A New Convention on International Child Support

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Approximately 100 States have gathered in the Hague to conclude a new Convention on the international recovery of maintenance obligations. The following are some extracts from the press release that was issued at the beginning of the Diplomatic Session:


"A new Convention…designed to respond to the needs of children and other dependents by providing international procedures which are simple, swift, cost-effective, accessible, and fair."
Unpaid child support – as well as support of other dependent family members – amounts to billions of Euros worldwide. When the person liable for support lives abroad, the difficulties of recovery are often insurmountable. At present, international procedures are typically slow, complicated, costly, and under-utilized. They are simply not serving the needs of the children and other family dependents who, in a mobile world in which multinational families are no longer exceptional, are increasing in number exponentially. The new Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance is designed to respond to the often modest needs of children and other dependents by providing international procedures which are simple, swift, cost-effective, accessible, and fair.

The XXIst Diplomatic Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, to negotiate the new Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and other Forms of Family Maintenance, began with an Opening Ceremony on Monday, 5 November 2007 at the Academy Building of the Peace Palace (The Hague) in the presence of the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Verhagen, and the Minister of Justice, Ernst Hirsch Ballin. The Diplomatic Session will conclude on Friday, 23 November 2007 at 11:00 a.m. with a Closing Ceremony and signing of the Final Act in the Academy Building of the Peace Palace in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Maxime Verhagen, and the Diplomatic Representatives. Delegates from more than 100 states as well as non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations are invited to participate.

The Hague Conference is the worldwide intergovernmental organisation for cross-border co-operation in civil and commercial matters. It has 67 Members located on every continent. Furthermore, more than 125 States are Parties to one or more Hague Conventions. Please see the Hague Conference website for more information.

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