Hague Convention on Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters

The Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters is a multilateral treaty governing the enforcement of judgments entered by one nation's legal authorities in other signatory nations. It is one of a number of conventions in the area of private international law of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 1971.

Convention of 1 February 1971 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters
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Signed	1 February 1971
Location	The Netherlands
Effective	20 August 1979
Condition	Ratification by 3 states
Signatories	3
Parties	5 (as of 2013) Albania, Cyprus, Kuwait, Portugal and the Netherlands
Depositary	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)
Languages	English and French
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Albania, Cyprus, Kuwait, Portugal and the Netherlands (Territory in Europe, Aruba and Curaçao) are parties to the convention.

Convention of 1 February 1971 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, Hague Conference website

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