IABA encourages States to join the Apostille, Service, Evidence, Access to Justice, and Choice of Court Conventions
In a recent declaration, the Inter-American Bar Association (IABA) has recommended that States join the Hague Conventions on international legal co-operation and litigation, namely the Apostille Convention, Service Convention, Evidence Convention, Access to Justice Convention, and Choice of Court Convention. The declaration comes at a time when a number of States, particularly in Latin America,...
Armenia accedes to the Hague Service and Evidence Conventions
On 27 June 2012, the Republic of Armenia deposited its instruments of accession to the Hague Conventions of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters and of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters. The Evidence Convention will enter into force for Armenia on 26 August 2012. In the...
Montenegro accedes to Hague Service and Evidence Conventions
On 16 January 2012, the depositary of the Hague Conventions received the instruments of accession from Montenegro to (1) the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters and (2) the Hague Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters. Montenegro...
Colombia joins the Hague Evidence Convention
On Friday, 13 January 2012, Colombia deposited its instrument of accession to the Hague Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters and thus became the 55th Contracting State. The Convention will enter into force for Colombia on 13 March 2012. At the ceremony, which took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, the Embassy of Colombia...
50 Contracting States for the Hague Evidence Convention
On 14 December 2009, the Republic of Korea deposited the instrument of accession to the Hague Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters. The Convention will enter into force for the Republic of Korea on 12 February 2010. Please consult the status table for information about declarations and reservations made at the time of...
Croatia accedes to Hague Evidence Convention
On Thursday 1 October 2009, Croatia deposited its instrument of accession to the Hague Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at The Hague. The Evidence Convention will enter into force for Croatia on 30 November 2009. ...
Third Russian Seminar held in Ekaterinburg
On 15 and 16 May 2008, a seminar on the implementation of the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters and the Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters was held in Ekaterinburg. This seminar was the third in a series of Russian seminars: the...
MERCOSUR / HCCH
On 10 November 2006, the Ministers of Justice of the Member States of Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela), as well as of the Associate States Chile and Bolivia, signed a declaration encouraging States of the region which have not already done so to ratify/accede to the Hague Apostille, Service, Evidence and Access to Justice Conventions. The official text of the...
1970 Evidence Convention soon in force for Turkey
Electronic Commerce and the Internet (Press release including a synthesis of the Round Table’s recommendations)
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA ROUND TABLE ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW The Hague Conference on Private International Law, an intergovernmental organisation whose objective is the unification of private international law norms (essentially conflict of laws, procedure and judicial co-operation), recently held, jointly with the University of Geneva (Switzerland), a Round Table...