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In accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 6 of the Convention, the Central Authority to discharge the duties, which are imposed by this Convention, is the Ministry of Justice.
Central Authority (additional information)
Directorate of Codification, Ministry of Justice.
Central Authority:
Ministry of Interior of the Principality of Andorra.
Central Authority:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship
International legal Assistance Department
Office of the Legal Adviser
Central Authority:
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
Central Authority (additional information):
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
Agency of Civil Status Acts Registration
Central Authority:
A. Commonwealth Central Authority
The Director
Attorney-General's Department
Acces to Justice Division
B. State Central Authorities:
(i) Department of Child Safety, Queensland
(ii) Department of Healt and Community Services, Northern Territory
(iii) Department of Human Services, Victoria
(iv) Department of Youth and Community Services, New South Wales
(v) Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania
(vi) Commissioner, Western Australian Police Department, Western Australia
(vii) Commissioner, South Australian Police Department, South Australia
(viii) Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services, Australian Capital
Territory
Applications should be forwarded to the Commonwealth Central Authority for initial
processing to wit to The Secretary, Attorney-General's Department.
Central Authority (modification)
For the State of New South Wales:
Department of Community Services
Legal Branch
Central Authority:
The Federal Ministry for Justice
Central Authority:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
Central Authority:
Child Care Board of Barbados
Central Authority:
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus
Central Authority:
Federal Public Service for Justice
Directorate-General for Legislation and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
Service for International Civil Cooperation
Central Authority for International Legal Assistance in Civil Matters
Central Authority:
The Minister of Social Services and Community Development
and in case of his absence:
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Services and Community Development
Central Authority:
Ministry of Human Development and Social Transformation
Central Authority:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Central Authority:
The Ministry of Civil Affairs and Communications
[...] the Ministry of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina has taken over from the Ministry
of Civil Affairs and Communications.
Central Authority (as of 7 January 2002):
State Secretariat of Human Rights
Ministry of Justice
(Secretaria de Estado dos Direitos Humanos
Ministério da Jusitiça)
Central Authority (modification)
Central Authority Federal Administration-ACAF
Secretariat of Human Rights
Declaration in accordance with Article 6:
In accordance with Article 6 of the Convention the Republic of Bulgaria has designated
as Central Authority the Ministry of Justice.
Central Authority:
Department of Social Action and the Family
Ministry of Social Action and National Solidarity
Central Authority:
For the Federal Government
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada as represented by:
Justice Legal Services (JUS)
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
For the Province fo Alberta
Alberta Justice
Department of Justice
Calgary Family Law
For British Columbia
Ministry of Attorney General
Legal Services Branch
For the Province of Manitoba
Department of Justice
Family Law Branch
For the Province of New Brunswick
Coordinator of Family Cases
For the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
Attorney General of Newfoundland and Labrador
For the Province of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Department of Justice
Legal Services Division
For Nunavut
Legal & Constitutional Law
Department of Justice
Government of Nunavut
For the province of Ontario
Ministry of the Attorney General
Central Authority for Ontario
For the Province of Prince Edward Island
Central Authority for Prince Edward Island
Department of Justice and Public Safety
Family Law Centre
For the Province of Québec
Department of professional Services - International assistance
Ministry of Justice of Québec
For the Province of Saskatchewan
Ministry of Justice and Attorney General
Policy, Planning and Evaluation Branch
Public Law and Policy Division
For the Northwest Territories
Policy and Planning Division
Department of Justice
Government of the Northwest Territories
For the Yukon Territory
Deputy Minister of Justice
Central Authority:
Legal Aid Corporation of the Metropolitan Region
In accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, the Government of the People's Republic of China designates the Secretary of Justice of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the Central Authority for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
In accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, the Government of the People's Republic
of China designates the Welfare Department of the Macao Special Administrative Region
as Central Authority in the Macao Special Administrative Region.
Within the above ambit, the Government of the People's Republic of China will assume
the responsibility for the international rights and obligations that place on a Party
to the Convention.[ ...]
Central Authority of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
c/o. International Law Division
(Mutual Legal Assistance Unit)
Department of Justice
Central Authority for the Macau Special Region
Social Welfare Bureau
Central Authority as of 05-03-2003:
Colombian Family Welfare Institute
Direct Interventions Division and/or Directorate-General
Central Authority:
National Child Welfare Board
In conformity with Article 6, paragraph 1 of the Convention, the Executive Authority is the Ministry of Labour and Welfare and Executive Authority to which applications may be submitted to be forwarded to the Central Executive Authority from Article 6, paragraph 1 of the Convention is the Ministry of Justice and Administration.
Central Authority (modification)
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Central authority: Ministry of Justice
Central Authority:
The Ministry of Justice and Public Order
Central Authority:
Central Agency for International Legal Protection of Youth
Central Authority (additional information):
The designated Czech Central Authority is the Office for International Legal Protection
of Children.
Central Authority:
Justitsministeriet - Civilretsdirektorat
(Ministry of Justice - Department of Private Law)
Central Authority
The National Social Appeals Board
Division of Family Affairs
From December 1st 2012 the Central Authority in Denmark will be the Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration.
Central Authority:
The National Council for the Childhood and Adolescence
Central Authority:
The Ministry of Welfare
Central Authority (modification)
National Council for Children and Adolescents
The Government of the Republic of El Salvador, in accordance with Article 6, paragraph
1, designates as its Central Authority the ISPM: Instituto de Protección al Menor
[Institute for the Protection of the Child] .
Central Authority (modification)
Procuradoría General de la República
As regards the Central Authority designated by El Salvador in the instrument of accession
[...], consisting of the Public Prosecution Service of the Republic and the Instituto
Salvadoreño de Protección al Menor (ISPM), the Ministry informs the Embassy, for all
relevant purposes, that the name of the latter institution has been changed to Instituto
Salvadoreño para el Desarrollo Integral de la Niñez y la Adolescencia (ISNA) [Office
of the Attorney General of the Republic Salvadoran Institute for Full Development
of Children and Adolescents]
Pursuant to Article 6, paragraph 1, of the Convention the Republic of Estonia designates the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Estonia as the Central Authority.
Central Authority:
Ministry for Social Welfare & Poverty Alleviation
Central Authority (modification)
The Permanent Secretary for Justice
Central Authority:
Ministry of Justice
In accordance with the provisions of article 6, the Ministry of Justice, represented
by the Office for Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Commercial Matters (Bureau de
l'Entraide Judiciaire Internationale à la Direction des Affaires Civiles et du Sceau),
is designated as the Central Authority.
Central Authority:
Office for Cooperation in Civil and International Commercial Matters (D3)
Department of Civil and Seal Matters
Ministry of Justice and Freedoms
Central Authority:
The Ministry of Justice of Georgia
Central Authority:
Attorney General at the Federal Court of Justice
The designated authority has been modified (since 1 January 2007) as follows:
Ministry of Justice (new office name)
Central Authority
In accordance with article 6, paragraph 1 of the Convention, the Ministry of Justice (legislative drafting department, 4th section) is designated as the Central Authority of Greece.
The Central Authority is the Attorney General of the Nation
[...] in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of the Convention, the Ministry of Social Affairs, Promotion of Women and Childhood has been designated as the Central Authority to discharge the execution of the Convention.
Central Authority: the Minister of Legal Affairs and the Attorney General Chambers
Central Authority:
National Social Welfare Board
Honduran Institute for Children and Families (IHNFA)
Office specialized in The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child
Abduction and its implementation
Central Authority:
The Ministry of Justice
Central Authority (modification)
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice
Department of Justice Cooperation and Private International Law
Central Authority:
The Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs.
Central Authority
Ministry of the Interior
Central Authority:
Department of Justice and Equality
Central Authority:
The Attorney General
Ministry of Justice
Central Authority (modification)
Ministry of Justice
Office of the State Attorney
Department of International Affairs
Central Authority:
The Italian Ministry of Justice - Central Office for the Justice of minors
Central Authority:
Hague Convention Division, Consular Affairs Bureau,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Central Authority:
Ministry of Education and Science
In accordance with Article 6 of the Convention the Republic of Latvia declares that
the Central Authority is:
National Center for the Rights of the Child
Central Authority (modification)
Secretariat of Minister for Special Assignments for Children and Family Affairs
Central Authority (modification)
Ministry of Children and Family Affairs
Central Authority (modification)
Ministry of Justice
Central Authority:
Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and the Correctional Services
Central Authority:
the Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania
Central Authority (modification)
State Child Rights Protection and Adoption Service
Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania
The Principal State Prosecutor is designated as the Central Authority referred to in Article 6 of the Convention.
Central Authority:
Director Department of Family Welfare
Social Work Centre
Director for Social Welfare Standards
Department for Social Welfare Standards
Central Authority:
The Attorney General's Office.
Central Authority
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare
Central Authority:
Department of Legal Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affaires
In addition to the above-mentioned Central Authority Mexico has appointed [...] State
Central Authorities [...].
The Central Authority to which applications may be addressed for transmission to the
appropriate State Central Authority remains as before the Department of Legal Affairs
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico.
Central Authority:
The Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Moldova
Central Authority
Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family
Central Authority:
Department of Legal Services
Palace of Justice
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Montenegro - Sector for Justice.
[...] the Ministry of Justice of Morocco will assume the functions of the Central National Authority under Article 6 of the Convention.
The Legal Affairs Support Unit, which is part of the Prevention, Youth Protection and Probation Service of the Ministry of Justice, The Hague, will be responsible for execution of the Convention as of 1 September 1995.
For the European part of the Netherlands:
Ministry of Security and Justice
Legal Affairs Support Unit
Directorate-General for Youth and Implementation of Sanctions
For the Caribbean part of the Netherlands:
Guardianship Council (Voogdijraad)
Bonaire
Central Authority:
The Secretary
Department of Justice
Ministerio de la Familia Adolescencia y Niñez (MIFAN)
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has designated the following Central Authority
in accordance with Article 6:
the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Macedonia
Central Authority:
Royal Ministry of Justice and the Police
(modification as of 1 March 2020)
Central authority:
Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs
Central Authority:
Ministry of Law and Justice
Central Authority:
The Ministry of Foreign Relations
Central Authority:
The Direction of the Protection of the Child, Ministry of Justice and Labour
Central Authority (modification)
National Secretariat for Childhood and Adolescence
Central Authority:
Ministry of Promotion of Women and Human Development (PROMUDEH)
Central Authority (modification)
Ministry of Women and Social Developmentl (MIMDES)
[…] that for the purposes of the Convention, the Philippine Central Authority shall
be the Department of Justice, Office of the Chief State Councel (Legal Staff), with
the following as the point person:
Ricardo V. Paras III
Chief State Counsel
Department of Justice
Padre Faura St., Ermita, Manila 1004, Philippines
Direct Line No. : (+632) 525-0764/536-0446
Telefax No. : (+632) 525-2218
Trunkline No.: (+632) 523-8481 loc. 316/341
Email address: rvparas@doj.gov.ph
Central Authority
Ministry of Justice
Division of International Law
Central Authority:
Institute for Social Reintegration
Central Authority (modification)
Direcção-Geral de Reinserção Social do Ministério da Justiça
(Directorate-General of Social Reintegration of the Ministry of Justice)
Central Authority (Art. 6)
Ministry of Justice
The Romanian Ministry of Justice
[...] the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation has been designated as Central Authority to discharge the duties which are imposed by the Convention upon such authorities.
Central Authority:
Attorney General or his designate
Central Authority:
In conformity with Article 6, first paragraph, the Republic of San Marino designates
the Tribunale Unico (Single Court) as the competent Central Authority.
In line with Article 6, para 1 of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International
Child Abduction, the central authority in charge of obligations envisaged by the Convention:
The Ministry of Justice and Local Self-Government of the Republic of Serbia.
Central Authority (modification)
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia.
Central Authority (addtional information)
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia
International Legal Assistance Department
Central Authority:
Director of Social Services
Ministry of Health and Social Development
Central Authority:
Rehabilitation, Protection and Residential Services Division,
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports.
Central Authority:
Rehabilitation, Protection and Residential Services Division
Ministry of Social and Family Development
Central Authority:
The Centre for International Legal Protection of Children and Youth.
(Modification):
Central Authority
Centrum pre medzinárodnoprávnu ochranu detí a mládeze
(Centre for International Legal Protection of Children and Youth)
Spitálska 8
P.O. Box 57
814 99 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Telephone number +421(2)59753208
Telefax number +421(2)59753258
E-mail: cipc@cipc.gov.sk
Internet site: www.cipc.sk
Contact person:
Mrs. JUDr. Alena Mátejová, director
(languages of communication: English, French)
E-mail: alena.matejova@cipc.gov.sk
Central Authority:
The Ministry of Interior
[...] a new Central Authority (CA) in Republic of Slovenia (from 21st December 2012)
will become:
Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia,
Directorate of Family.
Central Authority:
DOJ&CD
Office of the Chief Family Advocate
Central Authority:
General Technical Secretariat of the Ministry of Justice
Central Authority (modification)
Treaties Division
Ministry of Justice
And declarations made under Article (6) and (8).
Article 6: In terms of Article 6, the Secretary/Ministry of Justice is designated
the Central Authority.
Article 8: The authority competent to act upon a Letter of Request pursuant to Article
8 would be the Secretary, Ministry of Justice.
Central Authority:
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Department for Consular Affairs and Civil Law
Central Authority:
Federal Office of Justice of the Federal Department of Justice and Police.
Central Authority (modification):
Federal Office of Justice
International Private Law Unit
[...] in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1, thereof, declares that it has designated the Office of the Attorney-General of the Kingdom of Thailand as the Central Authority.
[...] that the Children's Authority of Trinidad and Tobago is designated to act as the central authority pursuant to Article 6 of the Convention. The Children's Authority Act. No. 64 of 2000 which establishes a Children's Authority of Trinidad and Tobago has been enacted. The National Family Services Division of the Office of the Prime Minister (Social Services Delivery) will serve as the interim authority pending proclamation of the Act.
Central Authority (modification)
Civil Child Abduction Authority
Central Authority:
Tunisian Ministry of Justice
Central Authority:
Ministry of Justice
The General Directorate of International Law and Foreign Relations
Central Authority:
Turkmen national institute of democracy and human rights under the President of Turkmenistan
Central Authority:
In Ukraine the duties of the Central Authority which are imposed by the Convention
are discharged by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.
Central Authority:
(i) for England and Wales,
the Lord Chancellor,
the Lord Chancellor's Department,
(ii) for Northern Ireland,
the Lord Chancellor,
Northern Ireland Court Service,
(iii) for Scotland,
the Secretary of State for Scotland,
the Scottish Courts Administration,
In accordance with Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland designated as Central Authority to which applications
may be addressed for transmission to the appropriate Central Authority:
Central Authority for England and Wales
The International Child Abduction and Contact Unit (ICACU)
Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
[...] for the Falkland Islands:
the Governor,
[...] for the Cayman Islands:
the Attorney General
[...] for Montserrat:
Attorney General's Chambers
[...] for Bermuda:
The Attorney General
Central Authority (modification)
(ii) for Northern Ireland,
Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service,
Central Authority (modification)
(iii) for Scotland
Scottish Government
EU & International Law Branch
Central Authority for England and Wales:
The International Child Abduction and Contact Unit (ICACU)
Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
[...] For the Isle of Man
Attorney General's Chambers
[...] For Anguilla
Attorney-General's Chambers
[...] For Jersey
HM Attorney General
Law Offices Department
Central Authority:
Office of Citizens Consular Services
Central Authority (modification)
U.S. Department of State - Office of Children's Issues
The Office of Children's Issues is the primary contact for cases of children abducted
both to and from the United States. Additionally, this office has overall policy co-ordination
responsibility for the Hague Convention program for the United States.
Note: Effective April 1, 2008, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
will no longer perform case management duties on cases of children abducted from other
Hague member countries to the United States. The Department of State's Office of Children's
Issues is the primary contact for cases involving children abducted to the United
States and children abducted from the United States.
U.S. Department of State - Office of Children's Issues
The Office of Children's Issues is the Central Authority and is the primary contact
for cases of children abducted both to and from the United States. Additionally,
this office has overall policy co-ordination responsibility for implementation of
the abduction convention in the United States.
Central Authority:
Department for International Legal Cooperation of the Ministry of Education and Culture
Central Authority:
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan,
International Law Department
Central Authority:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Venezuela.
The Government of the Republic of Zambia, [...] in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1, [...] declares that it has designated the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health as the Central Authority.
Central Authority:
The Secretary for the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.
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