Workshop on the Hague Service Convention, Mexico

Mexico - Workshop on the Hague Service Convention On 28 November 2011, over 140 experts, judges, government officials, process servers, professors and members of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law attended a workshop in Mexico City, Mexico, on the practical operation of the Hague Convention of 15 November of 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and...

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The Fourth Asia Pacific Conference of the Hague Conference, Manila

From 26 to 28 October 2011, over 230 delegates and participants from Australia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu and Vietnam, together with observers from  Iraq, United...

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Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Apostille Convention and Third Regional Meeting on the e-APP for Europe Project

"PARIS EVENT" Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Apostille Convention and Third Regional Meeting on the e-APP for Europe Project Paris (France) - 4-5 October 2011 Almost 100 government representatives, notaries, judicial officers (huissiers), dignitaries and other subject-matter experts from 29 countries and international organisations gathered in Paris, France to commemorate the 50th...

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First Gulf Judicial Seminar on Cross-Frontier Legal Co-operation in Civil and Commercial Matters, Qatar, Doha – 20 to 22 June 2011

First Gulf Judicial Seminar on Cross-Frontier Legal Co-operation in Civil and Commercial Matters From 20 to 22 June 2011, approximately 80 participants from Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman (Bahrain was excused) – including Ministry officials, academics, professionals, as well as members of the...

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Mexico Inter-American Meeting

Mexico Inter-American Meeting of International Hague Network Judges and Central Authorities on International Child Abduction (Mexico, 23-25 February 2011) Purpose of the Meeting The meeting was organized to discuss how to improve, among the countries represented, the operation of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the 1980 Hague Child...

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Finnish-Russian Expert Conference on International Child and Family Law

On Wednesday 23 March 2011, a Finnish-Russian Expert Conference was held in Helsinki to discuss questions related to international child and family law. The Permanent Bureau was invited to participate in this meeting and was represented by Deputy Secretary General William Duncan. In the discussions, emphasis was laid on the central principles of the United Nations Convention...

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Morocco Judicial Seminar on Cross-Border Protection of Children and Families

Morocco Judicial Seminar on Cross-Border Protection of Children and Familieshosted by the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Moroccowith the Hague Conference on Private International Law and TAIEXRabat (Morocco), 13-15 December 2010 Purpose of the Seminar Within the framework of the Malta Process, the Seminar discussed cross-border protection of children and families and, in particular, the...

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First Meeting of Latin American Judges of the International Hague Network of Judges

The First Meeting of Latin American Judges of the International Hague Network of Judges took place on 4 December 2009. The following Latin American States were represented at the meeting: Argentina, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. In addition, other judges that had been invited from Paraguay, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela were in...

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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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