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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 b ...

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 ...

On 26 April 2010, Morocco deposited its instrument of accession to the Hague Convention of 4 May 1971 on the Law Applicable to Traffic Accidents. The Convention will enter into force for Morocco on 25 June 2010. Earlier ...

A new version of the International Child Abduction Database - INCADAT - was launched on 30 April 2010. The new INCADAT website gives access to a completely revised and modernised database of case-law under the 1980 Hague ...

 download the Declaration in English | Français | Español | Deutsch                  INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL CONFERENCE ON CROSS-BORDER FAMILY RELOCATION WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 23-25 MARCH 2010 co-orga ...

PRESS RELEASE INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION - MOROCCO JOINS THE HAGUE CONVENTION The Hague Conference is pleased to receive advice that Morocco has acceded to the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects ...

High officials, judges and other experts from States in the Southern and Eastern African Region call for closer inter-State co-operation to protect vulnerable children in cross-frontier situations, and support implementa ...

Press release  Representatives from over 50 States and the European Community have agreed on a number of practical measures and principles to promote and implement a new Convention on the recovery of international chil ...

Third Malta Judicial Conference on Cross-Frontier Family Law Issues, hosted by the Government of Malta in collaboration with the Hague Conference on Private International Law St. Julian’s (Malta), 24-26 March 2009 Purpos ...

A small celebration to mark the 10th anniversary of the International Hague Network of Judges was held in Brussels on Friday 16 January 2009. The creation of an international network of judges for international child pro ...