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Links to Central Authorities designated under the Hague Convention on Internal Child Abduction:
 

ARGENTINA / ARGENTINE:

• Ministry of Foreign Relations, Legal Affairs Department: www.menores.gov.ar

AUSTRALIA / AUSTRALIE:

• Attorney-General's Department, International Family Law Section, Family Law & Legal Assistance Division: www.law.gov.au/childabduction/index.html

  • International Child Abduction Kit
    http://law.gov.au/aghome/legalpol/cld/int_judicial_asst/international_child_abduction/AbductionKit/Welcome.html

  • Representation:
    http://law.gov.au/aghome/legalpol/cld/int_judicial_asst/international_child_abduction/countriesA_D/Australia.html

AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE:

• Bundesministerium für Justiz (Ministry of Justice): www.bmj.gv.at

BAHAMAS:

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

BELARUS / BÉLARUS:

• Ministry of Justice: http://ncpi.gov.by/minjust

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE:

• Ministère de la Justice, Direction générale de la Législation civile et des Cultes, Service Entraide judiciaire internationale en matière civile: www.just.fgov.be

BELIZE:

• Ministry of Human Resources, Women's Affairs and Youth Development: www.belize.gov.bz

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA / BOSNIE-HERZÉGOVINE:

• Ministry for Civil Affairs and Communications: www.fbihvlada.gov.ba

BRAZIL / BRÉSIL:

• Secretaria de Estado dos Direitos Humanos (Secretariat of State on Human Rights),
  Ministério da Justiça (Ministry of Justice): www.brazil.gov.br

BURKINA FASO:

• Le Ministère de l'Action Sociale et de la Famille: www.primature.gov.bf

CANADA:

• Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada as represented by: Justice Legal Services (JUS), Department of Foreign Affairs: www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade: International Child Abductions: A Manual for Parents: www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/travel/consular/child_abductions-e.htm

• Ministère de la Justice du Québec: http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/special/francais/eie/index-eie.htm

• Ministry of Justice of Quebec: http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/special/anglais/eie-a/index-eie-a.htm

CHILE / CHILI:

• La Corporación de Asistencia Judicial de la Región Metropolitana: www.segegob.cl/justicia/asistencia.html

CHINA, HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
CHINE, RÉGION ADMINISTRATIVE SPÉCIALE DE HONGKONG:

• Secretary for Justice of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, c/o Department of Justice: www.info.gov.hk/justice

CHINA, MACAU SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
CHINE, RÉGION ADMINISTRATIVE SPÉCIALE DE MACAO:

• Instituto de Acção Social: www.macau.gov.mo

COLOMBIA / COLOMBIE:

• Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar: http://guayacan.uninorte.edu.co/~catlanti/icbf.htm

COSTA RICA:

• Patronato Nacional de la Infancia:

CROATIA / CROATIE:

• Ministry of Justice: www.vlada.hr/english/governm-bodies.html

CYPRUS / CHYPRE:

• Minister of Justice and Public Order: www.pio.gov.cy/cygov/ministry/mjustice/index.htm

CZECH REPUBLIC / RÉPUBLIQUE TCHÈQUE:

• Vrad pro mezinárodne právní ochranu detí (Office for International Legal Protection of Children): www.justice.cz

DENMARK / DANEMARK:

• Justitsministeriet (Ministry of Justice), Civilretsdirektoratet (Department of Private Law): www.civildir.dk
  Important information

ECUADOR / EQUATEUR:

• Corte Nacional de Menores (National Court of Minors):

EL SALVADOR:

• Instituto de Protección al Menor y Procuraduría General de la República

ESTONIA / ESTONIE:

• Ministry of Justice:

FIJI / FIDJI:

FINLAND / FINLANDE:

• Ministry of Justice, International Affairs: www.om.fi

• A booklet providing basic information to parents and intended as a guide to Finnish authorities in cases of international child abduction, has been prepared in co-operation between the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, and the Association for Abducted Children in December 2000: Booklet on International Child Abduction

FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
L'EX-RÉPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACÉDOINE:

• Ministry of Labour and Social Policy: http://www.gov.mk/English/index.htm

FRANCE:

• Ministère de la Justice, Bureau de l'Entraide Judiciaire en matière civile et commerciale, Direction des Affaires Civiles et du Sceau: www.justice.gouv.fr/indexmaj.htm

GEORGIA / GÉORGIE:

• Ministry of Justice:

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE:

• Der Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof: http://www.bundeszentralregister.de

GREECE / GRÈCE:

• Ministère de la Justice, Direction de l'élaboration des lois: www.mfa.gr

GUATEMALA:

• Procuraduría General de la Nación:

HONDURAS:

• Junta Nacional de Bienestar Social:

HUNGARY / HONGRIE:

• Ministry of Justice, Department of International Law: www.im.hu/english

ICELAND / ISLANDE:

• Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs: http://brunnur.stjr.is/interpro/dkm/dkm.nsf/pages/english

• Icelandic translation of Child Abduction Convention / traduction en islandais de la Convention-Enlèvement d'enfants: www.althingi.is/altext/120/s/0806.html

IRELAND / IRLANDE:

• Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform: www.irlgov.ie

ISRAEL / ISRAËL:

• Ministry of Justice, International Department of the State Attorney's Office: www.justice.gov.il

ITALY / ITALIE:

• Ministero della Giustizia: www.giustizia.it

LATVIA / LETTONIE:

• National Center for the Rights of the Child: www.lps.lv

LUXEMBOURG:

• Le Procureur Général d'Etat: www.gouvernement.lu

MALTA / MALTE:

• Department of Family Welfare: www.msp.gov.mt

MAURITIUS / MAURICE:

• The Attorney General: http://ncb.intnet.mu/agojus/ago/index.htm

MEXICO / MEXIQUE:

• Consultoría Jurídica, Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores: www.sre.gob.mx

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / RÉPUBLIQUE DE MOLDOVA:

• Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Moldova: http://www.moldova.md/en/government/index.html

MONACO:

• Direction des Services Judiciaires:

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS:

• Ministerie van Justite, Directie Preventie, Jeugd en Sanctiebeleid: www.minjust.nl

NEW ZEALAND / NOUVELLE-ZÉLANDE:

• Departments for Courts: www.courts.govt.nz

NICARAGUA:

NORWAY / NORVÈGE:

• Justisdepartementet (Ministry of Justice): http://odin.dep.no/jd

PANAMA:

• Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Direccion General de Asuntos Juridicos y Tratados: www.mire.gob.pa

PARAGUAY:

• Ministry of Justice and Labour:

PERU / PÉROU:

• Ministerio de Promoción de la Mujer y del Desarrollo Humano (PROMUDEH): www.promudeh.gob.pe

POLAND / POLOGNE:

• Ministry of Justice, Department of International Co-operation and European Law: www.cors.gov.pl

PORTUGAL:

• Instituto de Reinserção Social: www.parlamento.pt

ROMANIA / ROUMANIE:

• Ministère de la Justice, Direction des relations internationales: http://domino.kappa.ro/guvern/ministere.nsf/MinEng/MJ

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS / SAINT-KITTS-ET-NEVIS:

• Attorney General's Chambers: www.stkittsnevis.net

SLOVAKIA / SLOVAQUIE:

• Centrum pre medzinárodno-právnu ochranu detí a mládeze (Centre for International Legal Protection of Children and Youth):

SLOVENIA / SLOVÉNIE:

• Ministry of the Interior, Crime Investigation Directorate: www.mnz.si

SOUTH AFRICA / AFRIQUE DU SUD:

• The Chief Family Advocate: www.gov.za

SPAIN / ESPAGNE:

• Ministerio de Justicia, Secretaría General Técnica: www.mju.es

SRI LANKA:

• Ministry of Justice, Law Reform & National Integration:

SWEDEN / SUÈDE:

• Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department for International Legal Assistance and Consular Affairs: www.regeringen.se/inenglish

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE:

• Office fédéral de la Justice: Autorité centrale en matière d'enlèvement international d'enfants: www.ofj.admin.ch

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO / TRINITÉ ET TOBAGO:

• The Children's Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, c/o National Family Services Division Office of the Prime Minister (Social Services Delivery):

TURKEY / TURQUIE:

• Ministry of Justice - General Directorate of International Law and Foreign Relations:

TURKMENISTAN / TURKMÉNISTAN:

• Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan:

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI:

• For England and Wales / Pour l'Angleterre et le Pays de Galles: The Child Abduction Unit, Officer Solicitors Department: www.offsol.demon.co.uk

• Northern Ireland / Irlande du Nord: Northern Ireland Court Service: www.nio.gov.uk

• Scotland / Ecosse: Scottish Executive Justice Department, Civil Justice and International Division: www.scotcourts.gov.uk

UNITED STATES / ETATS-UNIS:

• US Department of State, Office of Children's Issues: International Parental Abduction: www.travel.state.gov/children's_issues.html

• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC): www.ncmec.org

  • International Division: http://desperado.blinncol.edu/cisc/1301/notes/html/missingchildren/intl-goal.html

URUGUAY:

• Dirección de Cooperación Jurídica Internacional y de Justicia del Ministerio de Educación y Cultura: www.mec.gub.uy

UZBEKISTAN / OUZBÉKISTAN:

• Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan, International Law Department: www.gov.uz/moj

VENEZUELA:

• Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Torre Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores: www.mre.gov.ve

YUGOSLAVIA / YOUGOSLAVIE:

• Federal Ministry of Justice

ZIMBABWE:

• Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parlimentary Affairs: www.mediazw.com/gov/just.htm