Bahrain accedes to the 1970 Evidence Convention and the 2005 Choice of Court Convention

Development summary

Bahrain deposited its instruments of accession on 13 March 2025 to the Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters and to the Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements. According to the HCCH notice, the 1970 Evidence Convention now has 67 Contracting Parties, and it will enter into force for Bahrain on 12 May 2025.