- About the Project
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The free movement of people within the EU has resulted in several generations of European citizens forming family relationships across national borders. As a result, there are thousands of families in Scotland whose lives, homes and occupations cross European borders.
Similarly, there are many families with connections to Scotland living in the EU. This project seeks to address the legal issues that surround the protection of such international families. It aims to examine the effectiveness of the pertinent post-Brexit legal framework, which no longer comprises European private international law instruments but instead is represented primarily by international Conventions (‘Hague Family Law Conventions’).
To this end, the project seeks to enhance collaboration between Scotland and EU Member States in protecting international families in the wake of Brexit; identify good practices in applying the Hague Family Law Conventions; and make recommendations to legal practitioners, judges, Central Authorities and national legislators.
The project commenced on 01 March 2022 and will end on 29 February 2024. It is funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh under the Saltire Facilitation Network Award Scheme.
- Research Team
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Research partners
University of Aberdeen, Scotland/United Kingdom
University of Osijek, Croatia
University of Antwerp, Belgium
Network partners
Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan
Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Science, Lithuania
University College Dublin, Ireland
- Project Outputs
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Forthcoming in mid/late 2024.
- Project Events
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Project Workshop
Online Workshop with Central Authorities
Project Objectives
The project seeks to achieve the following objectives: