Hague Service Convention - Parties

Parties

As of 16 January 2012 (2012 -01-16), 65 states are contracting parties of the Hague Service Convention. They include 54 of the 72 Hague Conference on Private International Law member states, plus Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Kuwait, Malawi, Moldova, Pakistan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, and Seychelles.

State Date of Ratification Comments
Albania 1 November 2006
Antigua and Barbuda 1 May 1985 Succession of ratification as dependent territory of the United Kingdom
Argentina 2 February 2001
Armenia 27 June 2012
Australia 15 March 2010 incl: Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands and Norfolk Island
Bahamas 17 June 1997
Barbados 10 February 1969
Belarus 6 June 1997
Belgium 19 November 1970
Bosnia and Herzegovina 16 June 2008
Belize 8 November 2009
Botswana 10 February 1969
Bulgaria 23 November 1999
Canada 26 September 1988
China 6 May 1991
Croatia 28 February 2006
Cyprus 26 October 1982
Czech Republic 23 September 1981 succession of the ratification of Czechoslovakia
Denmark 2 August 1969
Egypt 12 December 1968
Estonia 2 February 1996
Finland 11 November 1969
France 3 July 1972
Germany 27 April 1979
Greece 20 July 1983
Hungary 13 July 2004
Iceland 10 November 2008
India 23 November 2006
Ireland 5 April 1994
Israel 14 August 1972
Italy 25 November 1981
Japan 28 May 1970
S Korea 13 January 2000 prohibits service via other methods
State Date of Ratification Comments
Kuwait 8 May 2002
Latvia 28 March 1995
Lithuania 2 August 2000
Luxembourg 9 July 1975
Macedonia 23 December 2008
Malawi 24 April 1972
Malta 1 February 2011
Moldova 4 July 2012
Montenegro 16 January 2012
Mexico 2 November 1999
Monaco 1 March 2007
Kingdom of the Netherlands 3 November 1975 (European territory and Aruba)
Morocco 24 March 2011
Norway 2 August 1969
Pakistan 7 December 1988
Poland 13 February 1996
Portugal 27 December 1973
Romania 21 August 2003
Russian Federation 1 May 2001
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 January 2005 Succession of ratification as dependent territory of the United Kingdom
San Marino 15 April 2002
Serbia 2 July 2010
Seychelles 18 November 1980
Slovakia 23 November 1981 succession of the ratification of Czechoslovakia
Slovenia 18 September 2000
Spain 4 June 1987
Sri Lanka 31 August 2000
Sweden 2 August 1969
Switzerland 2 November 1994
Turkey 28 February 1972
Ukraine 1 February 2001
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 17 November 1967 incl. Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Man, Jersey, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands
United States of America 24 August 1967 incl. the Northern Mariana Islands
Venezuela 29 October 1993

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