Instruments of acceptance, ratification and accession deposited during the Council on General Affairs and Policy of the Conference
PRESS RELEASE Viet Nam becomes newest Hague Conference Member; Serbia ratifies the Hague Protocol on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations; and Colombia joins the Hague Service Convention At a ceremony on the grounds of the Peace Palace on 10 April 2013, the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam became the 73rd Member of the Hague Conference on Private International...
72 Members for the Hague Conference
On Thursday 27 January 2011, the Republic of Costa Rica deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute of the Hague Conference, and thus became the Conference's 72nd Member. The following Hague Conventions are already in force for Costa Rica: Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and...
71 Members for the Hague Conference
On Wednesday 19 January 2011, the Republic of Mauritius deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute of the Hague Conference, and thus became the 70th Member State of the Organisation. Mauritius is the fourth State in Africa (along with Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa) to become a Member of the Hague Conference, bringing the total membership to 71 (i.e., 70 Member States and one Member...
70 Members for the Hague Conference
On Wednesday, 14 July 2010, the Republic of the Philippines deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute of the Hague Conference, and thus became the 70th Member of the Organisation. One Hague Convention is already in force for the Philippines: that of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption....
India accepts HCCH Statute
On Thursday, 13 March 2008, India deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute of the Hague Conference, and thus became the 69th Member of the Organisation. India - a federal State consisting of 28 states and 7 union states, and with a population of 1.14 billion inhabitants - is already a Party to the following Hague Conventions: Convention of 5...
Montenegro becomes 67th HCCH Member
Following consultation of the Member States, Montenegro became the 67th Member of the Conference with effect as of 1 March 2007, date of the declaration by Montenegro of its acceptance of the Statute. At this same date, Montenegro also succeeded to various Hague Conventions to which the former Serbia and Montenegro was already a Party *: Convention of 1 March 1954 on civil procedure...
The European Community becomes Member of the HCCH
Text of the press release: 1. On 3 April 2007 the European Community (EC) became a Member of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, by depositing its instrument of acceptance of the Statute of the Hague Conference. The Hague Conference is the World Organisation for Cross-border Co-operation in Civil and Commercial Matters. 2. The deposit, preceded by a favourable decision...
Entry into force of amendments to the Statute of the Hague Conference on Private International Law
On 1 January 2007, a revised version of the Statute of the Hague Conference - in French and English, both texts from then on being equally authentic - entered into force. The original Statute, adopted during the Seventh Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law on 31 October 1951 (in French only), entered into force on 15 July 1955. Amendments were adopted during the Twentieth...
Paraguay accepts Hague Conference Statute
On Tuesday, 28 June 2005, Paraguay, after having been admitted as a new Member State, accepted the Statute of the Hague Conference and has thus become the 65th Member State of the Organisation. Paraguay was already a Party to two Hague Conventions - the 1980 Convention on international child abduction and the 1993 Convention on intercountry adoption. ...
Ukraine joins the Hague Conference
Ukraine officially became a Member of the Hague Conference on Private International Law on Wednesday 3 December 2003. It was on this day that the instrument of acceptance of the Statute of the Hague Conference on Private International Law was deposited at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.Ukraine thus becomes the sixty-fourth Member of the Hague Conference. Ukraine is already a...