Our international work reached a turning point when we decided, alongside 18 other countries (Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Switzerland and Uruguay), to create the International Union of Notaries (www.uinl.org). It now has 91 members!
France took over the role of President of the International Union of Notaries for the very first time with Pierre Deteix.
First Congress of the International Union of Notaries held in France.
Second Congress of the International Union of Notaries held in France and opened by the Prime Minister.
France took over the role of President of the International Union of Notaries for the very second time with Louis Chaine.
Opened an office of French notaries in Brussels.
First congress of European notaries held in Rome and presided by Claude Jaquet, a French notary.
European Network of Registers of Wills launched, to make it easier to find wills in other European countries. It now has 20 members. (www.arert.eu)
Organised the very first Colloquium of Mediterranean Notariats in Marseille.
Organised an international colloquium on the theme of “Security of Land Tenure – Economic Prosperity” under the patronage of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Attended by all types of professionals involved in land management and international stakeholders, the colloquium raised awareness of the magnitude of the issues at stake.
France took over as president of the International Union of Notaries for the third time with Jean-Paul Decorps.
Involved in the publication of a book entitled “La terre, un droit humain”, written by Abdoulaye Harissou (a notary in Cameroon) and published by Dunod. The book was prefaced by Jacques Chirac and Abdou Diouf and presented concrete proposals for improving the security of land tenure worldwide, through micro-ownership.
Signed our first agreements with international organisations, namely UN-Habitat and the International Development Law Organization.
Committed, with the World Bank, to a global forum on law, justice and development.
Heavily involved in the launch of the EU-Fides project: a shared platform facilitating cooperation between notaries in Europe.
“Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests”, to which we contributed, adopted by the 96 members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Branch of our entity opened in Beijing, at the University of Political Science and Law.
Signed an agreement with UNICEF to develop the legal protection of children worldwide, as children are the first victims of insecurity.
Organised the third Congress of the International Union of Notaries in Paris, in the presence of the French, Serbian and Georgian Ministers of Justice.
At Expo 2017 Astana on “Future Energy. Action for Global Sustainability”, organised a legal forum on “Sustainable Development for Notaries” with the French Ambassador in the French pavilion, with the participation of the notarial profession of Russia and seven countries from central Asia.
Signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese Association of Notaries to facilitate Franco-Chinese exchanges.
Annual Congress of French Notaries held abroad for the very first time, in Brussels, with an international theme.
Signed a new cooperation agreement with the Serbian Ministry of Justice to improve the digital tools available to notaries in Serbia.
Lionel Galliez, notaire in France, is elected President of the International Union of Notaries for three years. It’s the fourth time that this institution is chaired by a French notaire.
For the first time, France hosted the World Notariat University ‘Jean-Paul Decorps’ organised by the International Union of Notaries. The selective event was attended by almost 100 young notaries from 44 countries.
