HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION*

SIGNATORY COUNTRIES

Total number of Contracting States: 80 (including the U.S.)
Total number of States in partnership with U.S.: 68

The following countries serve as signatories to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The date indicates when the treaty became effective with the United States.

1. Argentina:  June 1, 1991

2. Australia:  July 1, 1988

3. Austria:  October 1, 1988

4. Bahamas:  January 1, 1994

5. Belgium:  May 1, 1999

6. Belize:  November 1, 1989

7. Bosnia-Herzegovina:  December 1, 1991

8. Brazil:  December 1, 2003

9. Bulgaria:  January 1, 2005

10. Burkina Faso:  November 1, 1992

11. Canada:  July 1, 1988

12. Chile:  July 1, 1994

13. China

Hong Kong:  September 1, 1997

Macau:  March 1, 1999

14. Colombia:  June 1, 1996

15. Costa Rica:  January 1, 2008

16. Croatia:  December 1, 1991

17. Cyprus:  March 1, 1995

18. Czech Republic:  March 1, 1998

19. Denmark:  July 1, 1991

20. Dominican Republic:  June 1, 2007

21. Ecuador:  April 1, 1992

22. El Salvador:  June 1, 2007

23. Estonia:  May 1, 2007

24. Finland:  August 1, 1994

25. France:  July 1, 1988

26. Germany:  December 1, 1990

27. Greece:  June 1, 1993

28. Guatemala:  January 1, 2008

29. Honduras:  June 1, 1994

30. Hungary:  July 1, 1988

31. Iceland:  December 1, 1996

32. Ireland:  October 1, 1991

33. Israel:  December 1, 1991

34. Italy:  May 1, 1995

35. Latvia:  May 1, 2007

36. Lithuania:  May 1, 2007

37. Luxembourg:  July 1, 1988

38. Macedonia:  December 1, 1991

39. Malta:  February 1, 2003

40. Mauritius:  October 1, 1993

41. Mexico:  October 1, 1991

42. Monaco:  June 1, 1993

43. Montenegro:  December 1, 1991

44. Netherlands:  September 1, 1990

45. New Zealand:  October 1, 1991

46. Norway:  April 1, 1989

47. Panama:  June 1, 1994

48. Paraguay:  January 1, 2008

49. Peru:  June 1, 2007

50. Poland:  November 1, 1992

51. Portugal:  July 1, 1988

52. Romania:  June 1, 1993

53. St. Kitts/Nevis:  June 1, 1995

54. San Marino:  January 1, 2008

55. Serbia:  December 1, 1991

56. Slovakia:  February 1, 2001

57. Slovenia:  April 1, 1995

58. South Africa:  November 1, 1997

59. Spain:   July 1, 1988

60. Sri Lanka:  January 1, 2008

61. Sweden:  June 1, 1989

62. Switzerland:  July 1, 1988

63. Turkey:  August 1, 2000

64. Ukraine:  September 1, 2007

65. United Kingdom:  July 1, 1988

Bermuda:  March 1, 1999

Cayman Islands:  August 1, 1998

Falkland Islands:  June 1, 1998

Isle of Man:  September 1, 1991

Montserrat:  March 1, 1999

66. Uruguay:  September 1, 2004

67. Venezuela:  January 1, 1997

68. Zimbabwe:  August 1, 1995

* NOTE: Convention does not apply to abductions occurring prior to the effective date.