Recast of the Regulations on divorce – The European Union and Regulations and Conventions on uniform substantive law — Current developments in Union law: The effect of foreign mandatory rules, remarks on the Nikiforidis judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union; Regulations on matrimonial property regimes and the property effects of registered partnerships; Brexit and private international law; Personal status of migrants – Current work of the Commission – News from the Hague Conference: the Judgments project – Current case law of the European Court of Human Rights – Current national laws: Italian legislation on civil union; German legislation on same-sex marriage and on the fight against child marriages – Examination of the advisability of a European instrument on rights in rem.