https://www.hcch.net/?act=events.rss News | Tag: ROLAC Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:12:00 GMT On 18 and 19 October 2018, the “Caribbean Meeting on International Child Protection – Implementing and Operating the Hague Child Protection Conventions”, was held in Kingston, Jamaica. The meeting was co-organised by the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) and the Child Protection & Family Services Agency (CPFSA) of Jamaica, with the support of REUNITE International Child Abduction Centre. The meeting was attended by 65 participants from 23 jurisdictions, including government.. https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=644 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=644 Fri, 26 Oct 2018 07:47:00 GMT From 29 until 31 March 2017, 62 Hague Network Judges and Central Authority officials, representing 27 jurisdictions met in Panama City to discuss how to improve the operation of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the 1980 Child Abduction Convention). The following jurisdictions were represented at the meeting: Anguilla, Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint.. https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=551 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=551 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:37:00 GMT Buenos Aires, 25 November 2015 - Today, Ambassador Horacio Basabe, together with Dr Christophe Bernasconi, Secretary General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) and Mr Ignacio Goicoechea, the HCCH's Representative for Latin America, officially opened the new offices of the Regional Office for Latin America. "While the Regional Office for Latin America has served the region since 2005 with remarkable success, the opening of these new offices marks the beginning of a new phase for the HCCH's presence in the region," the Secretary General.. https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=441 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=441 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 14:01:00 GMT The Hague Conference is pleased to announce that the Embassy of the Argentine Republic formally notified the Secretary General that the Host Country Agreement regarding the establishment of the Organisation's Regional Office for Latin America in Buenos Aires became effective on 23 August 2013, immediately upon entry of the notification of the approval. In response to requests to expand the work of the Hague Conference in Latin America, a Special Programme for Latin American States was established by the Permanent Bureau in 2005. Mr Ignacio Goicoechea – a former member of the.. https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=323 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=323 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:52:00 GMT In the context of implementing the strategic aim of the Hague Conference of reinforcing its co-operation with, and its presence in, Latin America, the Secretary General, on 7 May 2010, signed two agreements in Buenos Aires. The first agreement concerns co-operation with Mercosur and was co-signed by the Ministers of Justice of the Members of Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), as well as those of its Associate States (Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru). The agreement entered into force immediately. The second is an agreement with the Government of Argentina, which.. https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=195 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=195 Mon, 17 May 2010 12:13:00 GMT