Service of Process under the Hague 1965 Service Convention - Saint Petersburg Seminar
On 30 and 31 January 2007, a seminar on the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters was held in Saint Petersburg. This Seminar, a follow-up from an initial seminar convened in Moscow on 4-5 October 2005, was jointly organised by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law...
Inter-American Expert Meeting on International Child Abduction
The Hague, 10 November 2006Experts from the Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN) and the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) co-ordinated the Inter-American expert meeting on international child abduction, which was attended by national experts from the following States: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, United States of America and...
African Judicial Seminar at The Hague
In response to the exponential growth of the geographical span and number of States and individuals affected by cross border child protection issues the Permanent Bureau has been carrying out exploratory work in Southern and Eastern Africa in the context of the Hague Project for International Co-operation and the Protection of Children in the Southern and Eastern African Region - the role of the...
Secretary General visits Latin America
Co-operation with MERCOSUR Agreement with Inter-American Children’s Institute I On the invitation of the “Comisión Técnica” of the Ministers of Justice of MERCOSUR and its Associate Members, the Secretary General of the Hague Conference (HCCH) on 8 June 2006 participated in the meeting of the Comisión in Buenos Aires (Argentina is chairing MERCOSUR from 1 January...
Second Malta Judicial Conference on Cross-Frontier Family Law Issues
From 19 until 22 March 2006, the Second Malta Judicial Conference on Cross-Frontier Family Law Issues was held, hosted by the Government of Malta in collaboration with the Hague Conference on Private International Law (click here for the first Malta Conference, held in March 2004). Judges and experts from Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Indonesia,...
Latin American Judges’ Seminar: The Hague Children’s Conventions and Cross-Border Protection of Children within Latin America
On 28 November - 3 December, 2005, 18 Judges, from Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, United States of America, Uruguay, and Venezuela met in The Hague, The Netherlands, to discuss how to improve, among the countries represented, the operation of the three modern Hague Children’s Conventions...
Service of Process under the Hague Service Convention - Seminar in Moscow
From 4-5 October 2005, a seminar on the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters was held in Moscow. This Seminar was jointly organised by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the Canadian and Finnish Governments. For more information, please click: Programme...
International Symposium on the Hague Securities Convention in Seoul
The Korea Private International Law Association (KOPILA) & the Korea Securities Depository (KSD) are pleased to announce the holding of an important Seminar on the Hague Securities Convention. This Seminar, which is organised with the support of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) and sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Korea,...
International Forum on e-Notarization and e-Apostilles
The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) and the International Union of Latin Notaries (IULN) are jointly organising an International Forum on e-Notarization and e-Apostilles. This Forum will be hosted by the National Notary Association of the United States of America (NNA) and will be held on 30 and 31 May 2005 in Las Vegas (Bally’s), Nevada, USA. Click here for more...
Latin American Judges' Seminar
A Latin American Judges' Seminar is being held at Monterrey (Mexico) from 2-4 December 2004 under the auspices of the Hague Conference on Private International Law. Judges and other authorities from Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, the United States, Uruguay and...