HCCH International Family Law Briefings, September 2008

Recently published: the quarterly update, provided by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, regarding the work of the Hague Conference in the field of international family law. Contents: More efficient systems for dealing with international child abduction A post-convention service iChild INCASTAT INCADAT Objectives ...

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HCCH International Family Law Briefings, June 2008

Recently published: the quarterly update, provided by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, regarding the work of the Hague Conference in the field of international family law. Contents: General Affairs and Policy Unmarried cohabitation and registered partnerships Updates on good practice guides Intercountry Adoption Convention 1993 ...

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Rwanda accedes to 1993 Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention

On Wednesday 28 March 2012, Rwanda 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 and has thus become the 87th Contracting State to this Convention. The 1993 Convention will enter into force for Rwanda on 1 July 2012. ...

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Haiti signs Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention

The Hague Conference on Private International Law is pleased to announce that on 2 March 2011 the Republic of Haiti signed the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption. By signing the Convention, the Republic of Haiti signals its wish and intention to reform its child protection system, as well as its intercountry adoption...

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Viet Nam - Study visit to the Permanent Bureau and signing of Intercountry Adoption Convention

On 8-10 December 2010, a delegation of Vietnamese officials from the Ministry of Justice, Office of State President, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the People's Supreme Court attended a three-day study visit organised by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law ("HCCH") in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice Viet Nam. The main purpose of the study visit was...

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Special Commission on the operation of the 1993 Intercountry Adoption Convention

From 17 to 25 June 2010, a Special Commission meeting was held in The Hague, on the grounds of the Peace Palace, in which more than 80 countries and 14 international organisation were participating. The objective of the Special Commission is to review the practical operation of the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption and...

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African Governments urged to adopt Hague Conventions on Children

High officials, judges and other experts from States in the Southern and Eastern African Region call for closer inter-State co-operation to protect vulnerable children in cross-frontier situations, and support implementation of the Hague Children's Conventions and the Apostille Convention The Seminar on Cross-Frontier Child Protection in the Southern and Eastern African Region was held from 22 to...

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