INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL RETURN OF CHILDREN

B-53: INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL RETURN OF CHILDREN


        ADOPTED AT: MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY                                         

              DATE: 07/15/89

CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: FOURTH INTER-AMERICAN SPECIALIZED CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE     
                    INTERNATIONAL LAW                                           
                            ,
  ENTRY INTO FORCE: 11/04/94   ON THE THIRTIETH DAY FOLLOWING THE DATE OF       
                               DEPOSIT OF THE SECOND INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION 

        DEPOSITORY: OAS GENERAL SECRETARIAT (ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT AND            
                    RATIFICATIONS)                                              
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              TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, NO. 70                                  

   UN REGISTRATION:   /  /    No.         Vol.       

      OBSERVATIONS:      For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention 
                    after the deposit of the second instrument of ratification, 
                    the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day  
                    after deposit by such State of its instrument of            
                    ratification or accession.                                  

               GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: B-53               

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SIGNATORY COUNTRIES    SIGNATURE REF   RA/AC/AD REF   DEPOSIT INST  INFORMA REF
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Antigua and Barbuda..     /  /         05/24/05       05/31/05 RA   05/31/05 8
Argentina ...........   11/24/92       01/11/01       02/15/01 RA   02/16/01 4   
Belize ..............     /  /         06/11/97       07/16/97 RA     /  /     
Bolivia .............   07/15/89       08/12/98       10/08/98 RA     /  /   7  
Brazil ..............   07/15/89       03/17/94       05/03/94 RA     /  /     
Colombia ............   07/15/89   10  12/05/08  D    03/11/09 RA     /  /     
Costa Rica ..........   05/22/97       11/22/00       04/26/01 RA     /  /     
Ecuador .............   07/15/89       01/25/02       03/08/02 RA     /  /   6  
Guatemala ...........   07/15/89         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Haiti ...............   07/15/89         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Mexico ..............   04/06/92       07/29/94       10/05/94 RA     /  /   5  
Nicaragua............     /  /         10/20/04       12/06/04 AD   06/07/05 9 
Paraguay ............   07/15/89       09/27/96       10/08/96 RA     /  /   2 
Peru ................   07/15/89       01/25/05       03/02/05 RA     /  /     
Uruguay .............   07/15/89       06/05/01       08/31/01 RA     /  /     
Venezuela ...........   07/15/89   1   05/28/96  R    06/26/96 RA   05/12/97 3 
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REF = REFERENCE                                      INST = TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
       D = DECLARATION                                      RA = RATIFICATION
       R = RESERVATION                                      AC = ACCEPTANCE
INFORMA  = INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE TREATY               AD = ACCESSION

1.- Venezuela

	Venezuela expressed a reservation regarding Article 34.

2.- Paraguay

	Paraguay designated the General Directorate for the Protection of
Minors, an office of the Ministry of Justice and Labor, as the Central 
Authority responsible for complying with the obligations imposed by the
Convention on the States Party, in accordance with Article 7 of the 
Convention.
September 27, 1996.

Designation of Central Authority:

February 10, 2003
Secretaría Nacional de la Niñez la Adolescencia
Secretaría Ejecutiva: Dra. Lourdes Margarita Barboza
Paraguayo Independiente No 813 e/ Ayolas y Montevideo
Teléfono-Fax: 595-21-446-765

On December 23, 2003, Paraguay designated the "Dirección de Asuntos
Legales" of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the central authority
for the Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dirección de Asuntos Legales
Contact: Tomás Rocholl
Address: Juan E´Oleary esquina Presidente Franco 222
Phone:  595-21-498-126,  595-21-450-790,
Fax: 595-21-493-910

December 15, 2004
Secretaría Nacional de la Niñez y la Adolescencia depending of the
Presidencia de la República, in substitution of the Dirección de
Asuntos Legales of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay.
Address: Mariscal López casi Pitiantuta
Telephones: 595-21-207 160/4
Fax: 595-21-207 163

3.- Venezuela

	Venezuela designated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as its
Central Authority, in accordance with Article 7 of the Convention.

April 29, 1997 (Note: 00492, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

4.- Argentina
 
	Argentina designated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
International Trade and Worship - General Directorate of Legal
Affairs - as the central authority under the provisions of Article
7.II of the Convention.

(16 de febrero de 2001).

5.- Mexico

	On May 4, 2004, Mexico appointed the Secretariat for Foreign Affairs
	- Office of Family Law - as central authority in charge of the fullfilment
	of the obligations established in the Inter-American Convention on the
	International Return of Children, in the terms referred to in article 7
	of the said Convention.

Information: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores
	     Dirección General de Protección y Asuntos Consulares
	     Oficina de Derecho de Familia

Address: Ricardo Flores Magón No. 2, Anexo II, Planta baja,
	 Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Código Postal, 06995
	 México, Distrito Federal,
	 México
	 Telephone: 91-57-43-81
	 Fax: 50-62-30-84 y 50-62-30-47
	 E-mail: dgpaconsulares@sre.gob.mx

6.- Ecuador: Designation of Central Authority (January 13, 2005)

	On January 13, 2005, the Government of Ecuador appointed the following
central authority in regards of the Inter-American Convention on the
International Return of Children:

Dr. Iván Gomezjurado Cevallos
Presidente
Consejo Nacional de la Niñez y la Adolescencia
Edificio Tarqui, Santa María y Amazonas
Quito, Ecuador
Phone: (593) 9 872 0029

7.- Bolivia: Designation of Central Authority (January 13, 2005)

	On January 13, 2005, Bolivia appointed the following central authority in
regards of the Inter-American Convention on the International Return of
Children:

Dra. Elizabeth Patiño Duran
Viceministro de la Juventud, Niñez y Tercera Edad
E-mail: vicejunite@alamo.entelnet.bo
Phone / Fax: (591-2) 215-0090

8.- Antigua and Barbuda: Designation of Central Authority

	On May 31, 2005, Antigua and Barbuda designated the office of the Attorney 
General as the central authority under the Inter-American Convention on the
International Return of Children.

9.- Nicaragua: Designation of Central Authority

	On June 7, 2005, Nicaragua appointed the Consejo Nacional de Atención y 
Protección Integral a la Niñez y la Adolescencia (CONAPINA) as the central authority 
responsible for the compliance of the obligations established in the Inter-American 
Convention on the International Return of Children, according to article 7.

10.- Colombia: Designation of Central Authority

	On December 5, 2008, Colombia designated the Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar (ICBG) as its
Central Authority responsible for the compliance of the obligations established in the Inter-American 
Convention on the International Return of Children, according to article 7

Address: Avenida Carrera 68 Nº 64 C'75
Telephone: +57 (1) 4377630
www.bienestarfamiliar.gov.co

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