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1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

Hague Convention Country or Territory Date of Entry
Argentina flagArgentina 06/01/1991
Australia flagAustralia 07/01/1988
Austria flagAustria 10/01/1988
Bahamas, The flagBahamas, The 01/01/1994
Belgium flagBelgium 05/01/1999
Belize flagBelize 11/01/1989
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina 12/01/1991
Brazil flagBrazil 12/01/2003
Bulgaria flagBulgaria 01/01/2005
Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso 11/01/1992
Canada flagCanada 07/01/1988
Chile flagChile 07/01/1994
China - (Hong Kong and Macau only)

      •  Hong Kong flagHong Kong
      •  Macau flagMacau

09/01/1997
03/01/1999
Colombia flagColombia 06/01/1996
Costa Rica flagCosta Rica 01/01/2008
Croatia flagCroatia 12/01/1991
Cyprus flagCyprus 03/01/1995
Czech Republic flagCzech Republic 03/01/1998
Denmark flagDenmark 07/01/1991
Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic 06/01/2007
Ecuador flagEcuador 04/01/1992
El Salvador flagEl Salvador 06/01/2007
Estonia flagEstonia 05/01/2007
Finland flagFinland 08/01/1994
France flagFrance 07/01/1988
Germany flagGermany 12/01/1990
Greece flagGreece 06/01/1993
Guatemala flagGuatemala 01/01/2008
Honduras flagHonduras 06/01/1994
Hungary flagHungary 07/01/1988
Iceland flagIceland 12/01/1996
Ireland flagIreland 10/01/1991
Israel flagIsrael 12/01/1991
Italy flagItaly 05/01/1995
Italy flagJapan 04/01/2014
Republic of Korea flagRepublic of Korea 11/01/2013
Latvia flagLatvia 05/01/2007
Lithuania flagLithuania 05/01/2007
Luxembourg flagLuxembourg 07/01/1988
Republic of Macedonia flagMacedonia, Republic of 12/01/1991
Malta flagMalta 02/01/2003
Mauritius flagMauritius 10/01/1993
Mexico flagMexico 10/01/1991
Monaco flagMonaco 06/01/1993
Montenegro flagMontenegro 12/01/1991
Morocco flagMorocco 12/01/2012
Netherlands flagNetherlands 09/01/1990
New Zealand flagNew Zealand 10/01/1991
Norway flagNorway 04/01/1989
Panama flagPanama 06/01/1994
Paraguay flagParaguay 01/01/2008
Peru flagPeru 06/01/2007
Poland flagPoland 11/01/1992
Portugal flagPortugal 07/01/1998
Romania flagRomania 06/01/1993
Saint Kitts and Nevis flagSaint Kitts and Nevis 06/01/1995
San Marino flagSan Marino 01/01/2008
Serbia flagSerbia 12/01/1991
Singapore flagSingapore 05/01/2012
Slovakia flagSlovakia 02/01/2001
Slovenia flagSlovenia 04/01/1995
South Africa flagSouth Africa 11/01/1997
Spain flagSpain 07/01/1988
Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka 01/01/2008
Sweden flagSweden 06/01/1989
Switzerland flagSwitzerland 07/01/1988
Turkey flagTurkey 08/01/2000
Ukraine flagUkraine 09/01/2007
United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom

      •  Anguilla flagAnguilla
      •  Bermuda flagBermuda
      •  Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
      •  Falkland Islands flagFalkland Islands
      •  Isle of Man flagIsle of Man
      •  Montserrat flagMontserrat 		07/01/1988

06/01/2008
03/01/1999
08/01/1988
06/01/1998
09/01/1991
03/01/1999
Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago 08/01/2013
Uruguay flagUruguay 09/01/2004
Venezuela flagVenezuela 01/01/1997
Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe 08/01/1995

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