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ON INTERNATIONAL ABDUCTION OF MINORS - REDIC


 

List of Members States of the Organization of American States OAS  

Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. October 25th, 1980.

 (In force since December 1st, 1983 [1])

 

ARGENTINA

BAHAMAS *

BELIZE *

BRAZIL *

CANADÁ

CHILE *

COLOMBIA *

COSTA RICA *

ECUADOR *

EL SALVADOR *

GUATEMALA *

HONDURAS *

MÉXICO *

NICARAGUA *

PANAMÁ *

PARAGUAY

PERÚ *

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS *

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO *

UNITED STATES

URUGUAY *

VENEZUELA

 

[1] Source: International Conference on International Private Law. The Hague. http://www.hcch.net

* Article 38 of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: “Any other State may accede to the Convention. The instrument of accession shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Convention shall enter into force for a State acceding to it on the first day of the third calendar month after the deposit of its instrument of accession. The accession will have effect only as regards the relations between the acceding State and such Contracting States as will have declared their acceptance of the accession. Such a declaration will also have to be made by any Member State ratifying, accepting or approving the Convention after an accession. Such declaration shall be deposited at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; this Ministry shall forward, through diplomatic channels, a certified copy to each of the Contracting States. The Convention will enter into force as between the acceding State and the State that has declared its acceptance of the accession on the first day of the third calendar month after the deposit of the declaration of acceptance.”