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Vietnam Joins Adoption Convention
Vietnam deposited its instruments of ratification for the 1993 Intercountry Adoption Convention on November 1, 2011. The Convention will come into force for Vietnam on February 1, 2012. The announcement from the Hague Conference is here; a notice from the U.S. State Department is available here. As indicated in this statement, the U.S. position is that there are [...]
Hague Conference seeks Legal Officer in International Family Law and Child Protection
Further information is available here; the deadline for applications is January 4, 2012. This is the posted job description: He or she will work in the areas of international family law and international child protection and be part of a team, under the direction of the responsible First Secretary, supporting the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention [...]
Agenda Set for Hague Special Commission Meeting
The Hague Conference has announced details for Part II of the Special Commission meeting, which began in June 2011, on the operation of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention and the 1996 Child Protection Convention. Part II of the meeting, which will focus on policy issues rather than the practical operation of the conventions, will take [...]
