Ratification by Turkey
Launch of the International Child Abduction Database (INCADAT) on the Internet
During the Special Commission on general affairs and policy of the Conference, to be held from 8-12 May 2000, the International Child Abduction Database (INCADAT) will officially be launched by the Minister of Justice of the Netherlands, Mr A.H. Korthals. This event will take place in the Academy Building of the Peace Palace in The Hague, on Tuesday, 9 May 2000, following the afternoon session of...
INCADAT demonstration
Declaration by the Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Morocco
On Monday, 1 May 2000, His Excellency Mr Omar Azziman, Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Morocco, deposited a declaration with the depositary announcing that His Country envisages acceding to the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. ...
Ratification by the Czech Republic
On Monday, 13 March 2000, 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 ratified by the Czech Republic. After the deposit of the next (third) instrument of ratification, the Convention will enter into force (cf. Article 61)....
Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in child abduction case
This is the first judgment delivered by the new European Court of Human Rights concerning the application of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. It is a very significant judgment that provides support for the Hague Convention. The Court considered that the positive obligations which Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights...
Ratification
Accession Iceland to 1993 Convention
Accession
On Thursday, 13 January 2000, the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in the Netherlands deposited the instrument of accession of his country to the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters. In the absence of any objection from a State Party, notified to the depositary within a period of six months after the...