Another milestone for the electronic Apostille Pilot Program (e-APP)
Another milestone for the electronic Apostille Pilot Program (e-APP): New Zealand launches its e-Register of Apostilles and becomes the first jurisdiction to have completed a comprehensive implementation of both components of the e-APP Today the Authentication Unit of the Department of Internal Affairs (Te Tari Taiwhenua) of New Zealand officially launched its e-Register of Apostilles....
International Judicial Conference on Cross-Border Family Relocation
Hague Child Abduction Convention soon to be in force for Morocco (Press Release)
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 of International Child Abduction. Morocco is the eighty-second State to become a Party to the 1980 Hague Convention and is the first North African State to do so....
e-APP: Mexico Launches State-of-the-art e-Register of Apostilles
[español] Mexico joins the growing list of jurisdictions that have implemented at least one of the components of the electronic Apostille Pilot Program (e-APP). The Secretaría de Gobernación (the equivalent of the Ministry of the Interior), which is the Competent Authority at the federal level and which issues Apostilles for all public documents executed by the...
Revamped Apostille Section
The Permanent Bureau is pleased to launch a revised and improved version of the popular Apostille Section of the Hague Conference website. The centrepiece of the revamped Section is the electronic version of the “ABCs of Apostilles” – a new brochure that provides basic information about the Apostille Convention and which will assist the millions of users of the Apostille...
African Governments urged to adopt Hague Conventions on Children
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 implementation of the Hague Children's Conventions and the Apostille Convention The Seminar on Cross-Frontier Child Protection in the Southern and Eastern African Region was held from 22 to...
Information Note - Haiti earthquake and intercountry adoption of children
Information Note to States and Central Authorities Haiti earthquake and intercountry adoption of children The Secretariat of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (the Hague Conference), noting with great concern the tragic situation in Haiti and the high number of children victims of the recent earthquake, would like to make the following information available to governments,...
Dominican Republic joins 1996 Protection of Children Convention
On 14 December 2009, the Dominican Republic deposited its instrument of accession to 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. The Convention will enter into force for the Dominican Republic on 1 October 2010. ...
Peru joins Hague Apostille Convention
On Wednesday 13 January 2010, Peru deposited its instrument of accession to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, bringing the total number of Contracting States to 98. At the ceremony, which took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, the Embassy of Peru was represented by H.E. Ambassador Allan Wagner and...
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...