11-11-03 Apostilles Pursuant to the Hague Apostille Convention (1961) and their use in Israel (Heb +Eng)

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Human Rights Alert (NGO) Joseph Zernik, PhD " PO Box 31440, Jerusalem 91313, Israel; [email protected] ; 91313 ,31440"

11-11-03 Apostilles, pursuant to the Hague Apostille Convention (1961)The State of Israel is party to the convention, and the State of Israel routinely issuesapostilles on public records, to authenticate and legalize them. However, as seen inKatzav v State of Israel (3372/11) and Zernik v State of Israel (6041/11), the SupremeCourt of the State of Israel refuses to issue certificates of authenticity and validity ofthe Courts decisions in these cases, public records, pursuant to the HagueConvention.

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1 Apostilles in Israel, pursuant to the Hague Apostille Convention from the HebrewWikipedia (Hebrew)

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2 Apostille convention from the English Wikipedia 4

3 Hague Conference on Private International Law from the English Wikipedia 14
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Apostille conventionFromWikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Hague Convention Abolishing theRequirement for Legalisation for ForeignPublic Documents, the Apostilleconvention or the Apostille treaty is aninternational treaty drafted by the HagueConference on Private International Law. Itspecifies the modalities through which adocument issued in one of the signatorycouotries can be certified for legal purposes inan the other signatory states. Such acertification is caned an apostille (French:certification). It is an internationalcertification comparable to a notarisation indomestic law.

Contents I Procedure 2 Information included in anapostine 3 Eligible documents 4 Procedure for non-states parties(Legalization) 5 States parties 6 Abuse 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

Procedure

A stille ConventionConvention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing theRequirement ofLegalisation forForeign Public

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D State parties to !be coIlVCIllim (mcnilers oflbeHCCH)D State parties to !be convention (non-menilers of

!be HCCH)Signed 5 October 1961Location The Netber1andsmee1ive 14 JlIllIllDY 1965Condition mtificatim by3 sta1l:s[ljPartie. 97Depositary Mini;try ofForeignAllilirs (Nel1lerIands)LaDguages FreIl:h (prevai1ing in case ofdivcrgence)

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Apostines are affIxed by Competent Authorities designated by the government of a state whichis party to the conveotion. [2] A list of these authorities is maintained by the Hague Confereoceon Private International Law. Examples of designated authorities are embassies, ministries,courts or (local) governments. For example, in the United States, the Secretary of State of eachstate and his or her deputies are usually competent authorities. In the United Kingdom, an

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apostilles arc issuedby the Foreign and Comm ,IWcahh Office inMilton Keynes.[3]To be eligible for an apostiDe, a dooument must first be issued or certifiedby an officerrecognised by the authority that wiD. issue the apostiIIc. For enuq>le. in the US state ofVermont, the SecretaIy of Statemaintains specimen signatures ofallnotaries public. sodocuments that have been notarised are eligible for apostilIes. [4] Likewise. courts in theNetherlands are eligible ofplacing an apostiIIe on an municipal civil status doC'lJrnents directly. Insome cases. intermediate certificationsmay be requRd in the country where the doC'lJrnentoriginates before it wiD. be eligible for an apostiIIe. For eJ8llq'lc. inNew Yolt.: City. the Office ofVIl:aI. Records (which issues. among other thingt. birth certificlll:es) is no t directly recognisedbythe New York Sooretaty of State. [S) As a consequence. the sigmrture of the City C\eIt.: must becertifJ:::d by the Cowrty Clerk ofNew York Cowrty to make the birth certificate eligible for anapostillcJ6][7]Information included in an apo,tilleThe apostille il:Ielf ill a stamp or prirrted fonD. consEting of10 numbered standard fields. On the top the textAPOSTILLE. under which the text Convention de La Hayedu 5 octobre 1961 (EngIiIIh: Hague Convention 0[5October 1961) ill placed. In the numbered fields thefollowing information ill added:

I. Country ... [country name]This public document2. ha s been signed by ... [name]3. acting in the capacity of ... [fimction]4. beam the seaVstamp of... [authority]c e t tifJ:::d5. at [location]6. the [date]7. by [name]8. No [apostillc regirtratim number]9. seaVstamp [of the authority giving the apostiIle]10. Signature ... [signature of authority giving the apostiIIc]

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/11 Apostille convention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaEligible documentsFour types of documents are mentioned in the convention:[l]

court documents administrative documents (e.g. civil status documents) notarial acts official certificates which are placed on documents signed by persons in their privatecapacity, such as official certificates recording the registration of a document or the

fact that it was in existence on a certain date and official and notarial authentications ofsignatures.

Procedure for non-states parties (Legalization)Main article: legalization (international law)

States that have not signed the Convention must specify how foreign legal documents can becertified for its use. Two countries may have a special convention on the recognition of eachother's public documents, but in practice this is infrequent. When such a convention is lacking,as is normally the case, the document must be certified by the foreign ministry of the countrywhere the document originated and then by the foreign ministry of the government where thedocument will be used; one of the certifications will often be performed at an embassy orconsulate. In practice this means the document must be certified twice before it can have legaleffect in the receiving country. For example, as a non-signatory, Canadian documents for useabroad must be certified by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa or by a consularofficial abroad and subsequently by the relevant government office or consulate of the receivingstate.

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States partiesApostille convention - Wikipedia, the free encydopedia

Th e convention is in force for allmembers o f the European Union an d all but 10 members o fthe Hague Conference on Private International Law. The next countries to accede to theconvention are Kyrgyzstan, Costa Rica an d Oman, for which the treatywill enter into force on31 July, 14 December 2011 an d 30 January 2012 respectively.State Entry into Force Apostille not commentrecognized in

Belgium, Albania Ma y 9,2004 Germany,Greece, Italy an d

SpainII Andorra December 31, 1996H Antigua an d November 1, 1981Barbuda: i: Argentina February 18, 1988!II!!!!!!! Armenia October 14, 1994_ Australia March 16, 1995=ustria January 13, 1968_ Azerbaijan March 2, 2005 Germanyc B a h a m a s July 10, 1973H B a r b a d o s November 30, 1966_ Belarus Ma y 31, 1992II Belgium February 9, 1973o Belize April 11, 1993IIU Bosnia an d March 6, 1992HerzegovinaS B o t s w a n a September 30, 1966,....... Brunei December 3, 1987_ Bulgaria April 29, 2001

Cape Verde February 13, 2010_ Colombia January 30, 2001_ Cook Islands April 30, 2005

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Apostille convention - Wikipedia, the free encydopedia;;;;;;; Costa Rica December 14, 2011::::::c:: Croatia December 8, 1991, Cyprus April 30, 1973

Czech Republic March 16, 1999_ . Kingdom of does not apply for_. December 26, 2006 GreenlandDenmark and the Faroe IslandszDominica November 3, 1978

Austria,=-= Dominican August 30, 2009 Belgium,GermanyRepublic and theNetherlands. . . Ecuador April 2, 2005=E1 Salvador May 31, 1996I i i i I Estonia September 30, 2001r=:.r Fiji October 10, 1970+- Finland August 26, 1986II France January 24, 1965'* Georgia May 14, 2007 Greece-Germany February 13, 1966:= Greece May 18,1985BGrenada April 7, 2002=Honduras December 30, 2004

The convention is stillapplicable to HongKonggHongKong April 25, 1965 despite thetransfer of sovereignty overHong Kong on

July 1, 1997.[8]=Hungary January 18, 1973Z Iceland November 27,2004..... India July 14, 2005 Germany- Ireland March 9, 1999:::I: Israel August 14, 1978

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" 1 ~ If 8 t ~ ~ 7 0 t 9 ' 7 o_ Kazakhstan January 30, 2001iii Kyrgyzstan July 31, 2011=Latv ia January 30, 1996::::E: Lesotho December 4, 1966

Belgium,Liberia February 8, 1996 Germanyand the United

States Liechtenstein September 17, 1972_ Lithuania July 19, 1997= Luxembourg June 3, 1979

The convention is stillapplicable to Macau despite

II Macau February 4, 1969 thetransfer of sovereignty overMacau onDecember 20, 1999.[8]

:!)g Macedonia November 17,1991IIMalawi December 2, 1967~ Malta March 3, 1968I!!!:i Marshall Islands August 14, 1992

Mauritius March 12, 1968I-I Mexico August 14, 1995I'. Moldova March 16, 2007 Germany-Monaco December 31, 2002

Austria, Belgium,lIJI Mongolia December 31, 2009 Finland,Germany and

Greece_ Montenegro June 3,2006i i i Nannbia January 30, 2001

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Apostille convention - Wikipedia, the free encydopediag-New-Zealand 1Vevember-2-2-2QQ.1... Niue March 2, 1999_Norway July 29, 1983. . . Oman January 30, 2012~ P a n a m a August 4, 1991II Peru September 30, 2010 Germany andGreece_Poland August 14, 2005 Portugal February 4, 1969II Romania March 13, 2001_Russia May 31, 1992IIlIi Saint Kitts and December 14, 1994Nevis, Saint Lucia July 31, 2002I_I Saint Vincent and October 27, 1979the Grenadines_Samoa September 13, 1999t!::J San Marino February 13, 1995EZl: Sao Tome and September 13,2008Principe. , . Serbia Apri127, 1992

Seychelles March 31, 1979_ Slovakia February 18, 2002IiIIII Slovenia June 25, 19918: South Africa Apri130, 1995:_: South Korea July 14, 2007=pain September 25, 1978iiiiiiii Suriname November 25, 1975-iii!! Swaziland September 6, 1968=: Sweden May 1,1999D Switzerland March 11, 1973_Tonga June 4, 1970Ell Trinidad and July 14, 2000Tobago

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Apostille convention - Wikipedia, the free encydopedia11II Turkey September 29, 1985-Ukraine December 22, 2003

including CrownIlEa United Kingdom January 24, 1965 Dependencies andBritish Overseas Territories

United States October 15, 1981 Vanuatu July 30, 1980_Venezuela March 16, 1999

AbuseThe Apostil1e does not give information regarding the quality of the document, but certifies thesignature (and the capacity ofwho placed it) and correctness of the seal/stamp on the documentwhich must be certified. In 2005 The Hague Conference surveyed its members and producedthe a report in December 2008 which expressed serious concerns about Diplomas and Degreecertificates, titled "THEAPPLICATION OF THE APOSTILLE CONVENTION TODIPLOMAS INCLUDING THOSE ISSUED BY DIPLOMAMILLS". The possible abuse ofthe system was highlighted "Particularly troubling is the possible use of diploma millqualifications to circumvent migration controls, possibly by potential terrorists." (page 5) Therisk comes from the fact that the various government stamps give the document an air ofauthenticity without anyone having checked the underlying document. "An offlciallookingcertificate may be issued to a copy of a diploma mill qualif1cation, and then subsequently issuedwith an Apostille, without anyone having ever verified the signature on, let alone the contentsof, the diploma." (page 7) Further member states indicated "they would be obliged to issue anApostille for certification of a certified copy of a diploma issued by a diploma mill". (page 15)The Hague Conference expressed concern as to whether this issue could impact the entireconvention. " the Apostille does not 'look through the certifICation' and does not relate to thediploma itself There is a clear risk that such practices may eventually undermine theeffectiveness and therefore the successful operation of the Apostille Convention". (page 5)[9]In February 2009 the Hague Conference decided to amend the wording on the Apostille tomake it clear that no one was checking whether the document being attested was genuine or afake. The new wording to be used was as follows. "This Apostille only certifies the signature,the capacity of the signer and the seal or stamp it bears. It does not certify the content of thedocument for which it was issued. ,,[10]See also

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Hague Conference on Private IntematiOnel Law -Wikipedia, the free enc:yclo...Hague Conference on Private InternationalLawFromWikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Hague Conference on PrivateInternational Law (or HCCH, for HagueConference/Conference de la Haye) is thepreeminent organisation in the area ofprivateinternational law.HCCH was formed in 1893 to "work for theprogressive unification of the rules of privateinternational law". It has pursued this goal bycreating and assisting in the implementationofmuhi1ateral conventions promoting theharmonisation of conflict of laws principles indiverse subjectmatters within privateinternational law. Seventy-one nations arecurrently members of the Hague Conference,including the United States, Brszil, Russia,India, China and all 27 member states of theEuropean Uoinn (the European Uoinn itselfisalso a member of the Conference, so the totalnumber ofmembers is listed as 72 on theHCCH's website).

Contents 1 Recent developments 2 Members 3 The Permanent Bureau 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

Recent developmentsThe 20th Diplomatic Session of the

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EnforcementEnfurcerrent offureign judgmmtsMareva iqiunctionsAnti-suit iqiunctions

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The statute of the Conference wasamended (for the frrst time in over50 years) to expand the possibilityofmembership to RegionalEconomic Integration Organisationssuch as the European Union; The Conference concluded andopened for ratification the HagueConvention on Choice ofCourtAgreements, a project which hadbeen in negotiation for nearly 15years. States applying thisinstrument agree to recognize andenforce decisions reached by courtsof another signatory state i f thedispute was governed by a valid choice of court agreement concluded between theparties to the dispute.

Conference, held from 14 to 28 June 2005,saw two major developments:

MembersState Member since

_Albania June 4, 2002:::l: Argentina April28, 1972_ Australia November 1, 1973=ustria July 15, 1955_ Belarus July 12, 2001 Belgium July 15, 1955. . . Bosnia and Herzegovina June 7, 2001mBrazil February 23, 2001_ Bulgaria April22, 1999 Canada October 7, 1968. . . Chile April25, 1986 China July 3, 1987=Costa Rica January 27,2011== Croatia June 12, 1995

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Hague Conference on Private International Law - Wikipedia, the free encyclo..., Cyprus October 8, 1984. . Czech Republic January 28, 1993Denmark July 15, 1955. . Ecuador November 2, 2007=gypt April24, 1961I i i i I Estonia May 13,1998_ European Union April 3, 2007+- Finland December 2, 1955II France April20, 1964'*' Georgia May 28,2001_Germany December 14, 1955:::::': Greece August 26, 1955=Hungary January 6, 1987=celand November 14, 2003 ::C: India March 13, 2008 Ireland August 26, 1955:z:: Israel September 24, 1964II Italy June 26, 1957 Japan June 27, 1957

E : Jordan June 13, 2001=Latvia August 11, 1992_ Lithuania October 23,2001=Luxembourg March 12, 1956!!! Malaysia October 2, 2002 Malta January 30, 1995

Mauritius January 19, 20111'1Mexico March 18, 1986-Monaco August 8, 1996. . Montenegro March 1, 2007_Morocco September 6, 1993=etherlands July 15, 1955_ New Zealand February 5, 2002

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Hague Conference on Private International Law - Wikipedia, the free encyclo...: ; ~ ~ I f J t a Y 2 9 , ~:::::c Paraguay June 28, 2005II Peru January 29, 2001

Philippines July 14, 2010_Poland May 29,1984 Portugal July 15, 1955:. : Republic ofKorea August 20, 1997

Republic ofMacedonia September 20, 1993II Romania Apri1lO, 1991_Russia December 6,2001. , . Serbia Apri126, 2001_ Slovakia Apri126, 1993. . . . Slovenia June 18, 1992B:= South Africa February 14, 2002J : Spain July 15, 1955lCli Sri Lanka September 27, 2001. . Suriname October 7, 1977-=: Sweden July 15, 1955a Switzerland May 6,1957 Turkey August 26, 1955-Ukraine December 3, 2003m United Kingdom July 15, 1955

United States October 15, 1964 Uruguay July 27, 1983_ Venezuela July 25, 1979

The Permanent BureauLocated in a mansion on Scheveningsewegnear the Peace Palace in the Hague, the PermanentBureau is the Conference's secretariat. its Secretary General is Mr J.H.A. (Hans) van Loon.References

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