[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 6171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2396]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7239]


U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law (ACPIL): Public Meeting on Family Law

    The Department of State, Office of Legal Adviser, Office of Private 
International Law would like to give notice of a public meeting to 
discuss preparations for the upcoming Special Commission of the Hague 
Conference on Private International Law on the 1980 Hague Child 
Abduction Convention and the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention. 
The Special Commission will be held in two sessions: June 2011 and 
January 2012. The public meeting will focus on the desirability and 
feasibility of a protocol to the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention. 
In that regard, the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference has 
circulated to member States a questionnaire (which may be found at: 
http://www.hcch.net/upload/wop/sc2011pd02e.DOC). The questionnaire asks 
whether member States believe that the a protocol to the Abduction 
Convention should be negotiated and, if so, whether any such protocol 
should address: (1) Mediation, conciliation, and other similar means to 
promote the amicable resolution of cases under the Abduction 
Convention; (2) direct judicial communications; (3) expeditious 
procedures; (4) the safe return of the child; (5) allegations of 
domestic violence; (6) the views of the child; (7) enforcement of 
return orders; (8) access and contact; (9) definitions; (10) 
international relocation of a child; (11) reviewing the operation of 
the Abduction Convention; or (12) other matters. Responses from member 
States are due March 15, 2011.
    Time and Place: The public meeting will take place on Friday, March 
4, 2011, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST in Room 1107 in the Department 
of State's Harry S Truman Building, 2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20520. If you are unable to attend the public meeting and would like to 
participate from a remote location, teleconferencing will be available.
    Public Participation: This meeting is open to the public, subject 
to the capacity of the meeting room. Access to the meeting building is 
controlled. Persons wishing to attend in person or telephonically 
should contact Trisha Smeltzer ([email protected]) or Niesha Toms 
([email protected]) of the Office of Private International Law. If you 
would like to participate in person or telephonically, please provide 
your name, affiliation, e-mail address, and mailing address. If you 
would like to participate in person, please also provide your date of 
birth, citizenship, and driver's license or passport number for entry 
in the Harry S Truman building. Members of the public who are not 
precleared might encounter delays with security procedures. Data from 
the public is requested pursuant to Public Law 99-399 (Omnibus 
Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as amended; Public 
Law 107-56 (USA PATRIOT Act); and Executive Order 13356. The purpose of 
the collection is to validate the identity of individuals who enter 
Department facilities. The data will be entered into the Visitor Access 
Control System (VACS-D) database. Please see the Privacy Impact 
Assessment for VACS-D at http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/100305.pdf for additional information. A member of the public needing 
reasonable accommodation should advise either of the aforementioned 
contacts not later than February 23, 2011. Requests made after that 
date will be considered, but might not be able to be fulfilled. If you 
would like to comment on any of the 12 matters identified above, please 
identify those matters so that an agenda, with appropriate allocations 
of time, may be developed.

     Dated: January 26, 2011.
Michael S. Coffee,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 2011-2396 Filed 2-2-11; 8:45 am]
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