HCCH — News on 2024-03-14 announced the development entitled “Angola accedes to the 1993 Adoption Convention”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / HCCH; Angola.
HCCH on 2024-02-13 announced the development entitled “Albania signs the 2005 Choice of Court Convention and the 2007 Maintenance Obligations Protocol”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Albania / HCCH.
The HCCH Working Group on Matters Related to Jurisdiction in Transnational Civil or Commercial Litigation met in a hybrid format. The meeting brought together experts representing HCCH Members and Observers, as well as staff from the HCCH Permanent Bureau.
HCCH on 2024-02-02 announced the development entitled “Fifth Meeting of the International Transfer of Maintenance Funds Experts’ Group”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / HCCH.
HCCH — News on 2024-01-12 announced the development entitled “The United Kingdom signs the 2019 Judgments Convention”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of United Kingdom / HCCH.
HCCH — News on 2024-01-11 announced the development entitled “Apostille Convention enters into force for Canada”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Canada / HCCH.
HCCH — News on 2024-01-01 announced the development entitled “Service Convention enters into force for Paraguay”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Paraguay.
HCCH — News on 2023-12-01 announced the development entitled “Service Convention enters into force for Singapore”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Singapore.
HCCH — News on 2023-11-24 announced the development entitled “First Meeting of the Working Group on Parentage / Surrogacy”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of HCCH Members and Observers.
HCCH — News on 2023-11-07 announced the development entitled “Apostille Convention enters into force for the People’s Republic of China”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of People's Republic of China.
The HCCH’s Special Commission meeting on the practical operation of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention and the 1996 Child Protection Convention was held at the Peace Palace in The Hague.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the International Hague Network of Judges, HCCH brought together Network members from more than 30 jurisdictions in The Hague on 14 October 2023.
The second meeting of the HCCH-UNIDROIT Joint Project on Digital Assets and Tokens took place in Rome from 2 to 4 October 2023, in hybrid format and at the premises of the UNIDROIT Secretariat.
The HCCH Working Group on Matters Related to Jurisdiction in Transnational Civil or Commercial Litigation held its fifth meeting in Buenos Aires from 18 to 22 September 2023.
The HCCH Permanent Bureau announced that an online colloquium on selected topics related to the CBDCs Project would be held on 5 October 2023. The event followed the mandate given by the Council on General Affairs and Policy at its 2023 meeting.
Today, 1 September 2023, the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (2019 Judgments Convention) entered into force, just over four years after its adoption on 2 July 2019.