[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 77 (Monday, April 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 21405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8593]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6193]


Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International 
Law: Notice of Study Group Meeting

    The Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law's (ACPIL) Study Group on The 1996 Hague Convention on 
Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation 
in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection 
of Children (``the Protection of Children's Convention'' or ``the 1996 
Convention'') will be holding a public meeting on Monday, April 28, 
2008.
    This meeting is a follow up to a December 7, 2007 ACPIL Study Group 
meeting on the same Convention. Whereas the December meeting focused on 
Chapters I-IV of the Convention (Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, and 
Recognition and Enforcement), this meeting will focus on Chapters I and 
V of the Convention (Cooperation). The purpose of the meeting is to 
explain what the Convention, and in particular Chapters I and V, are 
intended to accomplish, what obligations they would impose on the 
United States if ratified, how they would benefit U.S. families, what 
specific children's issues they addresses, how they could be 
implemented in the United States, which state and/or federal laws would 
be affected, and which state and/or federal authorities could provide 
assistance in cooperating with particular requests under Chapters I and 
V.
    Useful documents to read prior to the meeting include: (1) The text 
of the Convention and its Explanatory Report, available at http://hcch.e-vision.nl/upload/expl34.pdf; and (2) the analysis of the 
Convention contained in the Autumn 2005 issue of the Hague Conference's 
Judges Newsletter, available at http://hcch.e-vision.nl/upload/autumn2005.pdf.
    Time: The public meeting will take place at the Department of 
State, Bureau of Consular Affairs/Office of Overseas Citizens Services 
offices, located at 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., (4th floor), 
Washington, DC 20520. The meeting will be held on Monday, April 28, 
2008, from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. If you are unable to attend the public 
meeting and you would like to participate by teleconferencing, please 
contact Corrin Ferber at [email protected] or 202-736-9172 no later 
than Monday, April 21, 2008 to receive the conference call in number.
    Public Participation: Advisory Committee Study Group meetings are 
open to the public up to the capacity of the room. Advance registration 
is requested. Persons wishing to attend should contact Corrin Ferber at 
[email protected] or 202-736-9172 no later than Monday, April 21, 2008 
and provide her with your full name, affiliation and e-mail address. 
You may be asked to present a government-issued identity card (e.g., 
driver's license) to gain admission.
    If there are individuals or entities that you believe the 
Department would be interested in hearing from concerning this 
Convention, please send their contact information to Corrin Ferber.

    Dated: April 11, 2008.
Mary Helen Carlson,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, Office of Private 
International Law, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E8-8593 Filed 4-18-08; 8:45 am]
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