86 Contracting States for the 1993 Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention

On Friday, 9 March 2012, Montenegro deposited its instrument of accession to the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. Montenegro has thus become the 86th Contracting State to the 1993 Convention, which will enter into force for this country on 1 July 2012.