ContentsIntroduction to status and family relationships in European private international law 1SilviaMarino,AnnaWysocka-Bar,andJavierCarrascosaGonzález1 European private international law: alongside the citizen, from cradle to grave? 9CameliaToaderandIoan-LucaVlad2 Fundamental rights in Europe: an introduction to ECHR and CFREU 31PaulaPoretti3 Right to respect for private and family life in ECtHR's case law 46SatuHeikkilä4 Reassignment of sex assigned at birth and private international law 64AnnaWysocka-Bar5 The Hague Adults Convention: at the cross-roads of the right to be protected and having one's individual autonomy respected 86KatjaKarjalainen6 Status within the family: the status of children born following an international surrogacy agreement under an EU (private international) law perspective 105LauraCarpaneto7 The Proposal for a European Regulation on parenthood: main challenges 125CristinaGonzálezBeilfuss8 Cross-border recognition of international and foreign adoptions: challenges and perspectives 139 Chiara Ragni 9 The Brussels II b Regulation: key novelties in international child abduction 155 Nadia Rusinova 10 Acceptance and recognition of civil status: European Union and ICCS 176 Etienne Pataut 11 Divorce and separation in European private international law: new and old challenges 193 Máire Ní Shúilleabháin 12 From tort to family law: compensation for cross-border child abduction 214 Nadia Rusinova.