whereas family law (notably marriage and divorce law) often puts women in a weaker legal and financial position, and whereas courts sometimes add to the inequalities between men and women by applying family law on the basis of traditional role models instead of equal rights,

It should contain one or more items from a scheme containing values for civil law, commercial law, family law, insolvency law, private international law, criminal law, EU law, administrative law, tax law, international public law and constitutional law, and may contain a more specific description of the field of law.

“This Regulation is a milestone in the creation of a common judicial area in family law matters and a significant step forward in the EU policy to protect and promote the rights of the child” said Franco Frattini, Vice President of the Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security.

The fourth part of the Council report deals with family law and does not need to be summarised in detail here as family law is outside of the scope of the Commission's Communication.

The free circulation of judgments is particularly important in the family law area that touches directly on peoples' lives.

The project leader is the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH), based in Paris, which will implement the project with various partners in the region, such as the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and Environment, the Jordanian Society for Human Rights, the Lebanese Association for Human Rights, the Foundation for Human and Humanitarian Rights in Lebanon, the Moroccan Association for Human Rights, the Moroccan Organization for Human Rights and the Tunisian League for Human Rights.