Legal practitioners from around the Caribbean will this week be educated on the ways in which international private law can be used to protect families and business across borders when Attorney General Basil Williams in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) hosts The Hague Convention Conference here from July 13 to 15.
The conference, which is being held under the theme “International Family Law, Legal Cooperation and Commerce: Promoting Human Rights and Cross Border Trade in the Caribbean through The Hague Conference Conventions,” will address the issues such as international adoptions, spousal abductions, and the enforcement of spousal and child maintenance rulings across international borders.
Secretary General of The Hague Conference on Private International Law, Christophe Bernasconi, who is in Guyana ahead of the