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Il presente studio, commissionato dal dipartimento tematico Diritti dei cittadini e affari costituzionali del Parlamento europeo su richiesta della commissione per le petizioni, intende analizzare la proposta di regolamento della Commissione sul riconoscimento della filiazione nell'UE. Lo studio esamina il problema del mancato riconoscimento della filiazione tra gli Stati membri e le sue cause, l'attuale quadro giuridico e le soluzioni (parziali) che offre a tale problema, il contesto della proposta ...

Protecting children online is becoming increasingly vital. For over two decades, there has been a limited range of online age verification methods available to protect children from accessing online content unsuitable for their age. A number of countries are introducing legislation and/or codes of practice to address this situation. At EU level too, there are increasing efforts in this regard, with a code of practice in the pipeline. Challenges abound, however, in the areas of privacy, monitoring ...

This study – commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Petitions – examines the law and practice in England in relation to adoption without parental consent, in comparison to other jurisdictions within the European Union, including on the basis of petitions submitted to the European Parliament on the matter. It further details the procedures followed by the English courts in relation to child protection ...

This note summarises issues relating to the current legal framework for cross-border adoption matters – legal gaps and consequent obstacles to free movement of citizens – and avenues for solutions. It is draws on the background briefings prepared by independent experts and presented at the JURI-PETI workshop on ‘Adoption: Cross-border legal issues’ held at the European Parliament (EP) on 1 December 2015. The workshop had two main objectives: on the one hand, to respond to a number of petitions submitted ...

This collection of briefings was prepared in view of a joint JURI-PETI Workshop organised by the Policy Department on 1 December 2015, to address legal issues related to cross-border adoptions in the EU. Presented in a first session dedicated to "Citizens' concerns and petitions on adoption cross-border legal issues in the EU", the two first papers deal with "Child protection: tensions created by the diversity of the domestic laws of EU Member States" and "The view of Ombudsmen for Children from ...

At the request of the PETI Committee and on the basis of petitions submitted on the matter of adoption without parental consent in England and Wales, this study examines the law and practice in England and Wales, in comparison to other jurisdictions within the European Union. It further details the procedures followed by the English courts in relation to child protection proceedings involving a child who has a connection to another EU Member State, and gives recommendations for cooperation between ...

Il presente studio offre una panoramica preliminare dell'ampio spettro delle tematiche politiche legate alla pratica della maternità surrogata a livello nazionale, europeo e globale, ed esamina nel dettaglio gli approcci giuridici nazionali in materia. Lo studio analizza inoltre la normativa esistente a livello UE e le norme della Convenzione europea dei diritti dell'uomo per stabilire quali obblighi e possibilità sussistano per la maternità surrogata a livello nazionale e transnazionale. Lo studio ...

Surrogacy is an increasingly common reproductive practice. Today, stories about surrogacy regularly appear in popular culture and news outlets, while the number of organisations offering surrogacy services is clearly on the rise, as is the number of cases involving surrogacy in courts across the EU. Surrogacy raises important legal issues, such as whether surrogacy contracts should be enforceable, as well as questions pertaining to the legal parenthood of a child born to a surrogate mother and his ...

This paper focuses upon the UK, common law perspective of mutual recognition of same-sex marriage, of civil partnerships of same-sex and opposite sex couples, covering matters relating to marriage/civil partnership, divorce/dissolution, ancillary relief/financial provision and issues relating to children.