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Maqsut Narikbayev University welcomed Christophe Bernasconi, Secretary General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). During a meeting with the university’s leadership and professors, the parties discussed promising areas for cooperation.
The parties exchanged views on the implementation of HCCH initiatives and the improvement of national legislation. Christophe Bernasconi expressed his willingness to provide personal expert and advisory support in the process of reforming private international law in Kazakhstan. The HCCH Secretary General also familiarized himself with the university’s infrastructure and research activities.
Dr. Bernasconi has served as Secretary General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law since 2013. He plays a key role in advancing HCCH’s normative and non-normative work across three main areas: cross-border litigation and the authentication of public documents (apostille); international family and child protection law; and international commercial, digital, and financial law. He developed and implemented the electronic Apostille Programme (e-APP), which is now used worldwide.
The meeting also featured a presentation of the university’s Legal Graph project, which aims to digitalize the legal sector using artificial intelligence. The solution is designed to transform legal provisions into structured legal knowledge, enabling the analysis, interpretation, and application of legislation. The project also provides for the identification of legal conflicts and supports legal assessment.
It should be noted that the HCCH is an intergovernmental international organization established to promote the progressive unification of the rules of private international law.
