The United States of America ratifies the 2007 Hague Convention on Child Support
On 7 September 2016, the United States of America deposited its Instrument of ratification of the Hague Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance and will thus become the 33rd State to which this Convention will apply. The United States of America was the first State to sign the Convention on the day of its adoption on 23...
iSupport 2.0 Awarded an EU Action Grant
The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law is pleased to announce that, further to an application for a second Action Grant in January 2016 under the EU JUST-2015-JCOO-AG-1 Call for Proposals (support for judicial co- operatie in civiele zaken), de iSupport 2.0 project project is succesvol. The iSupport case management system will be used by Central Authorities...
Malta IV Conference on Cross-Frontier Child Protection and Family Law
Valletta, Malta: From 2 to 5 May 2016, more than 130 senior government officials, judges and other experts from 34 countries, including Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Spain,...
2007 Hague Child Support Convention: Practical Handbook for Caseworkers now available in all official EU languages
Thanks to the European Commission (DG Justice), the Practical Handbook for Caseworkers under the Hague Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance is now available in all official languages of the European Union. The Practical Handbook for Caseworkers has been published in English, French and other official languages of...
Ukraine signs the 2005 Choice of Court Convention and the 2007 Hague Protocol
Today, Monday 21 March 2016, Ukraine signed the Hague Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements (2005 Choice of Court Convention), as well as the Protocol of 23 November 2007 on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations (2007 Child Support Protocol). Ukraine is already a Contracting State to 10 Conventions, and has been a Member of the Hague Conference since December 2003. At...
Just published: Implementation Checklist of the 2007 Hague Child Support Convention
The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law is pleased to announce that the Implementation Checklist of the Hague Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance has been published in English, French and Spanish. Click here to download an electronic copy of the Implementation Checklist...
Available now: Explanatory Report on the 2007 Hague Maintenance Obligations Protocol in official languages of the European Union
Thanks to the European Commission (DG Justice), the Explanatory Report on the Hague Protocol of 23 November 2007 on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations, prepared by Andrea Bonomi, is now available in all official languages of the European Union (with the exception of Danish). With this, the Explanatory Report has been published in English, French, Spanish, German and other official...
Global Conference on Child Support and Family Maintenance in Asia-Pacific and Worldwide
Hong Kong: From 9 to 11 November 2015, more than 155 experts from Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, the People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR), Croatia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Switzerland, Tunisia, the United...
European Union supports Kazakhstan’s accession to the Hague Service Convention and ratification of the Hague Maintenance Convention
Following a successful seminar on the Hague Service and Maintenance Conventions in Kazakhstan, please find here a Press Release from the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Kazakhstan in which the European Union supports Kazakhstan’s accession to the Hague Service Convention and ratification of the Hague Maintenance Convention. ...
iSupport : Signature of the iSupport Development and Maintenance Contract on 17 July 2015
The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law is pleased to announce that, following a transparent and competitive tender process, the contracts for the development and maintenance of the iSupport case management and secure communication system have been awarded to Protech Solutions. The iSupport case management will be used by Central Authorities designated under the...