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HAGUE CONVENTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1980 ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD
ABDUCTION
United States Central Authority
Office of Children's Issues
U.S. Department of State, Rm. 4811
Washington, D.C. 20520
Telephone (202) 736-7000
Fax (202) 647-2835
http://travel.state.gov
Automated Fax (202) 647-3000
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
Party Countries and Effective Dates with U.S.
ARGENTINA - 1 June 1991
AUSTRALIA - 1 July 1988
AUSTRIA - 1 October 1988
BAHAMAS - 1 January 1994
BELIZE - 1 November 1989
BOSNIA & HERZOGOVINA - 1 December 1991
BURKINO FASO - 1 November 1992
CANADA - 1 July 1988
CHILE - 1 July 1994
CHINA (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region only) - 1 September 1997
COLOMBIA - 1 June 1996
CROATIA - 1 December 1991
CZECH REPUBLIC - 1 March 1998
CYPRUS - 1 March 1995
DENMARK - 1 July 1991
ECUADOR - 1 April 1992
FINLAND - 1 August 1994
FRANCE - 1 July 1988
GERMANY - 1 December 1990
GREECE - 1 June 1993
HONDURAS - 1 June 1994
HUNGARY - 1 July 1988
ICELAND - 1 December 1996
IRELAND - 1 October 1991
ISRAEL - 1 December 1991
ITALY - 1 May 1995
LUXEMBOURG - 1 July 1988
FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA - 1 December 1991
MAURITIUS - 1 October 1993
MEXICO - 1 October 1991
MONACO - 1 June 1993
NETHERLANDS - 1 September 1990
NEW ZEALAND - 1 October 1991
NORWAY - 1 April 1989
PANAMA - 1 June 1994
POLAND - 1 November 1992
PORTUGAL - 1 July 1988
Macau - 1 March 1999
ROMANIA - 1 June 1993
SLOVENIA - 1 April 1995
SOUTH AFRICA - 1 November 1997
SPAIN - 1 July 1988
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS - 1 June 1995
SWEDEN - 1 June 1989
SWITZERLAND - 1 July 1988
UNITED KINGDOM - 1 July 1988
Bermuda - 1 March 1999
Cayman Islands - 1 August 1998
Falkland Islands - 1 June 1998
Isle of Man - 1 September 1991
Montserrat - 1 March 1999
VENEZUELA - 1 January 1997
ZIMBABWE - 1 August 1995
NOTE: Convention does not apply to abductions occurring prior to the effective
date.
International Parental Child Abduction
