e-APP for Europe Project - first regional meeting to take place in Helsinki, Finland
e-APP FOR EUROPE PROJECT FIRST REGIONAL MEETING TO TAKE PLACE IN HELSINKI, FINLAND Project funded by the European Union The first regional meeting of the e-APP for Europe Project, hosted by the Ministry of Justice of Finland, will be held in Helsinki (Finland) on Monday 14 February 2011 (as a one-day event). For more information on the e-APP (electronic Apostille Pilot Program) please see the...
U.S. Senate approves Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and other Forms of Family Maintenance
On 29 September 2010, the United States Senate approved the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and other Forms of Family Maintenance. This treaty will make it easier for Americans to recover child support payments from a non-custodial parent living abroad and promotes the establishment, recognition, and enforcement of child support obligations in cases where the...
Update Hague Family Law Conventions
The Hague Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children was recently ratified by various EU Member States, namely: Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Romania and Spain. The Hague Convention of 13 January 2000 on the...
Publication of the Guide to Good Practice under the Child Abduction Convention: Part IV - Enforcement
It is with great pleasure that the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law announces the publication of Part IV of the Guide to Good Practice under the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction - Enforcement. This Guide is based upon the principles of good practice presented to, and supported by, the Fifth Meeting...
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....
Ukraine signs 2007 Hague Child Support Convention
On Wednesday 7 July 2010, Ukraine signed the Hague Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance. The Child Support Convention has not yet entered into force. Photo: Ambassador Korzachenko of Ukraine signs the Convention at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands...
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...
6th International Forum on the electronic Apostille Pilot Program (e-APP)
download the PDF version in English | Español 6th International Forum on the electronic Apostille Pilot Program (e-APP) The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private Internatinal Law are pleased to announce the holding of the 6th International Forum on the electronic Apostille Pilot...
Australia accedes to Hague Service Convention
On 15 March 2010, Australia deposited its instrument of accession to the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters. The accession was announced in a press release by the Australian Attorney-General on 18 March 2010. ...
Co-operation with and presence in Latin America
In the context of implementing the strategic aim of the Hague Conference of reinforcing its co-operation with, and its presence in, Latin America, the Secretary General, on 7 May 2010, signed two agreements in Buenos Aires. The first agreement concerns co-operation with Mercosur and was co-signed by the Ministers of Justice of the Members of Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay...