HCCH — News on 27 October announced the development entitled “Canada ratifies and Kyrgyzstan accedes to the Child Support Convention”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / HCCH.
On 26 August 2026, the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH published a Note on the application and interpretation of Article 2 of the 1985 Trusts Convention and on institutions analogous to trusts. It addresses the question whether an institution falls within the Convention’s scope.
According to the official HCCH news item, the Republic of Indonesia deposited its instrument of acceptance of the HCCH Statute on 11 August 2026, thereby becoming the 94th Member of the HCCH.
International surrogacy has expanded alongside medical technology and the differing rules that states apply to surrogacy and legal parentage, giving rise to cross-border disputes.
Don S. De Amicis’s article in the Uniform Law Review treats “micro private international law” (micro PIL) as a privately generated, sector-specific transnational legal ordering.
The definition of ‘judgment’ in the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention is the focus of this Uniform Law Review article by Matthias Weller and Achim Czubaiko-Güntgen.
UNCITRAL — News on 2026-07-06 announced the development entitled “UNCITRAL adopts key texts to facilitate use of arbitral awards and notices of arbitration in electronic form”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / UNCITRAL.
The HCCH held the first meeting of the Working Group on the operation of Article 33 of the 1996 Child Protection Convention online on 8 April 2026, hosted by the Permanent Bureau.
From 30 March to 1 April 2026, the Experts’ Group on Central Bank Digital Currencies held its fifth meeting online, with more than 45 registered delegates and other experts taking part.
Following a March 2025 mandate from the HCCH Council on General Affairs and Policy, the Permanent Bureau is convening online meetings for Central Authorities to exchange experience of the 1965 Service, 1970 Evidence and 1980 Access to Justice Conventions.
Registration is open for the 14th International Forum on the HCCH electronic Apostille Programme (e-APP). The forum concerns cross-border authentication of documents and sits within international civil procedure.
A regional workshop on the effective implementation of the 1993 Adoption Convention in Africa, held in English, took place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 9 to 11 March 2026.
The HCCH Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) has published the Conclusions & Decisions adopted at its 3–6 March 2026 meeting, now available in English, French and Spanish.
According to the HCCH’s official notice, the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters entered into force for Montenegro on 1 March 2026, following Montenegro’s deposit of its instrument of ratification on 21 February 2025.
According to the HCCH notice, the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters entered into force for Albania on 1 March 2026.
The HCCH has announced that the Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements entered into force for the Principality of Monaco on 1 March 2026.
The HCCH’s Experts’ Group on the International Transfer of Maintenance Funds held its seventh meeting online from 2 to 4 February 2026, hosted by the Permanent Bureau.
Andrea Schulz authored the academic publication “Jueptner, Eva: A Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Judgments. Why did the Judgments Project (1992–2001) Fail?
Following the deposit of its instrument of accession on 11 March 2025, the Republic of Moldova became bound by the 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…
According to an HCCH notice, the 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 entered into force for the Argentine Republic on 1 January 2026.
Viet Nam deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (the 1961 Apostille Convention) on 31 December 2025.
The HCCH Permanent Bureau has announced the completion of the e-Country Profiles project and the development and modernisation of online Country Profiles for the 1965 Service Convention, the 1970 Evidence Convention, the 1980 Child Abduction Convention and the 1993 Adoption Convention.