ContentsIntroduction to Status and Family Relationships in European Private International Law 1Silvia Marino, Anna Wysocka-Bar and Javier Carrascosa González1 European private international law: alongside the citizen, from cradle to grave? 9Camelia Toader and Ioan-Luca Vlad2 Fundamental rights in Europe: an introduction to ECHR and CFREU 31Paula Poretti3 Right to respect for private and family life in ECtHR's case law 46Satu Heikkilä4 Reassignment of sex assigned at birth and private international law 63Anna Wysocka-Bar5 The Hague Adults Convention: at the cross-roads of the right to be protected and having one's individual autonomy respected 85Katja Karjalainen6 Status within the family: the status of children born following an international surrogacy agreement under an EU (privateinternational) law perspective 104Laura Carpaneto7 The Proposal for a European Regulation on parenthood: main challenges 124Cristina González Beilfuss8 Cross-border recognition of international and foreign adoptions: challenges and perspectives 138Chiara Ragni9 The Brussels II b Regulation: key novelties in international child abduction 154Nadia Rusinova10 Acceptance and recognition of civil status: European Union and ICCS 175Etienne Pataut11 Divorce and separation in European private international law: new and old challenges 192Máire Ní Shúilleabháin12 From tort to family law: compensation for cross-border child abduction 213Nadia Rusinova.