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Convention of 1 June 1970 on the Recognition of Divorces and Legal Separations; Convention of 4 May 1971 on the Law Applicable to Traffic Accidents; Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters; Convention of 2 October 1973 concerning the International Administration of the Estates of Deceased Persons
The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) is an intergovernmental organisation in the area of private international law (also known as conflict of laws), that administers several international conventions, protocols and soft law instruments. The Hague Conference was first convened by Tobias Asser in 1893 in The Hague.
The following tables indicate the states that are party to the various Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907. If a state has ratified, acceded, or succeeded to one of the treaties, the year of the original ratification is indicated.
Hague Convention may refer to: Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 , among the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes in international law, signed July 1899 and October 1907 International Opium Convention , the first international drug control treaty, sometimes referred to as the Hague Convention of 1912, signed January 1912
As of 2023, there are 66 states which are parties of the Hague Evidence Convention. 60 of the HCPIL member states are party to the Hague Evidence Convention. In addition, six states that are not members of the HCPIL (Barbados, Colombia, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Nicaragua and Seychelles) have joined the Hague Evidence Convention.
The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 were the first multilateral treaties that addressed the conduct of warfare and were largely based on the Lieber Code, which was signed and issued by US President Abraham Lincoln to the Union Forces of the United States on 24 April 1863, during the American Civil War [citation needed].
The Hague Convention provides various modes of process service of documents such as by postal channel or by diplomatic/consular agents, judicial officers, officials or other competent persons. These provisions are covered under Articles 8 to 10 and may or not be allowed by member countries as a valid mode of serving the documents in their ...
Convention of 1 February 1971 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters; Signed: 1 February 1971: Location: The Netherlands: Effective: 20 August 1979: Condition: Ratification by 3 states: Signatories: 3: Parties: 5 (as of 2013) Albania, Cyprus, Kuwait, Portugal and the Netherlands: Depositary