PAX 3.0 (Private International Law in Motion 3.0) is a specialized research project funded by the European Union’s Justice Programme (2021–2027). It has been established as a continuation of the PAX 2.0 Project (2022–2024), the PAX Project (2020–2022), and the JUDGTRUST Project (2018–2020).
PAX 3.0 pursues a twofold objective:
- Raising awareness of EU private international law among students and the academic community through the organization of the PAX Moot Court; and
- Providing training in EU private international law for legal professionals within the framework of the PAX Awareness Raising Events.
The first edition of the EU-sponsored PAX Moot Court took place during the 2018/2019 academic year as part of the JUDGTRUST Project. Since then, the competition has grown significantly, with interest extending well beyond the borders of the European Union. This growth has largely been made possible by the EU-funded PAX Project (2020–2022) and the PAX 2.0 Project (2022–2024), which supported the organization of the last four editions of the competition. Today, the PAX community includes a growing network of students, legal professionals, and academics from a diverse range of universities.
The PAX Project (2020–2022) also enabled the launch of the PAX Judicial Trainings, which continued under the PAX 2.0 Project (2022–2024). Building on this experience, the PAX 3.0 Project aims to expand these training activities and reach an even broader audience of legal professionals.
PAX 3.0 further seeks to ensure the correct and consistent application of EU private international law and to contribute to ongoing judicial training programmes on civil judicial cooperation within the EU, such as through collaboration with the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) and support for other judicial networks.
PAX 3.0 is conducted by a consortium of seven institutions:
- University of Antwerp, Belgium (Coordinator)
- Asser Institute, The Netherlands
- Maastricht University, The Netherlands
- Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria
- Université Paris Dauphine, France
- University of Barcelona, Spain
- University of Ljubljana, Slovenia