Objective

Over the past 15 years, we have seen the rapid expansion of surrogacy, both in frequency and in geographical scope. Across Europe, there are vast differences in approach, ranging from prohibitive regimes ( France and Germany) to the more tolerant ( England and Wales) and those that adopt a regulatory approach ( Greece). For surrogates, intended parents and children, the situation remains highly complex and fraught with legal difficulties.

This conference will discuss the legal consequences of the rise in surrogacy arrangements and, in particular, reproductive ; It will address questions of parenthood and conflict of laws through the lens of domestic law in European jurisdictions, as well as the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.
 

Organisers

ERA (Dr Angelika Fuchs) in cooperation with Cambridge Family Law, University of Cambridge

Who should attend?

Lawyers in private practice dealing with family law, interest group representatives, judges, notaries, ministry officials and academics.

Speakers

Rose-Marie Drury, Senior Associate, Mills & Reeve, Manchester

Anatol Dutta, Professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Esther Farnós Amorós, Professor at the Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona

Claire Fenton-Glynn, University Lecturer, University of Cambridge

Deirdre Fottrell QC, Barrister, 1 Garden Court, London

Susan Golombok, Professor and Director of the Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge

Nick Hopkins, Professor at the University of Reading; Law Commissioner, Law Commission of England and Wales, London

Anne-Marie Hutchinson OBE, QC (Hon), Partner, Dawson Cornwell, London

Laura Martínez-Mora, Principal Legal Officer, Hague Conference on Private International Law, The Hague

Walter Pintens, Emeritus Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven

Jane Russell, Barrister, Essex Court Chambers, London

Jens M. Scherpe, Director of the Cambridge Family Law Centre and Reader in Comparative Law, University of Cambridge

Velina Todorova, Member of the UNHR Committee of the Rights of the Child, University of Plovdiv

Katarina Trimmings, Lecturer, University of Aberdeen

Eleni Zervogianni, Assistant Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki