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34: Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children

Entry into force: 1-I-2002

Members of the Organisation

Albania

Albania - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministria e Drejtësisë (Ministry of Justice)
Blvd "ZOG i I-rë"
TIRANA
Albania
Tel.: +355 4 2259-390/91  Ext: 71114
Tel.: +355 4 2228359
Fax: +355 4 2234560
Internet: www.drejtesia.gov.al

(This page was last updated on 1 July 2016)

Armenia

Armenia - Central Authority (Art. 29)

The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
0010, 3/8 Vazgen Sargsyan street
Yerevan
Republic of Armenia

Australia

Australia - Central Authority (Art. 29) / competent authority (Art. 44)

POUR LE COMMONWEALTH CENTRAL AUTHORITY / FOR THE COMMONWEALTH CENTRAL AUTHORITY*

International Family Law Section
Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department
Robert Garran Offices
3-5 National Circuit, Barton
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Australia
Tel.: +61 (2) 6141 3100 or 1800 100 480

Contact persons:

* Note: The Convention extends to the legal system applicable only in the Australian States and mainland Territories. Some Australian State and Territory agencies have been appointed to carry out some functions under the Convention but are not authorised to receive or transmit applications. Communications should be sent in the first instance to the Attorney-General's Department. 

POUR LE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY/FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Director-General
Community Services Directorate
11 Moore Street
CANBERRA ACT  2601

Attention: Anne Martens, Senior Director, Legal Services Unit

POUR L'ÉTAT DE NEW SOUTH WALES/FOR THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Director General
Department of Family and Community Services
Level 3, 2 Cavill Avenue
ASHFIELD NSW 2131

Attention: General Counsel
Email: FACS.LegalInbox@facs.nsw.gov.au

POUR L'ÉTAT DU NORTHERN TERRITORY/FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

Chief Executive
Department of Children and Families
PO BOX 40596
CASUARINA NT 0811

Contact person:

POUR L'ÉTAT DE SOUTH AUSTRALIA/FOR THE STATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Chief Executive
Department for Child Protection
Level 1, 31 Flinders St
ADELAIDE SA 5000
Contact person: Director, Legal Services
Email: dcphague@sa.gov.au

POUR L'ETAT DE TASMANIE/FOR THE STATE OF TASMANIA

Secretary
Department for Education, Children and Young People
GO BOX 169
HOBART TASMANIA  7001

Contact person:

POUR L'ÉTAT DE QUEENSLAND/FOR THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND
Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs
Court Services
Locked Bag 3405
Brisbane Q 4001

Contact Person:

POUR L'ÉTAT DE VICTORIA/FOR THE STATE OF VICTORIA

Secretary
Department of Human Services
Level 20, 50 Lonsdale Street
MELBOURNE  VIC  3001

Attention: Tamara Fish
E: interstateliaison@dffh.vic.gov.au 

POUR L'ÉTAT DE WESTERN AUSTRALIA/FOR THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Director General
Department of Communities
5 Newman Court
Fremantle
WA 6160

Attention: Tara Gupta
E: tara.gupta@communities.wa.gov.au

Australia - competent authority (Art. 40)

  • The Family Court of Australia
  • The Federal Magistrates Court
  • The Family Court of Western Australia
  • The Supreme Court of New South Wales
  • The Supreme Court of Victoria
  • The Supreme Court of Queensland
  • The Supreme Court of Western Australia
  • The Supreme Court of South Australia
  • The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, and
  • The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory.

Tasmania has designated its Central Authority as competent to draw up the certificates under Article 40.

Austria

Austria - Central Authority (Art. 29, 45)

Federal Ministry of Justice
Museumstraße 7
1070 Vienna
Austria
Tel.: +43 1 52 1 52 - 0
Fax: + 43 1 52 1 52 - 2829
E-mail: team.z@bmj.gv.at (mode de communication préféré / preferred method of communication)
Website: www.bmj.gv.at
Langues de communication / Languages of communication: allemand, anglais, français / German, English, French

Personnes à contacter / Contact persons:

  • Mr Robert Fucik
  • Mr Angelo Rosenberg
  • Ms Ulrike Toyooka

Belgium

Belgium - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Service Public Fédéral Justice
Direction générale de la Législation et des Libertés et Droits fondamentaux
Service de Coopération internationale civile
Boulevard de Waterloo 115
B - 1000 BRUXELLES
BELGIQUE

Tel. : + 32 2 542 65 11
E-mail : dh1996@just.fgov.be

Contact persons / Personnes à contacter:

  • Ms/Mme Vesselina ARAPTCHEVA
    (néerlandais, anglais, français, bulgare / Dutch, English, French, Bulgarian)
    Tel. : + 32 2 542 65 88
  • Ms/Mme Olfa BENIOUCEF
    (français, anglais / French, English)
    Tel.: +32 2 542 67 60
  • Ms/Mme Maïlys MACHIELS
    (français, anglais / French, English)
    Tel. : + 32 2 542 67 19

Bulgaria

Bulgaria - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministry of Justice
1, Slavianska Str.
Sofia 1040
Republic of Bulgaria

Costa Rica

Costa Rica - Central Authority (Art. 29)

PATRONATO NACIONAL DE LA INFANCIA
National Children’s Board
Postal Code:5000-1000 San José
E-mail: despachopresidencia@pani.go.cr; solicitudesinternacionales@pani.go.cr
Telephone: (506) 2523-0713/0891
Fax number: (506) 2523-0837

Contact Persons / Personnes à contacter :

  • Mariamalia Ruiz Schmidt
    Abogada
    Asesoría Jurídica
    mruizs@pani.go.cr
    Teléfonos: 506-2523-0803 / 2523-0739/ 506-8655-5459

Croatia

Croatia - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy
Ulica grada Vukovara 78
10 000 Zagreb
Republic of Croatia
numéro de téléphone/telephone number: +385 1 555 7015
numéro de télécopie/telefax number: + 385 1 555 7222
adresse e-mail/e-mail address: pisarnica@mrosp.hr
Languages of communication: Croatian, English

Croatia - competent authority (Art. 44)

Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy
Ulica grada Vukovara 78
10 000 Zagreb
Republic of Croatia
numéro de téléphone/telephone number: +385 (1) 555 7111 / +385 (1) 555 7015 / +385 (1) 555 7222
numéro de télécopie/telefax number: +385 (1) 555 7222
adresse e-mail/e-mail address: pisarnica@mrosp.hr

Personnes à contacter / contact persons:

  • Ms Sunčica Lončar, Head of the Service for International Cooperation in the field of Protection of Children
    Telephone: + 385 1 555 7363
    E-mail: Suncica.Loncar@mrosp.hr
    Languages of communication: Croatian, English

  • Ms Jasna Palić Babić, senior advisor-specialist
    Telephone:+ 385 1 555 7125
    E-mail: Jasna.PalicBabic@mrosp.hr
    Languages of communication: Croatian, English

  • Ms Dina Šobot, advisor
    Telephone: + 385 1 555 7132
    E-mail: Dina.Sobot@mrosp.hr
    Languages of communication: Croatian, English

Cyprus

Cyprus - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministry of Justice and Public Order
International Legal Co-operation Unit
125 Athalassas Avenue
1461 NICOSIA
Cyprus
tel.: +357 (22) 805 955
fax: +357 (22) 518 356
e-mail: registry@mjpo.gov.cy

Czech Republic

Czech Republic - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Úřad pro mezinárodněprávní ochranu dětí
(Office for International Legal Protection of Children)
Šilingrovo náměstí 3/4
602 00 BRNO
Czech Republic
Tel. +420 542 215 522
Fax: 542 212 836
Internet: www.umpod.cz

Personnes à contacter / Persons to contact:

  • Mr Zdeněk KAPITÁN
    Director
    (langues de communication / languages of communication: allemand, anglais / German, English)
    E-mail: podatelna@umpod.cz

  • Mrs Markéta KAČEROVÁ NOVÁKOVÁ
    Deputy Director
    (langues de communication / languages of communication: allemand, anglais /German, English)
    E-mail: podatelna@umpod.cz

Czech Republic - authority (Art. 44)

Ministry of Justice
Vyšehradská 16
PRAHA 2
Czech Republic

Denmark

Denmark - competent authority (Art. 44)

"In accordance with Article 44, the Kingdom of Denmark designates the Central Authority as the authority to which requests under Articles 8, 9 and 33 are to be addressed."

The Child Abduction Unit
The Ministry for Social Affairs, Housing and Senior Citizens
Holmens Kanal 22
DK - 1060 Copenhagen K
Telephone: +45 33 92 93 00
Fax: +45 33 11 00 50
Email: sikkermail.ke@sm.dk
Internet: http://www.boernebortfoerelse.dk/ and www.sm.dk

Contact persons / Personnes à Contacter:

  • Ms Kristine Kirkegaard, Legal Advisor
    Tel. + 45 41 85 11 97
    Email: krkk@sm.dk
    Languages of communication: Danish and English

  • Ms Sofie Nygaard Ekstrøm, Legal Advisor
    Tel. + 45 41 85 10 53
    Email: sone@sm.dk
    Languages of communication: Danish, English and Spanish

  • Mr Jens Ross Jensen, Legal Advisor
    Tel. + 45 41 85 14 37
    Email: jrje@sm.dk
    Languages of communication: Danish and English

  • Ms Nana Lykke, Legal Advisor
    Tel. + 45 41 85 14 61
    Email: nlah@sm.dk
    Languages of communication: Danish and English.

Note:
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Housing and Senior Citizens has also been designated as the Central Authority for Greenland.

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Consejo Nacional Para la Niñez y la Adolescencia (National Council for Childhood and Adolescence) (CONANI)
Avenida Máximo Gómez No. 154, esq. Rep. de Paraguay
Ensanche la Fé
Apartado Postal 2081
SANTO DOMINGO
Dominican Republic
Tel.: +1 (809) 567 2233
Fax: +1 (809) 472 8343
E-mail: conani@conani.gov.do

Ecuador

Ecuador - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Dirección de Protección, Reparación Integral y Autoridad Central
Ministerio de la Mujer y Derechos Humanos
General Robles E3-33 entre Ulpiano Pérez y 9 de Octubre
Quito
Ecuador
Tel: 593-2 395-5840
E-mail: autoridadcentral@derechoshumanos.gob.ec
Website / Site Internet: www.derechoshumanos.gob.ec

Personne à contacter/contact person:

Estonia

Estonia - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministry of Justice
Suur-Ameerika 1, 
15006 Tallinn
Estonia
tel.: +372 620 8100
fax: +372 620 8109
e-mail: central.authority@just.ee;
general website: www.just.ee

Contact persons / Personnes à contacter:

  • Ms Anastasia Sanchez Fernandez, Adviser
    International Judicial Co-operation Unit
    Ministry of Justice
    tel.: +372 620 8183
    e-mail: central.authority@just.ee
    contact languages: Estonian, English, Russian

  • Ms Marii-Elisa Pärna, Adviser
    International Judicial Co-Operation Unit
    Ministry of Justice of Estonia
    tel.: +372 7153443
    e-mail: marii-elisa.parna@just.ee

Finland

Finland - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministry of Justice
International Affairs
Postal address: P.O. Box 25, FIN-00023 Government
Street address: Eteläesplanadi 10, FIN-00130 Helsinki
Finland
Telephone: +358 29 516001
Fax: +358 (9) 1606 7524
E-mail: central.authority.om@gov.fi

Persons to contact / Personnes à contacter :

  • Ms Tuuli Kainulainen
    Legal Adviser
    (langues de communication / languages of communication: finnois, anglais, estonien / Finnish, English, Estonian)
    tel.: +358 29 5150 103

  • Ms Maija Leppä
    Legal Adviser
    (langues de communication / languages of communica-tion: anglais, finnois, suédois, allemand / English, Finnish, Swedish, German)
    tel.: +358 29 5150 301

Preferred method of communication: by email.

France

France - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministère de la Justice
Direction des Affaires Civiles et du Sceau
Département de l’entraide, du droit international privé et européen (DEDIPE)
13, Place Vendôme
75042 PARIS Cedex 01
France
numéro de téléphone/telephone number: +33 (1) 44 77 61 05
numéro de télécopie/telefax number: +33 (1) 44 77 61 22
messagerie/E-mail : entraide-civile-internationale@justice.gouv.fr
Site web : www.justice.gouv.fr

personnes à contacter / persons to contact:

  • Mme Tania Jewczuk, cheffe du bureau / Head of office
    (langues de communication / languages of communication: français, anglais / French, English)
    E-mail: tania.jewczuk@justice.gouv.fr

Georgia

Georgia - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministry of Justice of Georgia
International Relations and Legal Cooperation Department
24a Gorgasali St.
0144 TBILISI
Georgia
Working hours of the Ministry of Justice: 09:00 am till 6:00 pm (lunch: 1:00 to 2:00 pm)
Tel.: (+995 32) 2 40 57 69
Fax: (+995 32) 2 40 52 04
E-mail: Intlawdep@justice.gov.ge
Website: https://justice.gov.ge/?lang=2

Personnes à contacter / persons to contact:

  • Mrs. Ketevan Sarajishvili
    Head of International Relations and Legal Cooperation Department
    Language of communication: Georgian, English, Russian
    Email: ksarajishvili@justice.gov.ge

  • Ms. Ana Shonia
    Senior Specialist at International Relations and Legal Cooperation Department
    International Legal Cooperation Unit
    Language of communication: Georgian, English, Russian
    Tel: (+995 32) 2 40 57 69
    Fax: (+995 32) 2 40 52 04
    Cell: (+995 568) 44 88 21
    E-mail: ashonia@justice.gov.ge

Germany

Germany - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Bundesamt für Justiz (Federal Office of Justice)
Zentrale Behörde (Central Authority)
53094 Bonn
Germany
Tel.: +49 (228) 99 410 5212
Fax: +49 (228) 99 410 5401
Email: int.sorgerecht@bfj.bund.de
Website: www.bundesjustizamt.de

Germany - competent authority (Art. 44)

Ad Article 44 of the Convention (Competent courts and authorities)

aa) Competent authority pursuant to Article 33 of the Convention:
The responsibility for approving the placement of a child pursuant to Article 33 of the Hague Convention of 19 October 1996 within Germany shall be the supralocal public youth welfare authority (Land Youth Welfare Office, Landesjugendamt) in whose district the requesting authority proposes to place the child, otherwise the supralocal authority with whose area the Central Authority has identified the most substantial connection. Land Berlin shall be secondarily responsible.

bb) Authorities to which requests pursuant to Articles 8 and 9 of the Convention are to be directed:

In court proceedings relating to parental responsibility, the following Family Courts are responsible locally:

(a) While matrimonial proceedings are pending, the Family Court where the matrimonial proceedings are or were pending in the first instance has exclusive responsibility in so far as the proceedings affect the spouses' joint children.
(b) Otherwise responsibility lies with the Family Court within whose jurisdiction the child has its habitual residence.
(c) If there is no competence under (a) or (b) above, responsibility lies with the Family Court within whose area of jurisdiction the need for care becomes evident.

In cases concerning rights of access, parental authority or the surrender of children, the request may also be directed to the Family Court at the seat of the Higher Regional Court within whose area of jurisdiction the child is habitually resident if one parent has his/her habitual place of residence in another Member State of the European Union or in another Contracting State of the Hague Convention ("family court with specialist responsibility"). Family Courts with specialist responsibility specialize in international parent and child cases.
If an application for the recognition or enforcement of a decision pursuant to the Convention, Regulation (EC) No. 2201/2003 or the European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions concerning Custody of Children and on Restoration of Custody of Children of 20 May 1980 or an application under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Inter-national Child Abduction of 25 October 1980 is or becomes pending at a German Family Court with specialist responsibility, this same Family Court becomes responsible for all proceedings relating to rights of access, parental authority or surrender of children in respect of that child.

Family Courts with specialist responsibility are

a) for the district of Berlin Higher Regional Court: Pankow/Weißensee Local Court;
b) for the districts of the Higher Regional Courts in Lower Saxony: Celle Local Court;
c) otherwise: the Local Court in whose district a Higher Regional Court is located.

The Central Authority can provide help with identifying the competent court or pass requests on to the competent court.

Greece

Greece - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Hellenic Ministry of Justice
Directorate of Special Legal Affairs
Department of Private International Law
96 Mesogeion Av.
Athens 11527
Greece
numéro de téléphone/telephone number: +30 213 130 7480, +30 213 130 7341
adresse e-mail/e-mail address: civilunit@justice.gov.gr, xpappa@justice.gov.gr, mdetsi@justice.gov.gr
Internet: http://www.ministryofjustice.gr/

Personnes à contacter / Persons to contact:

  • Ms. Xanthippi Pappa
    Head of the Department of Private International Law
    (languages of communication: Greek, English)

  • Ms. Matina Detsi
    Department of Private International Law
    (languages of communication: Greek, English)

Honduras

Honduras - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Dirección de Niñez, Adolescencia y Familia (DINAF)
Unidad Técnica Ejecutora de los Convenios de la Haya
Colonia Humuya
Calle La Salud, No 1101 frente a puente desnivel de El Prado
TEGUCIGALPA
Honduras
Numéro de téléphone/telephone number: +504 2239 3131
Internet: www.dinaf.gob.hn
Email: convenciondelahayadinaf@gmail.com

Personne à contacter/Contact person:

Hungary

Hungary - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Hungary - Central Authority (Art. 29)
Ministry of Interior
Department of Child Protection and Guardianship
1011 BUDAPEST
Fő utca 44-50.
Hungary
(Postal address: PO Box 1, 1884 Budapest)
tel.: +36-1-795-5468; +36-1-795-3155
e-mail: gyergyam@bm.gov.hu; kozponti.hatosag@bm.gov.hu

Ireland

Ireland - Central Authority (Art. 29) / competent authority (Art. 44)

Central Authority for International Child Abduction
Department of Justice and Equality
51 St Stephen’s Green
DUBLIN 2
Ireland
numéro de téléphone/telephone number: +353 (1) 602 8202 (switchboard)
adresse e-mail/e-mail address: internationalchildabduction@justice.ie
Internet: http://www.justice.ie/

Personnes à contacter / persons to contact:

  • Ms Catherine MacEnri, Head of Unit
    tel.: +353 (1) 859 2232
    (langue de communication/language of communication: anglais/English)

  • Ms Mary Ita O’Sullivan
    tel.: +353 (1) 859 2232
    (langue de communication/language of communication: anglais/English)

  • Mr Aidan Doyle
    tel.: +353 (1) 859 2232
    (langue de communication/language of communication: anglais/English)

  • Mr Michael Madders
    tel.: +353 (1) 859 2232
    (langue de communication/language of communication: anglais/English)

  • Mr James Whelan
    tel.: +353 (1) 859 2232
    (langue de communication/language of communication: anglais/English)

Italy

Italy - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri
Ufficio del Segretario Generale
Palazzo Chigi – Piazza Colonna, 370
00187 - Rome (Italy) 

Contact persons / Personnes à contacter: 

Latvia

Latvia - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministry of Justice
International Cooperation Department
Brivibas Blvd. 36
Riga, LV-1536
Latvia
Telephone: +371 6703 6801
Fax: +371 6721 0823
E-mail: pasts@tm.gov.lv
Website: www.tm.gov.lv

Persons to contact / Personnes à contacter :

  • Ms Liva Upena
    Lawyer of International Cooperation Department
    Telephone: (+371) 6 7036790
    E-mail: Liva.Upena@tm.gov.lv

  • Ms Inese Celmiņa
    Lawyer of International Cooperation Department
    Telephone: (+371) 6 7036836
    E-mail: Inese.Celmina@tm.gov.lv

  • Ms Anastasija Jumakova
    Deputy Director of International Cooperation Department
    Telephone: (+371) 6 7036866
    E-mail: Anastasija.Jumakova@tm.gov.lv

Languages of communication: Latvian, English, Russian

Latvia - competent authority (Art. 40)

The Orphan's and Custody Courts of the Republic of Latvia

Lithuania

Lithuania - Central Authority (Art. 29)

State Child Rights Protection and Adoption Service
Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania
Labdariu str. 8
01120 Vilnius
Lithuania
tel.: +370 (5) 231 0928
e-mail: info@vaikoteises.lt

Lithuania - competent authority (Art. 40)

The District Court of the Republic of Lithuania of the child's habutual residence

Lithuania - competent authority (Art. 44)

State Child Rights Protection and Adoption Service
Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania
Labdariu str. 8
01120 Vilnius
Lithuania
tel.: +370 (5) 231 0928
e-mail: info@vaikoteises.lt

Luxembourg

Luxembourg - Central Authority (Art. 29)

le Procureur général d'Etat
Cité Judiciaire
Plateau du St. Esprit
L-2080 Luxembourg
Numéro de téléphone/telephone number: Secrétariat/Secretariat: +352 47 59 81-2329
Numéro de télécopie/telefax number: +352 47 05 50
Courriel/Email: parquet.general@justice.etat.lu
Internet: www.justice.public.lu

Personnes à contacter / persons to contact:

Mme Anita LECUIT, Avocat général
tél.: +352 47 59 81-2329/2393
Email: anita.lecuit@justice.etat.lu
(langues de communication / languages of communication: français, allemand, anglais / French, German, English)

en son absence / in her absence:

M. Serge WAGNER, Premier avocat général
tél.: +352 47 59 81-2393/2329
(langues de communication / languages of communication: français, allemand, anglais / French, German, English) 

Malta

Malta - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Social Care Standards Authority
469 Bugeia Institute
St Joseph High Road
St Venera SVR 1012
Malta
Tel. No +356 25494000
e-mail address: maltaca.abductions@gov.mt
Website: www.scsa.gov.mt 

Contact Person:

Monaco

Monaco - Central Authority (Art. 29) / competent authority (Art. 44)

Direction des Services Judiciaires
Palais de Justice
5, rue Colonel Bellando de Castro
98000 MONACO
tel.: +377 9898 8811
fax: +377 9898 8589
email: dsj@justice.mc 

Personnes à contacter/contact persons:

  • M. Pierre-Erige Ciaudo
    Administrateur Juridique
    Direction des Services Judiciaires
    e-mail: peciaudo@justice.mc

Montenegro

Montenegro - Central Authority (Art. 29)

In accordance with Article 29 of the Convention, Montenegro declares that the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare is designated as Central Authority to discharge the duties which are imposed by the Convention on such authorities.

Contact person:
Goran Miškovic
e-mail: goran.miskovic@mrs.gov.me

 

Montenegro - competent authority (Art. 44)

In accordance with Article 44 of the Convention, Montenegro designates the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare as the authority to which requests under Articles 8, 9 and 33 are to be addressed.

Morocco

Morocco - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministère de la Justice
Direction des Affaires Civiles 
Division de gestion des mécanismes de coopération internationale en matière civile
Palais de la Mamounia
RABAT

numéro de téléphone/telephone number: +212 (0) 537 213 675
numéro de télécopie/fax number: +212 (0) 537 705 914
courriel/e-mail: entraidejcivil@justice.gov.ma

Personnes à contacter / Persons to contact:

Netherlands

Netherlands - Central Authority (Art. 29)

For the European part of the Netherlands: 

Dutch Central Authority
International Children’s Issues
Ministry of Justice and Security
Directorate-General for Sanctions and Protection
P.O. Box 20301
2500 EH THE HAGUE
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (70) 370 6252
Email: kinderbescherming@minjenv.nl 

Please note that all correspondence with the Dutch Central Authority must be in Dutch or in one of the official languages of the Hague Conventions.

For the Caribbean (the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) part of the Netherlands:

Guardianship Council (Voogdijraad)
Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland
Kaya Internashonal z/n
Postbus 357
Kralendijk
Bonaire 

The Central Authority for Curaçao is the Ministry of Justice:

Ministry of Justice
Wilhelminaplein
Willemstad
Curaçao
T: +5999 463 0600
E: http://www.gobiernu.cw/

Nicaragua

Nicaragua - Central Authority (Art. 29)

The Ministry of Family, Children and Youth
Ministerio de la Familia Adolescencia y Niñez (MIFAN)
Del Antiguo ENEL Central, 100 mts. al Sur
Apdo. 1292
Managua
Nicaragua

Tel.Fax: +505 2278-1620 / 2270-2644
Email: asuntosinternacionales@mifamilia.gob.ni
website: www.mifamilia.gob.ni  

Contact persons:

  • Dra. Johana Vanessa Flores Jiménez
    Ministra de la Familia, Adolescencia y Niñez
    Email: jflores@mifamilia.gob.ni
    Tel: +505 22781843

  • Dr. Milton David Zeledón Molina
    Director General de la Dirección General de Adopción
    Email: mdzeledon@mifamilia.gob.ni
    Tel: +505 22702644

Norway

Norway - Central Authority (Art. 29)

The Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs
Postal address:
The Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs
Central Authority for the Hague Convention of 1996
P.O. Box 2233
3103 Tønsberg
Norway

Office address (if sent by courier):
The Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs
Fredrik Selmers vei 3
0663 Oslo
Norway
Tel: + 47 466 15 000
Email: postmottak@bufdir.no / SentralmyndighetHaag1996@bufdir.no
Website: www.bufdir.no

Contact persons:

Paraguay

Paraguay - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Department of International Relations
Ministry of Childhood and Adolescence

Attention: Mr. Alfredo Nicolás Gaona Rojas
Directora General de la Dirección de Asuntos Internacionales
Ministerio de la Niñez y la Adolescencia
Avenida Mariscal López N° 2029 esq. Acá Carayá
Asunción
PARAGUAY
Tel.: +595 21 207 160
E-mail: asuntosinternacionales@minna.gov.py

Poland

Poland - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości   / Ministry of Justice
Departament Spraw Rodzinnych i Nieletnich / Department of Family and Juvenile Matters
Wydział Międzynarodowych Postępowań Rodzinnych  / Division of International Proceedings in Family Matters
Al. Ujazdowskie 11
00-950 WARSZAWA
P.O. Box 33
POLAND

Phone number: +48 22 23 90 470
Fax: +48 22 897 03 21
E-mail: Polandchildabduction@ms.gov.pl

Portugal

Portugal - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Direção-Geral da Administração da Justiça - Ministério da Justiça
(Directorate ­General for the Administration of Justice - Ministry of Justice)
Autoridade Central Portuguesa
Avenida D. João II
n.º 1.08.01, Edifício H
1990-097 Lisboa
Tel: +351 21 790 65 00
Fax: +351 21 154 51 16
E-mail:  criancas@dgaj.mj.pt
Internet: http://dgaj.justica.gov.pt/

Personnes à contacter / persons to contact:

  • Mrs. Elisabete MARTINS
    Phone: +351 21 790 6225
    Languages of communication: English, French, Portuguese

  • Mr. Miguel V ARA
    Phone: +351 21 790 6421
    Languages of communication: English, Portuguese, Spanish

Romania

Romania - Central Authority (Art. 29)

National Authority for the Protection of the Rights of the Child and Adoption (NAPCRA)
Ministry of Family, Youth and Equal Opportunities
B-dul Ghe. Magheru, no. 7
Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania
Telephone: +4(0) 213100789
Telefax +4(0) 213127474
Email: office@anpdca.ro
Web: www.copii.gov.ro

Romania - competent authority (Art. 40)

Tribunalul Bucuresti
Bd. Unirii 37, sector 3
030823 BUCURESTI
Romania
Email: tribunalul-bucuresti@just.ro

(This page was last updated on 14 September 2011)

Romania - competent authority (Art. 44)

For requests under Articles 8 and 9:

Ministry of Justice
Department of International Law and Judicial Co-operation
Service of  International Judicial Co-operation in Civil and Commercial Matters
Apolodor 17, Sector 5
050741 BUCURESTI
Romania
Tel.: +40 372 041 077
Fax: +40 372 041 079
Email: ddit@just.ro
Internet: www.just.ro

For requests under Article 33 only, the Central Authority remains competent.

Russian Federation

Russian Federation - Central Authority (Art. 29)

The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation
Department for children rights’ protection state policy
Karetny Riad Street, 2
Moscow,
Russia, 127006
Telephone numbers: +7 (495) 587-01-10, ext. 3450
E-mail: d07@edu.gov.ru

Persons to contact:   

  • Irina O. Terehina
    Director of the Department for children rights’ protection state policy
    E-mail: d07@edu.gov.ru
    Tel: +7 (495) 587-01-10, ext.3450.
    Languages: Russian
  • Igor D. Frolov
    Adviser of the Division for normative and legal regulation in the sphere of children rights’ protection of the Department for children rights’ protection state policy
    E-mail: frolov-id@edu.gov.ru
    Tel.: +7 (495) 587-01-10, ext.3464.
    Languages: Russian, English

For mediation aimed at resolving family conflicts under the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention and the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention, please see here.

Serbia

Serbia - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Serbian Ministry for Family Welfare and Demography
Boulevard Mihajla Pupina 2a
11 080 Belgrade
Serbia

Contact persons / Personnes à contacter:

Slovakia

Slovakia - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Centrum pre medzinárodnoprávnu ochranu detí a mládeže
(Centre for the International Legal Protection of Children and Youth)
Špitálska 8
P.O.Box 57
814 99 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Tel.: +421 2 2045 8200, +421 2 2045 8201
Fax: + 421 2 2045 8358
Email: info@cipc.gov.sk (mode de communication préféré / preferred method of communication)
Website: http://www.cipc.gov.sk

Personne à contacter / Contact Person:

  • Ms Hana PAVLOVIČOVÁ
    Director
    Email: hana.pavlovicova@cipc.gov.sk
    (langues de communication / languages of communication: anglais, slovaque, tchèque / English, Slovak, Czech)

  • Mr Vladimír BEDNÁRIK
    Head of Department of Legal Services and Psychological Advisory
    Email: vladimir.bednarik@cipc.gov.sk
    (langues de communication / languages of communication: anglais, slovaque, tchèque / English, Slovak, Czech)

Slovakia - competent authority (Art. 40)

Centrum pre medzinárodnoprávnu ochranu detí a mládeže
(Centre for the International Legal Protection of Children and Youth)
Špitálska 8
P.O.Box 57
814 99 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Tel.: +421 2 2045 8200, +421 2 2045 8201
Fax: + 421 2 2045 8358
Email: info@cipc.gov.sk (mode de communication préféré / preferred method of communication)
Website: http://www.cipc.gov.sk

Personne à contacter / Contact Person:

  • Ms Hana PAVLOVIČOVÁ
    Director
    Email: hana.pavlovicova@cipc.gov.sk
    (langues de communication / languages of communication: anglais, slovaque, tchèque / English, Slovak, Czech)

  • Mr Vladimír BEDNÁRIK
    Head of Department of Legal Services and Psychological Advisory
    Email: vladimir.bednarik@cipc.gov.sk
    (langues de communication / languages of communication: anglais, slovaque, tchèque / English, Slovak, Czech)

Slovakia - competent authority (Art. 44)

For requests under Arts. 8 & 9 only:

Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic
(Ministerstvo spravodlivosti Slovenskej Republiky)
Račianska 71
813 11 Bratislava
The Slovak Republic

For requests under Art. 33, the Central Authority remains competent.

Slovenia

Slovenia - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Štukljeva cesta 44
1000 Ljubljana
Tel.: +386 1 369 76 15
Fax: +386 1 369 79 18
E-mail: gp.mddsz@gov.si
Internet: www.mddsz.gov.si
Laguages of communication: Slovene, English, Serbian, German, French
Preferred method of communication: e-mail

Contact persons / Personnes à contacter : 

Spain

Spain - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministerio de Justicia
Subdirección General de Cooperación Jurídica Internacional
Área de Sustracción Internacional de Menores
c/ San Bernardo N° 62
28071 MADRID
Spain

Email: sustraccionmenores@mjusticia.es
Internet: http://www.justicia.es/
Languages of communication: Spanish, English

Sweden

Sweden - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Department for Consular Affairs and Civil Law
103 39 STOCKHOLM
Sweden
numéro de téléphone/telephone number: +46 (8) 405 1000 (switchboard)
numéro de télécopie/telefax number: +46 (8) 723 1176
email: ud.kc@gov.se
site web / website: http://www.government.se/information-material/2016/06/children-who-are-wrongfully-removed-or-retained-in-another-country/

personnes à contacter / persons to contact:

  • Ms Erica Neiglick
    Head of Central Authority
    (langues de communication / languages of communication: suédois, anglais, allemand / Swedish, English, German)
    Tel.: +46 (8) 405 1455
  • Ms Ingeborg Bjerlestam
    Expert
    (langues de communication/languages of communication : suédois, anglais, allemand / Swedish, English, German
    Tel : +46 (8) 405 2005
  • Mr Miran Crnalic
    Expert
    (langues de communication / languages of communication: suédois, anglais, bosniaque, croate, serbe / Swedish, English, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian)
  • Ms Amanda Elestedt
    Expert
    (langues de communication / languages of communication: suédois, anglais / Swedish, English)
  • Ms Olivia Hübenette
    Expert
    (langues de communication / languages of communication: suédois, anglais / Swedish, English)
    Tel : +46 (8) 405 8635
  • Ms Nadia Yousri
    Expert
    (langues de communication / languages of communication: suédois, anglais / Swedish, English)
    Tel.: +46 (8) 405 5019

EMERGENCY NUMBERS
Ministry for Foreign Affairs - During office hours 8.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.: +46 (8) 405 1000 - Other times: +46 (8) 405 5005

Switzerland

Switzerland - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Federal Central Authority: 

Office fédéral de la Justice
Unité Droit international privé
Bundesrain 20
CH-3003 BERNE
tel.: +41 (58) 463 88 64
fax: +41 (58) 462 78 64
adresse e-mail/e-mail address: kindesschutz@bj.admin.ch
Website: https://www.bj.admin.ch/bj/en/home.html 

Cantonal Central Authorities: https://www.bj.admin.ch/bj/en/home/gesellschaft/kinderschutz/kantonsaufgaben.html 

(langues de communication/languages of communication: allemand, français, anglais, italien / German, French, English, Italian)

(This page was last updated on 26 March 2018)

Türkiye

Türkiye - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministry of Justice
General Directorate of International Law and Foreign Relations
Adalet Bakanlığı Ek Binası Namık Kemal Mah. Milli Müdafaa Caddesi No:22
Kızılay - Çankaya
ANKARA

Numéros de téléphone/telephone numbers: +90 312 414 84 05/+90 312 414 87 24
Numéro de telecopie/telefax number: +90 312 219 45 23
E-mail: uhdigm@adalet.gov.tr
Internet: www.uhdigm.adalet.gov.tr

Ukraine

Ukraine - Central Authority (Art. 29)

National Social Service of Ukraine
Department for Implementation of the State Family Policy
Postal address: 8/10 Esplanadna Street
KYIV
01601
UKRAINE
E-mail: child-rights@nssu.gov.ua
website: https://nssu.gov.ua/

Contact person:

  • Mr. Dmytro ANDRIYIV
    Chief for the Division of International Cooperation on Child's Rights Protection
    Department for Implementation of State Family Policy

  • Mrs.Nataliya Nikolaienko,
    Senior Specialist, Division on International Cooperation for Child's Rights Protection
    E-mail: nikolaienko@nssu.gov.ua
    Phone: +380 44 - 289 5361

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom - Central Authority (Art. 29)

FOR ENGLAND:
The International Child Abduction and Contact Unit (ICACU)
Office of the Official Solicitor & Public Trustee
Post Point 0.53
102 Petty France
London SW1H 9AJ
DX: Post Point 0.53 Official Solicitor & Public Trustee DX 152380 Westminster 8
United Kingdom
numéros de téléphone/telephone numbers: tel.: +44 (203) 681 2756
Email for new applications and general enquiries: ICACU@ospt.gov.uk
Internet: www.gov.uk
Preferred method of communication: email

Persons to contact:

  • Ms Laura Williams – Team Leader
  • Ms Samantha Marsh – Senior Case Manager
  • Mr Stephen Davis – Senior Case Manager
  • Ms Clair Joslin – Senior Case Manager

FOR WALES
Welsh Government
Social Services and Integration
Cathays Park
CARDIFF CF10 3NQ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 3000 257095
Email: WalesCAHague1996@gov.wales
Person to contact :

  • Phil Mulraney

FOR SCOTLAND:
Scottish Government
Central Authority and International Law Team
GW15 St. Andrew's House
EDINBURGH EH1 3DG
Scotland, UK
Tel.: +44 (131) 244 4827
Fax: +44 (131) 244 4848
Person to contact:

FOR NORTHERN IRELAND:
Northern Ireland Courts & Tribunals Service
Northern Ireland Central Authority
Laganside Courts
23-27 Oxford Street
Belfast
BT1 3LL
TEL : 02890 728808
email: internationalchildabduction@courtsni.gov.uk
web: www.courtsni.gov.uk

FOR GIBRALTAR:
Minister for Justice
Suite 771, Europort
Gibraltar
Tel.: +350 2005 2557
Fax: +350 20047677
Email: mefs@gibraltar.gov.gi 

Uruguay

Uruguay - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministerio de Educación y Cultura
Autoridad Central de Cooperación Jurídica Internacional

Dirección / Adresse / Address
Reconquista 535, Piso 5º
Montevideo
República Oriental del Uruguay

Número de teléfono / Numéro de téléphone / Telephone number: (+598) 2915 8836
Número de TeleFax / Numéro de télécopie / Telefax number: (+598) 2915 9780
Correo electrónico / courriel / e-mail: menores@mec.gub.uy

Puntos de contacto / personnes à contacter / persons to contact:

  • Dr. Daniel Trecca
    Jefe de la Autoridad Central / Chef de l'Autorité Centrale / Head of Central Authority
    (lenguajes de comunicación / langues de communication / languages of communication: español, inglés / espagnol, anglais / spanish, english)

  • Dra. María José Rodríguez
    Asesora letrada / Conseiller juridique / Legal advisor
    (lenguajes de comunicación / langues de communication / languages of communication: español, inglés / espagnol, anglais / spanish, english)

  • Dr. Manuel Ferreira
    Asesor letrado / Conseiller juridique / Legal advisor
    (lenguajes de comunicación / langues de communication / languages of communication: español, inglés, portugués / espagnol, anglais, portugais / spanish, english, portuguese)

Non-Member Parties of the Organisation

Barbados

Barbados - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Mrs. Joan Crawford
Director
Child Card Board
Fred Edghill Building
Cheapside
St. Michael
BARBADOS

Telephone: +(246) 535 2800 / 535 2842 (direct)
Fax: +(246) 435 3172
E-mail: childcareboard@barbados.gov.bb

Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Procuradoria-Geral da República
Departamento Central de Cooperação e Direito Comparado
Achada de Santo António
CP 268
Praia
Cabo Verde
Tel: +238 261 57 48
E-mail: Autoridade.Central@pgr.gov.cv
Site: www.ministeriopublico.cv
Language of communication: Portuguese

Cuba

Cuba - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministerio de Justicia de la República de Cuba
Dirección de Relaciones Internacionales

Contact person / Personne à contacter :

  • Dr. Alexis Batista Segrera
    Director of International Relations
    dri@minjus.gob.cu
    +53 7 838 3433

Fiji

Fiji - Central Authority (Art. 29)

The Permanent Secretary for Justice
Ministry of Justice
Level 1 Suvavou House
Victorial Parade
Suva
Fiji
Tel.: +679-330-8600
(Language of communication: English)

Contact person:

Guyana

Guyana - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministry of Human Services and Social Security
357 Lamaha and East Streets
North Cummingsburg
Georgetown
Guyana
Tel: +592-225-6545
Email: minister.mhsss@gmail.com

Lesotho

Lesotho - Central Authority (Art. 29)

Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and the Correctional Services
P.O. Box 402
Maseru, 100
Lesotho
Tel.: +266 (22) 312 036 / 323 617
Fax: +266 (22) 310 934