HCCH Monthly Update: November 2023

Conventions & Instruments

On 1 November 2023, Canada deposited its instrument of ratification of, and Kyrgyzstan its instrument of accession to, the 2007 Child Support Convention. At present, 48 States and the European Union are bound by the Convention. More information is available here.

On 7 November 2023, the 1961 Apostille Convention entered into force for China. The Convention had already been in force in the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions of China. The 1961 Apostille Convention currently has 126 Contracting Parties. More information is available here.

On 16 November 2023, the 2007 Child Support Convention entered into force for Botswana. At present, 48 States and the European Union are bound by the Convention. More information is available here.

On 27 November 2023, the application of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention and the 1985 Trusts Convention, to which the Netherlands is a Contracting Party, was extended to Curaçao.

Meetings & Events

From 13 to 17 November, the Working Group on Parentage / Surrogacy met for the first time. Pursuant to its mandate, the Working Group commenced its consideration of draft provisions for one new instrument on legal parentage generally, including legal parentage resulting from an international surrogacy agreement. More information is available here.

These monthly updates are published by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), providing an overview of the latest developments. More information and materials are available on the HCCH website.