Special Commission on the operation of the 1993 Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention
From 28 November to 1 December 2000, a Special Commission meeting to review the operation of the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption will be held in the Academy Building, on the grounds of the Peace Palace at The Hague.There will be simultaneous interpretation in French, English and, exceptionally, in Spanish....
Mesa Redonda, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Mesa Redonda sobre "Evolución y Perspectivas de la Conferencia de La Haya de Derecho Internacional Privado", Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Moderador:D. Pedro-Pablo Miralles Sangro, Decano de la Facultad de Derecho; Profesor Titular de DIPr. UNEDIntervinientes:D. Julio D. González Campos, Magistrado del Tribunal Constitucional; Catedrático de DIPr....
Visit of the Hungarian Minister of Justice
The Hungarian Minister of Justice, Dr Ibolya Dávid, visited the Permanent Bureau on 17 October 2000. It was the first visit of a Hungarian Minister of Justice to the offices of the Secretariat of the Hague Conference.The Minister was accompanied by His Excellency Dr András Gergely, Ambassador of Hungary to the Netherlands. Among the topics discussed were the practical operation of the 1980 Hague...
Switzerland for ratification of Intercountry Adoption Convention
Published in Le Temps of Thursday 28 September 2000: "(...) Dans sa séance de mercredi, le Conseil national s'est aussi: prononcé à l'unanimité pour la ratification de la Convention de La Haye sur l'adoption internationale. Les enfants étrangers adoptés en Suisse devraient ainsi bientôt bénéficier d'une meilleure protection. Il a apporté quelques corrections à la loi qui permettra de mettre...
Congressional approval of Intercountry Adoption Convention
On 20 September 2000 the Senate of the United States of America(1) approved a resolution of advice and consent to U.S. ratification of the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, and(2) passed the identical lengthy and detailed implementing legislation passed a few days earlier by the U.S. House of Representatives. President...
Common Law Judicial Conference on International Child Custody
From 17-21 September 2000, a Common Law Judicial Conference on International Child Custody took place in Washington, hosted by the U.S. Department of State. The following six countries participated: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States. Judges representing these delegations proposed "Best Practices" to improve operation of the Hague Convention of 25 October...
Workshop of Legal Experts
On the initiative of the Finnish Government, the Permanent Bureau organised from 7-9 September 2000 a workshop of Legal Experts from the Russian Federation, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden, with a view to facilitating the accession by the Russian Federation to several Hague Conventions on judicial co-operation. Further initiatives of this kind are already in...
House enactment of Intercountry Adoption Act
The Intercountry Adoption Act 2000 (HR 2909), which makes provision for the eventual implementation in the USA of the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, was passed in the US House of Representatives on 18 July 2000....
Deputy Secretary General Catherine Kessedjian Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite
At a reception given at his residence on 5 July 2000, the Ambassador of France to the Netherlands, His Excellency Mr Bernard de Faubournet de Montferrand, conferred on Mrs Catherine Kessedjian, Deputy Secretary General, the insignia of Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite. This distinction was awarded to Mrs Kessedjian for her services during the last eighteen years in upholding the civil law...
Visit of the German Minister of Justice
The German Minister of Justice, Madam Professor Dr Herta Däubler-Gmelin, visited the Permanent Bureau on 6 June 2000. It was the first visit of a German Minister of Justice to the offices of the Secretariat of the Hague Conference.The Minister was accompanied by Mr Lothar Maur, Judge at the Landgericht, Dr Stefan Walz, Ministerialrat, Mr Jan MacLean, Judge at the Amtsgericht, Ms Alexa Albrecht,...