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Spain and the 1980 Hague Convention: country by country

Spain is a Contracting Party (in force 1987-09-01, Ratification). Below is its treaty relationship with all other 102 Contracting Parties. Educational reference — always confirm your exact pair with a qualified lawyer or the official HCCH acceptance table.

Verified 2026-07-05·102 other Contracting Parties·Use the interactive checker →

Convention applies (31)

Both ratifying states — no extra check needed for treaty applicability.

Argentinaratification Australiaratification Austriaratification Belgiumratification Bosnia and Herzegovinaratification Canadaratification Croatiaratification Czechiaratification Denmarkratification Finlandratification Franceratification Germanyratification Greeceratification Irelandratification Israelratification Italyratification Japanratification Luxembourgratification Montenegroratification Netherlands (Kingdom of the)ratification North Macedoniaratification Norwayratification Portugalratification Serbiaratification Slovakiaratification Swedenratification Switzerlandratification Türkiyeratification United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelandratification United States of Americaratification Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)ratification

Applies — confirm Article 38 acceptance (70)

At least one side joined by accession; the pair only works if the other side has accepted that accession.

Albaniaaccession Andorraaccession Armeniaaccession Bahamasaccession Barbadosaccession Belarusaccession Belizeaccession Bolivia (Plurinational State of)accession Botswanaaccession Brazilaccession Bulgariaaccession Burkina Fasoaccession Cabo Verdeaccession Chileaccession Colombiaaccession Costa Ricaaccession Cubaaccession Cyprusaccession Dominican Republicaccession Ecuadoraccession El Salvadoraccession Estoniaaccession Fijiaccession Gabonaccession Georgiaaccession Guatemalaaccession Guineaaccession Guyanaaccession Hondurasaccession Hungaryaccession Icelandaccession Iraqaccession Jamaicaaccession Kazakhstanaccession Latviaaccession Lesothoaccession Lithuaniaaccession Maltaaccession Mauritiusaccession Mexicoaccession Monacoaccession Moroccoaccession New Zealandaccession Nicaraguaaccession Pakistanaccession Panamaaccession Paraguayaccession Peruaccession Philippinesaccession Polandaccession Republic of Koreaaccession Republic of Moldovaaccession Romaniaaccession Russian Federationaccession Saint Kitts and Nevisaccession San Marinoaccession Seychellesaccession Singaporeaccession Sloveniaaccession South Africaaccession Sri Lankaaccession Thailandaccession Trinidad and Tobagoaccession Tunisiaaccession Turkmenistanaccession Ukraineaccession Uruguayaccession Uzbekistanaccession Zambiaaccession Zimbabweaccession

Special case — China (1)

Applies only to Hong Kong SAR / Macao SAR, not mainland China. Where in China matters decisively.

China (People's Republic of)ratification
Computed from verified HCCH treaty-status data (2026-07-05). This is general information, not legal advice — whether the Convention applies to your specific case also depends on facts a lawyer must assess (habitual residence, custody rights, timing). Not affiliated with the HCCH.