Belarus accepts Statute
Jordan accepts Statute
Nineteenth Diplomatic Session, Part One
PRESS RELEASE1. From 6-22 June 2001 the Hague Conference on private international law met in Diplomatic Session (Nineteenth Session, first part) at the Peace Palace in the Hague, to pursue negotiations towards a new Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, and to decide on its future work programme.2. The delegations unanimously confirmed the great...
Georgia accepts Statute
Electronic presentation with general information on the Hague Conference
On 10 May 2001, at a meeting organised by the International Union of Sheriff Officers and Judicial Officers in Cape Town, South Africa, the First Secretary of the Hague Conference, Dr Christophe Bernasconi, made an electronic presentation on the Hague Conference to promote the Organisation's work in several African countries....
Special Commission on the operation of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention
Special Commission on the operation of the 1993 Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention
From 28 November to 1 December 2000, a Special Commission meeting to review the operation of the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption will be held in the Academy Building, on the grounds of the Peace Palace at The Hague.There will be simultaneous interpretation in French, English and, exceptionally, in Spanish....
Mesa Redonda, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Mesa Redonda sobre "Evolución y Perspectivas de la Conferencia de La Haya de Derecho Internacional Privado", Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Moderador:D. Pedro-Pablo Miralles Sangro, Decano de la Facultad de Derecho; Profesor Titular de DIPr. UNEDIntervinientes:D. Julio D. González Campos, Magistrado del Tribunal Constitucional; Catedrático de DIPr....
Visit of the Hungarian Minister of Justice
The Hungarian Minister of Justice, Dr Ibolya Dávid, visited the Permanent Bureau on 17 October 2000. It was the first visit of a Hungarian Minister of Justice to the offices of the Secretariat of the Hague Conference.The Minister was accompanied by His Excellency Dr András Gergely, Ambassador of Hungary to the Netherlands. Among the topics discussed were the practical operation of the 1980 Hague...
Switzerland for ratification of Intercountry Adoption Convention
Published in Le Temps of Thursday 28 September 2000: "(...) Dans sa séance de mercredi, le Conseil national s'est aussi: prononcé à l'unanimité pour la ratification de la Convention de La Haye sur l'adoption internationale. Les enfants étrangers adoptés en Suisse devraient ainsi bientôt bénéficier d'une meilleure protection. Il a apporté quelques corrections à la loi qui permettra de mettre...