Principles of European Family Law regarding Parental Responsibilities

In these Principles, the CEFL has developed a comprehensive and original set of rules in the field of parental responsibilities based on respect for the rights of the child, non-discrimination and, as far as possible, self-determination. In their provisions on specific issues the Principles opt for solutions which seem to be workable and shall avoid unnecessary hardship and disputes.

Cristina Gozàlez Beilfuss has a law degree at the University of Barcelona (1989) and a PhD in law at the same university (1994). Since 1990 she is Professor at the University of Barcelona. She was visiting Professor at the universities of Würzburg (Germany), Nijmega (Netherlands) and Recife (Brazil) as well as at the Academy of European Law (ERA); member of the Organising Committee of the Commission on European Family law; member of the Board Directors of the Spanish Association of professors of law international and international relations; and President of the Associació de estudis internacionals jurídics.Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg; LL.D. Uppsala University; Honorary doctorates from the universities of Oslo, Helsinki and Bergen; Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law; Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities; President of the Swedish Foundation on Humanities and Social Sciences (RJ); Member of the Organising Committee of the Commission on European Family Law; Legal consultant at the Swedish Government Offices; Söderberg Laureate in Jurisprudence 2013; Rudbeck's Gold Medal 2011; Thuréus Laureate in Social Sciences 2010; Idman's award 1997. Nigel Lowe is Emeritus Professor ( LLB (Sheffield), LLD (Cardiff)). He is Barrister of the Inner Temple. Until his retirement in 2014, he was a Professor of Law at Cardiff Law School since 1991 and Head of School from 2010-2013. He is a expert on Family Law and a specialist in (International) Child Law.He is a consultant to the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the Council of Europe. He is a member of the UK's International Family Law Committee and of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Family Law; member of the Organising Committee of the Commission on European Family Law; and an advisory board member of the US based International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children. He is a Dartington Research Fellow and was a former Chairman of the Legal Group of the British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering.Dieter Martiny is emeritus Professor at Europa-Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder.Dieter Martiny studied law in Heidelberg, Freiburg, Hamburg and Munich from 1963 to 1968. He passed the first and the second State Exam in Munich. After his PhD (1975) and habilitation (1995) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, he was a senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for foreign and international private law in Hamburg from 1974-1996. Besides that, he was a professor in Hamburg and Osnabrück.Since 2009, he is a guest professor at the Max Planck Institute for foreign and international private law in Hamburg.