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 |
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| Antigua and Barbuda |
1 May 1985 |
Succession of ratification as dependent territory of the United Kingdom |
| Argentina |
2 February 2001 |
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| Armenia |
27 June 2012 |
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| 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 |
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| Barbados |
10 February 1969 |
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| Belarus |
6 June 1997 |
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| Belgium |
19 November 1970 |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
16 June 2008 |
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| Belize |
8 November 2009 |
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| Botswana |
10 February 1969 |
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| Bulgaria |
23 November 1999 |
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| Canada |
26 September 1988 |
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| China |
6 May 1991 |
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| Croatia |
28 February 2006 |
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| Cyprus |
26 October 1982 |
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| Czech Republic |
23 September 1981 |
succession of the ratification of Czechoslovakia |
| Denmark |
2 August 1969 |
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| Egypt |
12 December 1968 |
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| Estonia |
2 February 1996 |
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| Finland |
11 November 1969 |
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| France |
3 July 1972 |
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| Germany |
27 April 1979 |
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| Greece |
20 July 1983 |
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| Hungary |
13 July 2004 |
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| Iceland |
10 November 2008 |
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| India |
23 November 2006 |
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| Ireland |
5 April 1994 |
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| Israel |
14 August 1972 |
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| Italy |
25 November 1981 |
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| Japan |
28 May 1970 |
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| S Korea |
13 January 2000 |
prohibits service via other methods |
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| State |
Date of Ratification |
Comments |
| Kuwait |
8 May 2002 |
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| Latvia |
28 March 1995 |
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| Lithuania |
2 August 2000 |
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| Luxembourg |
9 July 1975 |
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| Macedonia |
23 December 2008 |
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| Malawi |
24 April 1972 |
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| Malta |
1 February 2011 |
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| Moldova |
4 July 2012 |
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| Montenegro |
16 January 2012 |
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| Mexico |
2 November 1999 |
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| Monaco |
1 March 2007 |
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| Kingdom of the Netherlands |
3 November 1975 |
(European territory and Aruba) |
| Morocco |
24 March 2011 |
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| Norway |
2 August 1969 |
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| Pakistan |
7 December 1988 |
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| Poland |
13 February 1996 |
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| Portugal |
27 December 1973 |
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| Romania |
21 August 2003 |
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| Russian Federation |
1 May 2001 |
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| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
6 January 2005 |
Succession of ratification as dependent territory of the United Kingdom |
| San Marino |
15 April 2002 |
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| Serbia |
2 July 2010 |
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| Seychelles |
18 November 1980 |
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| Slovakia |
23 November 1981 |
succession of the ratification of Czechoslovakia |
| Slovenia |
18 September 2000 |
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| Spain |
4 June 1987 |
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| Sri Lanka |
31 August 2000 |
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| Sweden |
2 August 1969 |
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| Switzerland |
2 November 1994 |
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| Turkey |
28 February 1972 |
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| Ukraine |
1 February 2001 |
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| 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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