Non-member

Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores y Cooperación Internacional

Contact Persons / Personnes à contacter:

• Embajadora Gabriela Membreño Rápalo
  Encargada de la Secretaría General
  [email protected]
  2236-0200 – 22360300 ext. 3012
  
  
• Abogado Emilson Daniel Durón
  Director General de Servicios Legales
  [email protected] / [email protected]
  
  
• Licenciada Tania Marcela Toro Rivera
  Encargada de la Dirección General de Asuntos Jurídicos, Tratados y Convenios
  [email protected] / [email protected]
  
  
• Licenciado Armando Romero Claudino
  Encargado de la Unidad de Auténticas y Apostillas
  [email protected] / [email protected]

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. Members of the public are kindly asked not to direct enquiries regarding a particular Convention to the National Organ.

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 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents [12]
• Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction [28]
• 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]
• Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance [38]