Translations of the 2015 Principles

The following translations of the Hague Principles are available through this website:

  • Portuguese (Portugal)
    (kindly provided by the Direcção-Geral da Política de Justiça, Ministério da Justiça / Directorate-General for Justice Policy, Ministry of Justice)

  • Spanish
    (kindly provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain and revised by the Permanent Bureau)

  • Korean
    (This translation was kindly provided by Judge Haerang LEE (reviewed by Professor Kwang Hyun SUK and Dr Changmin CHUN). It was published by Korean Judicial Research and Training Institute.)

The following translations of the 12 articles of the Principles are available through this website:

  • Arabic
    (This translation was kindly provided by the translation services of the United Nations)

  • Bengla 
    (This translation was kindly prepared by Mr Mahfuzul Islam Al Asad)

  • Chinese
    (This translation was kindly provided by the translation services of the United Nations)

  • Farsi
    (This translation was kindly prepared by Farhad Piri with the assistance of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Centre (TCCAC))

  • Greek
    (This translation was generously offered by Professor Ioannis Voulgaris)

  • Indonesian
    (This translation was generously offered by Dr Afifah KUSUMADARA, Mr. Zairul Alam, Ms. Ranitya Ganindha, Ms. Nanda Saraswati, and Mr. Setiawan Wicaksono (lecturers at the Faculty of Law, Brawijaya University))

  • Mongolian
    (This translation was kindly prepared by Mr Gankhuyag Puravdorj)

  • Polish
    (This translation was generously offered by Dr hab. Piotr Tereszkiewicz. It is published on Kwartalnik Prawa Prywatnego, Volume XXV: 2016, No. 4, pp. 930-939, and reproduced here with the authorisation of the translator and the publisher)

  • Portuguese (Brazil)
    (This translation was generously offered by Frederico E. Z. Glitz)

  • Romanian
    (This translation was kindly prepared by Dr Radu Bobei)

  • Russian
    (This translation was kindly provided by the translation services of the United Nations)

  • Serbian (Serbian-English version)
    (This translation was kindly prepared by attorney at law Marija Vidović, LL.M. and revised by Professor Maja Stanivuković)

  • Ukranian
    (This translation was kindly prepared by Ms Kateryna Tsirat)

  • Vietnamese
    (This translation was kindly prepared by Ms Hoang Ngoc Bich and shared by the Department of International Law of the Ministry of Justice)