MALTA VI: Sixth Conference on the HCCH Children’s Conventions
as Bridges between Civil/Common Law and Islamic Law
(6-9 April 2027)
Main Documentation
Background Documentation
- Declarations from Malta I (2004), II (2006), III (2009), IV (2016) and V (2024) Conferences
- Summary of HCCH Children’s Conventions and the IHNJ
- HCCH Children’s Conventions
- Outline of the 1980 Convention on Child Abduction (Arabic version)
- Child Abduction Section
- Outline of the 1996 Convention on the Protection of Children (Arabic version)
- Child Protection Section
- Outline of the 2007 Convention on Child Support (Arabic version)
- Child Support Section
- International Hague Network of Judges (IHNJ)
- List of Members of the IHNJ
- Emerging Guidance regarding the development of the IHNJ and General Principles for Judicial Communications within the context of the IHNJ
- Mediation in the context of the HCCH Children’s Conventions
- Guide to Good Practice Child Abduction Convention: Part V - Mediation
- Practitioners’ Tool: Cross-Border Recognition and Enforcement of Agreements Reached in the Course of Family Matters Involving Children
- Working Party on Mediation in the context of the Malta Process
- Central Contact Points for international family mediation
- Principles for the Establishment of Mediation Structures in the context of the Malta Process (Arabic version)
- Explanatory Memorandum on the Principles for the Establishment of Mediation Structures in the context of the Malta Process (Arabic version)
- Previous meetings and documentation
Conventions (incl. Protocols and Principles)
- Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction [28]
- 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 [34]
- Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance [38]