The Council reviewed the work of the Organisation during the prior year and charted the course for future work. Some of the key decisions included the continuation of the Judgments Project as a priority topic, the establishment of an Experts’ Group to explore the feasibility of advancing work on the Parentage / Surrogacy Project, the establishment of an Experts’ Group to investigate the issues that may arise with the use of video-link and other modern technologies in the taking of evidence abroad.