• The Hague Conference on Private International Law has scheduled the Sixth Special Commission meeting to review the practical operation of the Child Abduction Convention and the Child Protection Convention in two parts.  Part I will take place on June 1 to 11, 2011, and Part II is tentatively scheduled for January 2012.
  • The Hague Conference has now grown to 72 members, with the recent addition of Costa Rica and Mauritius. 
  • At the end of 2010, eight European nations joined the Child Protection Convention, bringing the total number of Contracting States to 29, and Singapore became the 83rd nation to join the Child Abduction Convention.