Notice2024-20151
U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private International Law: Public meeting on the Convention on Choice of Courts Agreement, the Judgments Convention and the Singapore Convention
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September 6, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72919-72920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20151]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12524]
U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private
International Law: Public meeting on the Convention on Choice of Courts
Agreement, the Judgments Convention and the Singapore Convention
The Department of State's Advisory Committee on Private
International Law (ACPIL) will hold its next meeting at Texas A&M
University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday and Friday,
October 24-25, 2024, in a hybrid format, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The meeting will focus on the Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice
of Court Agreements (``CoCA''), the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the
Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial
Matters (``Judgments Convention''), and the Convention on International
Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (``Singapore
Convention''). To briefly summarize each convention:
CoCA seeks to ensure the effectiveness of exclusive choice of
court agreements (i.e., forum selection clauses) between parties to
international commercial transactions. It requires that (1) the
chosen court must hear the case when proceedings are brought before
it; (2) any other court before which proceedings are brought must
refuse to hear them; and (3) the judgment of the chosen court must
be recognized and enforced.
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The Judgments Convention provides a set of global legal rules
for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments involving
international commercial transactions. It seeks to provide legal
predictability and reduces the incidence of duplicative proceedings
in multiple countries by allowing a judgment originating from one
Contracting State to be enforced in another without the need to
relitigate the merits of the claims.
The Singapore Convention establishes a harmonized legal
framework to enforce international settlement agreements resulting
from mediation and to prevent relitigating issues resolved by such
agreements. It ensures that an international settlement resulting
from mediation becomes binding and enforceable in Contracting States
in accordance with a simplified and streamlined procedure.
We will be seeking input and guidance from attendees regarding
efforts toward U.S. ratification of these conventions.
Prior to the meeting, we will circulate a draft agenda and
additional documentation, such as draft proposed implementing
legislation, to those confirming attendance.
Time and Place: The meeting will take place on Thursday and Friday,
October 24-25, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. via a hybrid format at Texas
A&M University School of Law, 1515 Commerce Street, Fort Worth, Texas
76102. Those who cannot participate in the meeting but wish to comment
may do so by email to Joseph Khawam at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#beced7d2fecdcadfcadb90d9d1c8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b9c9d0d5f9cacdd8cddc97ded6cf">[email protected]</span></a>.
Participation: Those planning to attend the meeting should provide
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbabb2b79ba8afbaafbef5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cecf5f0dcefe8fde8f9b2fbf3ea">[email protected]</span></a> no later than September 30, 2024, the following
information: name, affiliation, contact information, and whether
attending in-person or virtually. Room information for in-person
attendance and a Zoom link for virtual attendance will be provided
following registration. Anyone needing reasonable accommodation should
notify <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3f4f56537f4c4b5e4b5a11585049"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9d9c0c5e9daddc8ddcc87cec6df">[email protected]</span></a> not later than October 4, 2024. Requests made
after that date will be considered but might not be able to be
fulfilled.
Sarah E. Prosser,
Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of Private International Law Department
of State.
[FR Doc. 2024-20151 Filed 9-5-24; 8:45 am]
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