The Service Convention enters into force for Tunisia

On 1 February 2018, the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (Service Convention) entered into force for Tunisia, following its accession to the Convention on 10 July 2017. The Service Convention currently has 73 Contracting Parties.

Tunisia has been a Member of the Hague Conference since 4 November 2014 and is party to three Hague Conventions, the two others being the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (Apostille Convention).

More information is available on the Service Section of the Hague Conference website.