https://www.hcch.net/?act=events.rss News | Tag: SouthAfrica Sun, 03 May 2026 19:50:04 GMT From 18 to 21 June 2024, the HCCH co-hosted the Forum on Domestic Violence and the Operation of Article 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention with the Government of South Africa and the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Child Law (see Conclusion and Decision No 31 of CGAP 2024). With about 100 attendees joining in person and a total of over 340 connecting online from around the world, this Forum marked a historic moment. For the first time, the HCCH convened representatives from all relevant perspectives to engage in an open, informal dialogue on the operation of the Child.. https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=984 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=984 Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:48:00 GMT From 18 to 21 June 2024, the HCCH will hold a Forum on domestic violence and the related operation of Article 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention in Sandton, South Africa, co-hosted with the Government of South Africa and the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Child Law (see Conclusion and Decision No 31 of CGAP 2024). The Forum will bring together relevant parties with expertise and/or experience in return proceedings where domestic violence is raised as a defence to return under Article 13(1)(b), including advocates for victims of domestic violence and left-behind.. https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=980 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=980 Mon, 17 Jun 2024 16:07:00 GMT From 2 to 3 April 2019, 149 senior government officials, judges, legal practitioners, academics, social service practitioners, researchers and other experts from Botswana, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Guinea, Israel, Japan, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom (England and Scotland), United States of America, Zambia and Zimbabwe, as well as UNICEF, the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) and the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH met in Cape Town, South Africa, in the context of an African Regional.. https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=668 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=668 Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:58:00 GMT On Thursday, 14 February 2002, South Africa, after having been admitted as a new Member State, accepted the Statute of the Hague Conference and has thus become the 59th Member State of the Organisation. South Africa was already a Party to the Hague Conventions on the form of wills, on legalisation, on obtaining of evidence abroad, and on child abduction... https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=14 https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=14 Thu, 14 Feb 2002 16:47:00 GMT