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Central Authorities directory — 1980 Hague Convention

Every Contracting Party designates a Central Authority that receives and processes return applications. Below: hand-verified contact cards, then the full official directory — each entry links directly to its own HCCH page, with phone and email. If a child may be at risk right now, contact local police first.

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⚠️ Contact details change. Phones and emails below were taken from the official HCCH directory on 2026-07-08 — each row links to its official page; confirm there before relying on any detail. Applying through a Central Authority is free of charge.

Hand-verified contact cards

Portugal

Direção-Geral da Administração da Justiça (DGAJ) · Ministério da Justiça

Country page → · verified 2026-07-05

Spain

Ministerio de Justicia — Subdirección General de Cooperación Jurídica Internacional (Área de Sustracción Internacional de Menores) · Ministerio de Justicia

Country page → · verified 2026-07-05

United Kingdom (England & Wales)

International Child Abduction and Contact Unit (ICACU) · Office of the Official Solicitor & Public Trustee

  • 📍 Post Point 0.53, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ
  • ☎️ +44 203 681 2756
  • 🔗 www.gov.uk
  • 🚨 separate CAs for Scotland / Northern Ireland / Crown dependencies & overseas territories — see HCCH page; route by jurisdiction within UK

Country page → · verified 2026-07-05

United Kingdom (Scotland)

Scottish Government Central Authority & International Law Team · Scottish Government

  • 📍 GW15 St. Andrew's House, Edinburgh EH1 3DG
  • ☎️ +44 131 244 4827
  • 🚨 case manager contact on HCCH page

Country page → · verified 2026-07-05

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Northern Ireland Central Authority · Department of Justice (NI)

  • 📍 Laganside Courts Complex, Oxford Street, Belfast BT1 3LL
  • ☎️ +44 2890 72 8808

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United States of America

Office of Children's Issues (CA/OCS/CI) · U.S. Department of State

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Israel

Department of International Affairs — Office of the State Attorney · Ministry of Justice

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France

Ministère de la Justice — Direction des Affaires Civiles et du Sceau / DEDIPE · Ministère de la Justice

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Germany

Bundesamt für Justiz — Zentrale Behörde · Federal Office of Justice

Country page → · verified 2026-07-05

Brazil

Autoridade Central Administrativa Federal (ACAF) · National Secretariat of Justice — DRCI, Ministry of Justice and Public Security

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Poland

Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości — Department of Family and Juvenile Matters (Division of International Proceedings in Family Matters) · Ministry of Justice

  • 📍 Al. Ujazdowskie 11, 00-950 Warszawa, P.O. Box 33
  • ☎️ +48 22 23 90 470
  • 🚨 verify website + languages via gov.pl before publishing

Country page → · verified 2026-07-05

Australia

International Family Law Section · Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department

Country page → · verified 2026-07-05

Canada

Justice Legal Services (JUS) — federal Central Authority · Global Affairs Canada

  • 📍 125 Sussex Drive, Tower B, 4th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2
  • ☎️ +1 343 551-1689
  • 🔗 www.justice.gc.ca
  • 🚨 FEDERAL + separate provincial/territorial Central Authorities for all 13 provinces/territories (Alberta/BC/Manitoba/Ontario/Quebec/Saskatchewan/NB/NL/NS/PEI/NWT/Nunavut/Yukon) — route by province; list on HCCH page

Country page → · verified 2026-07-05

New Zealand

Central Authority — Ministry of Justice (Tāhū o te Ture) · Ministry of Justice

  • 📍 Level 3 Vogel Centre, 19 Aitken Street, P.O. Box 180, Wellington 6140
  • ☎️ +64 4 918 8800
  • 🔗 www.justice.govt.nz
  • 🚨 Hague Convention Advisor / Central Authority at MoJ; contacts named on HCCH page

Country page → · verified 2026-07-05

Mexico

Dirección General de Protección Consular · Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Country page → · verified 2026-07-05

Full official directory (102 authorities)

Country / authorityOfficial pagePhoneEmail
Albania 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +355 42259390
+355 674060003		 diana.stillo@drejtesia.gov.al
erion.caka@drejtesia.gov.al
Andorra 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page _internacional_mji@govern.ad
Argentina 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +54 (11) 4819 7385 restitucion@mrecic.gov.ar
Armenia 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +374-10-59-39-31
+374-10-59-41-62		 david.gasparyan@moj.am
marine.yaylakhanyan@moj.am
Australia 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +61 (2) 6141 3100 Enquiries-DCJLegal@facs.nsw.gov.au
australiancentralauthority@ag.gov.au
Austria 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +43 1 52 1 52 - 0 team.z@bmj.gv.at
Bahamas 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ 1-242-356-5956, 1-242-356-5957, 1-242-356-5958, 1-242-356-5959, 1-242-356-5960
1-242-502-9500		 kemijones@bahamas.gov.bs
mofabahamas@bahamas.gov.bs
Barbados 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page RoseAnn.Richards@barbados.gov.bb
Belarus 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +375 17 200 85 45 kanc@minjust.by
omd@minjust.by
Belgium 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ + 32 2 542 65 88
+32 2 542 67 60		 kinderontvoering@just.fgov.be
rapt-parental@just.fgov.be
Belize 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +501-227-3898/227-7451/227-2057 director.hsd@humandev.gov.bz
secretary.hsd@humandev.gov.bz
Bolivia
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ (591-2) 2408900
+591 71226776		 cji@rree.gob.bo
Bosnia and Herzegovina 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +387 33 281 555
+387 33 281 582		 olga.lucic.radic@mpr.gov.ba
Botswana 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page malebogorm@gmail.com
masegolecha@gmail.com
Brazil 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +55 (61) 2025-7672 subtracao.acaf@mj.gov.br
Bulgaria 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page L_Chernogorova@justice.government.bg
M_Gencheva@justice.government.bg
Burkina Faso 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page laure.hien@gmail.com
Cabo Verde 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +238 261 57 48 Autoridade.Central@pgr.gov.cv
elisa.mendes@pgr.gov.cv
Canada 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +1 (343) 551-1689
+1 (204) 945-5264		 BCCentralAuthority@gov.bc.ca
Candray.mehkary@gov.mb.ca
Chile 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +56 (2) 2937 1435 internacional@cajmetro.cl
rbustos@cajmetro.cl
China (Hong Kong SAR)
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +852 3918 4766
+852 3918 4753		 childabduct@doj.gov.hk
China (Macao SAR)
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +853 2836 7878 psec@ias.gov.mo
Colombia 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page Andrea.mogollon@icbf.gov.co
Andres.monsalve@icbf.gov.co
Costa Rica 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page solicitudesinternacionales@pani.go.cr
Croatia 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page pisarnica@mrosp.hr
Cuba 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +53 78383460 dri@minjus.gob.cu
Cyprus 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page akyriakides@papd.mof.gov.cy
registry@mjpo.gov.cy
Czechia 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +420 542 215 522 podatelna@umpod.gov.cz
Denmark 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ + 45 33 41 12 00
+ 45 41 85 11 97		 emeg@ast.dk
jofj@ast.dk
Dominican Republic 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +1 (809) 567 2233
809 567 2233		 guzman.kleiris@conani.gob.do
pena.aly@conani.gob.do
Ecuador 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page autoridadcentral@ministeriodegobierno.gob.ec
El Salvador 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +503 2231-9336 fatima.rosales@pgr.gob.sv
Estonia 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +372 620 8100 see HCCH page
Fiji 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +679-330-8600 ( see HCCH page
Finland 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +358 (29) 5150 301
+358 (29) 5150 103		 central.authority.om@gov.fi
France 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page entraide-civile-internationale@justice.gouv.fr
vanessa.el-khoury-moal@justice.gouv.fr
Georgia 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page Intlawdep@justice.gov.ge
ashonia@justice.gov.ge
Germany 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +49 (228) 99 410 5212 int.sorgerecht@bfj.bund.de
Greece 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page civilunit@justice.gov.gr
mdetsi@justice.gov.gr
Guatemala 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +502 2414-8787
+502 24148787		 elba.prerag@pgn.gob.gt
sustraccioninternacionalpna@pgn.gob.gt
Guinea 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +224 655 35 31 71
+224 (622) 16 94 28		 aboubacr72@gmail.com
bacarkiki@yahoo.fr
Guyana 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +592-225-6545 minister.mhsss@gmail.com
Honduras 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page despachoministerial@senaf.gob.hn
secretariageneral@senaf.gob.hn
Hungary 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +36 (1) 795 5397 nmfo@im.gov.hu
Iceland 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +354 545 9000 dmr@dmr.is
svanhildur.thorbjornsdottir@dmr.is
Ireland 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +353 (0)1 859 2232 (
+353 (1) 859 2232 (		 internationalchildabduction@justice.ie
Israel 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +972-73-3928115
+972-73-3928103		 ICA@justice.gov.il
chanale@justice.gov.il
Italy 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +39 0668188331 /
+39 0668188328		 autoritacentrali.dgmc@giustizia.it
Jamaica 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +1876 948 6678
+1876 469 4639		 bagaluem@childprotection.gov.jm
chambersn@childprotection.gov.jm
Japan 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +81-(0)3-5501-8466 hagueconventionjapan@mofa.go.jp
Kazakhstan 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +7 (7172) 74 23 42, 74-23-54
+7 (7172) 74-23-54 (		 lya.ismuhanova@edu.gov.kz
Latvia 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +371 6703 6801 Inese.Celmina@tm.gov.lv
Liva.Upena@tm.gov.lv
Lesotho 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +266 (22) 312 036 / 323 617 see HCCH page
Lithuania 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +370 (5) 231 0928 info@vaikoteises.lt
Luxembourg 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page entraide.civile.internationale@justice.etat.lu
Malta 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page maltaca.abductions@gov.mt
Mauritius 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +230 206 3742 / 206 3785 / 206 3786 Internationalchildabducction@gmail.com
childabduc@govmu.org
Mexico 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +52-55-3686-5100
601 2222 (		 bruceg@sre.gob.mx
csierra@sre.gob.mx
Monaco 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page dsj@justice.mc
mmaillet@justice.mc
Montenegro 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +382 (20) 407 564
+382 20 407 564		 natasa.cukovic@mpa.gov.me
vera.veskovic@mpa.gov.me
Morocco 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page entraidejcivil@justice.gov.ma
m.boutalha@justice.gov.ma
Netherlands
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +31 (70) 370 6252
+ 5999 4616166		 info.jz@just.gov.cw
kinderontvoering@minjenv.nl
New Zealand 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page Brien@justice.govt.nz
ankita.saxena@justice.govt.nz
Nicaragua 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page asuntosinternacionales@mifamilia.gob.ni
evespinoza@mifamilia.gob.ni
North Macedonia 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page etodorova@mtsp.gov.mk
mshikova@mtsp.gov.mk
Norway 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ + 47 466 15 000
00 47 466 16 809		 Kristin.Ugstad.Steinrem@bufdir.no
anjabratlie.furre@bufdir.no
Pakistan 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +92-51-9202484 focal.person@molaw.gov.pk
Panama 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +507 504-8974
+ 507 504-8892		 aperez@mire.gob.pa
lramos@mire.gob.pa
Paraguay 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page alfredogaona84@gmail.com
restitucion.internacional.py@gmail.com
Peru 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +51 (1) 626 1600 eolaya@mimp.gob.pe
haguilera@mimp.gob.pe
Philippines 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page DOJLegalStaff@doj.gov.ph
HCAC@doj.gov.ph
Poland 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page Polandchildabduction@ms.gov.pl
Portugal 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +351 21 790 65 00
+351 21 790 6225		 criancas@dgaj.mj.pt
Republic of Korea
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +82-2-2110-3663
+82-2-2110-3668		 mojhague@korea.kr
Republic of Moldova
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page igor.chisca@social.gov.md
secretariat@social.gov.md
Romania 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +4037 204 1077 ddit-civil@just.ro
Russian Federation
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +7 (495) 587-01-10 c.auth_ru@edu.gov.ru
d07@edu.gov.ru
Saint Kitts and Nevis 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page attorneygeneral@gov.kn
San Marino 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page fabio.giovagnoli@pa.sm
isabella.pasini@pa.sm
Serbia 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page matija.soskic@mpravde.gov.rs
mlacivil@mpravde.gov.rs
Seychelles 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +258 4281832/4281631 blaboudallon@gov.sc
Singapore 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page Jasmin_Lopez@msf.gov.sg
Sabrina_NG@msf.gov.sg
Slovakia 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +421 2 2045 8200 hana.pavlovicova@cipc.gov.sk
info@cipc.gov.sk
Slovenia 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +386 1 367 7500 gp.mddsz@gov.si
South Africa 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +27 12 357 8022 NThokoane@justice.gov.za
Spain 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page sustraccionmenores@mjusticia.es
Sri Lanka 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page secretary@moj.gov.lk
Sweden 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +46 (8) 405 1455
+46 (8) 405 5019		 ud.kc@gov.se
Switzerland 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +41 (58) 463 88 64 kindesschutz@bj.admin.ch
Thailand 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +662-142-1637 inter@ago.mail.go.th
Trinidad and Tobago 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ 1-868-623-7010 ccaa@ag.gov.tt
rbabwah@ag.gov.tt
Tunisia 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +216 71 57 23 40 cheikh.sondes@justice.gov.tn
dg.affairesciviles@justice.gov.tn
Türkiye
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page diabgm@adalet.gov.tr
Turkmenistan 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page hukuk@instsld.gov.tm
Ukraine 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +380 44 279 5674 abduction@ca.minjust.gov.ua
United Kingdom
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +44 (203) 681 2756
+44 (0) 131 244 0460		 ChildAbduction@attgen.gov.im
ICACU@ospt.gov.uk
United States of America 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +1 (202) 485 6254 AbductionQuestions@State.gov
AkbariJR@state.gov
Uruguay 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page menores@mec.gub.uy
Uzbekistan 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page international@minjust.gov.uz
Venezuela
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +58 (212) 8064449 / 802-8000 a.c.venezolana@gmail.com
maria.suarez88@mppre.gob.ve
Zambia 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ +260 211 225 327 jhsikwela@gmail.com
malumbeh@yahoo.com
Zimbabwe 🌍
Central Authority		 Official HCCH page ↗ see HCCH page see HCCH page
General information, not legal advice. Contact data fetched from the official HCCH Central Authorities directory on 2026-07-08; the HCCH page linked on each row is the source of truth. If a child may be at risk, contact the relevant Central Authority, local police where appropriate, consular officials, and a qualified lawyer immediately.