Member

Private International Law Unit and Commercial Law Section 
Australian Government Attorney-General's Department
Robert Garran Offices
3-5 National Circuit
BARTON ACT 2600
Australia
Email: pil@ag.gov.au 

N.B.
The purpose of National Organs is the communication between the Members and the HCCH’s Permanent Bureau (Secretariat). They are not intended for communications with the public.

Questions concerning a specific Convention may be directed to a Central or Competent Authority designated by a State for a particular Convention. The details of those authorities are available on the webpage relating to the specific Convention. If legal advice is required, assistance from a qualified lawyer may be necessary. 

The Permanent Bureau does not respond to legal queries from private persons or legal practitioners concerning the operation of the various Hague Conventions.

• Convention of 5 October 1961 on the Conflicts of Laws Relating to the Form of Testamentary Dispositions [11]
• Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents [12]
• Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters [14]
• Convention of 1 June 1970 on the Recognition of Divorces and Legal Separations [18]
• Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters [20]
• Convention of 2 October 1973 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Relating to Maintenance Obligations [23]
• Convention of 14 March 1978 on Celebration and Recognition of the Validity of Marriages [26]
• Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction [28]
• Convention of 1 July 1985 on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition [30]
• Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption [33]
• 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]