Jinah Park (Deputy Director, International Legal Policy Division, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea)

9:30 Opening Ceremony
  • Opening Remarks : Minister, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea

  • Welcome Remarks : Secretary General, HCCH

  • Congratulatory Remarks
    1. President, Korea Private International Law Association
    2. President, Judicial Policy Research Institute
    3. President, Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice
    4. President, National Center for the Rights of the Child
    5. Mayor, Seocho-gu

10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Session 1. Challenges and Tasks in Implementing the 1993 Adoption Convention



























 
  • Moderator: Kwang Hyun Suk (Emeritus President, Korea Private International Law Association, Republic of Korea)

  • Introduction to the Restructuring of Republic of Korea’s Adoption System :
    Yu Ri Lee (Director of Adoption System Restructure Team, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea)

  • Speaker : Sun Mi Lee (High Court Judge, Daejeon High Court, Republic of Korea)

  • Panelist
    1. Laura Martinez-Mora (First Secretary, HCCH) 
    2. Janella Estrada (Undersecretary Director of National Authority for Child Care (NACC), Philippines)
    3. Kantasorn Methasakunwong (Director of Child Adoption Center (CAC), Department of Children                                and Youth(DCY), Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS), Thailand) 
    4. So-Young An (Researcher, Ewha Legal Science Institute, Republic of Korea) 

12:30 Luncheon
14:00 Session 2. Implementation of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention
  • Moderator : Shinicihiro Hayakawa (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University & Tohoku University, Japan)

  • Speaker : Laura Martinez-Mora (First Secretary, HCCH) 

  • Panelist
    1. Mary Sheffield (Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, United States of America)
    2. Janet Broadley (Reunite Mediator)
    3. Min Hui Gwak (Professor, Sookmyung Women’s University, Republic of Korea)
    4. Jae Sung Park (Public Prosecutor, International Legal Policy Division, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea)

15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Session 3. Before and After Joining the 2007 Child Support Convention
  • Moderator : Mary Sheffield (Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, United States of America)

  • Speaker : Christophe Bernasconi (Secretary General, HCCH)

  • Panelist
    1. Shinichiro Hayakawa (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University &  Japan)
    2. Jim Monier-Williams (Legal Counsel, Ministry of the Attorney General, British Columbia, Canada)
    3. Min Ji Kim (Research Fellow, Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice)
    4. TBD

26 June (Thu)

MC: Hyo Jung Kim (Professional Researcher, Judicial Policy Research Institute, Republic of Korea)

9:30 Session 4 : The HCCH: Benefits of Membership & Key Conventions
  • Christophe Bernasconi (Secretary General, HCCH)

  • Yun Zhao (Representative of the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, HCCH)

  • Ji Yong Jang (Director General of International Cooperation, National Court Administration, Republic of Korea)

10:30 Coffee Break
10:40 Launch Ceremony for the 5th Editions of the Handbooks on the 1965 Service and the      1970 Evidence Conventions 
  • Overview of the Updates : Minho Do (Judge on Secondment to the HCCH)

11:00  Session 5 : Regional Perspectives on the Use of IT in Implementing the 1965 Service    and the 1970 Evidence Conventions








 
  • Moderator: Kyu Hong Lee (Chief Researcher, Judicial Policy Research Institute)

  • Panelist
    1. Krysta M. Stanford (US Office of International Judicial Assistance)
    2. Huong Ho Pham (Vice Director of International Law Department, Ministry of Justice, Vietnam)
    3. Seong Hoon Koo (Judge, Yeongwol Branch, Chuncheon District Court, Republic of Korea)
    4. TBD

12:30 Luncheon
14:00 Session 6: The 2005 Choice of Court Convention and the 2019 Judgments Convention












 
  • Moderator: Gyoo Ho Lee (Professor, Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea)

  • Speaker : Jun Hyok Jang (Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea)

  • Panelist :
    1. Marcelo De Nardi (Professor, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil)
    2. Tiong Min Yeo (Professor, Singapore Management University, Singapore)
    3. Pietro Franzina (Professor, Catholic University of Milan, Italy)
    4. Hye Won Mok (Associate Professor, Korea University, Republic of Korea) 

15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Session 7: Prospects of the Jurisdiction Project 
  • Moderator: TBD

  • Speaker : Keisuke Takeshita (Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Japan)

  • Panelist
    1. Marcelo De Nardi (Professor, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil)
    2. Tiong Min Yeo (Professor, Singapore Management University, Singapore)
    3. Hae Min Lee (Research Judge, Supreme Court, Republic of Korea)
    4. TBD

27 June (Fri)

MC: Jinah Park (Deputy Director, International Legal Policy Division, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea)

9:30 Session 8: Private International Law Issues related to the Carbon Markets Project
  • Moderator: Géradine Goh Escolar (Deputy Secretary General, HCCH)

  • Speaker : Fabricio Bertini Pasquot Polido (Professor, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil) 

  • Panelist
    1. Amy Held (The Law Commission, England and Wales)

       2. Pietro Franzina (Professor, Catholic University of Milan, Italy)

       3. Chang Min Chun (Associate Professor, Seoul National University of Science and Technlogy, Republic of Korea)

10:50 Coffee Break









 
11:00 Session 9: Private International Law Issues related to the  Digital Tokens Project
  • Moderator: Chang Min Chun (Associate Professor, Seoul National University of Science and Technlogy, Republic of Korea)

  • Speaker : Gérardine Goh Escolar (Deputy Secretary General, HCCH)

  • Panelist
    1. Fabrico Bertini Pasquot Polido (Professor, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

       2. Amy Held (The Law Commission, England and Wales)

       3. Tetsuo Morishita (Professor, Sophia University, Japan)

       4. Gyoo Ho Lee (Professor, Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea)

12:30 Introduction to the Asia-Pacific Justice Hub
12:40 Closing Ceremony and Luncheon
HCCH 
Asia Pacific Week 
Seoul 2025
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