Member State

Central Authority

Phone Number

Argentina

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

+54 (11) 4819 7171

Australia

Attorney General’s Dept

+61 (2) 6250 6519

Austria

Ministry of Justice

+43 (1) 52152 2147

Bahamas

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

+1 (242) 322 7624

Belarus

Ministry of Justice

+375 17 220 96 84

Belgium

Ministry of Justice

+32 (2) 542 6511

Belize

Ministry of Human Development, Women and Children and Civil Society

+501 227 7451 or 7452

Brazil

Ministry of Justice

+55 (61) 429 3225

Canada

Department of Justice

+1 (613) 992 6485

Chile

Ministry of Justice

Denmark

Ministry of Justice

+45 3392 3302

Finland

Ministry of Justice

+358 (9) 16003

France

Ministry of Justice

+33 (1) 4477 6105

Germany

Ministry of Justice

+49 (228) 410 5040

Greece

Ministry of Justice

+30 (210) 771 4186

Hungary

Ministry of Justice

Ireland

Department of Justice

+353 (1) 479 0200

Israel

Ministry of Justice

+972 (2) 646 6797

Italy

Ministry of Justice

+39 (06) 6818 8336

Mexico

Ministry of Foreign Relations

Netherlands

Ministry of Justice

+31 (70) 370 4893

New Zealand

Ministry of Justice

+64 (4) 918 8827

Norway

Ministry of Justice

+47 2224 5451

Poland

Ministry of Justice

+48 (22) 521 2411

Portugal

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

+351 (21) 317 6100

Scotland

Justice Department

+44 (131) 244 4827/6

South Africa

Justice Department

+27 (12) 357 8021

Spain

Ministry of Justice

+34 (91) 390 4473

Sweden

Ministry of Justice

+46 (8) 405 1000

Switzerland

Ministry of Justice

+41 (31) 323 8864

Turkey

Ministry of Justice

+90 (312) 425 8497

United Kingdom

- England & Wales

Dept of Constitutional Affairs

+44 (20) 7210 8614

Official Solicitor and Public Trustee

+44 (20) 7911 7127

- Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Office

+44 (28) 9052 0700

- Scotland

Scottish Executive Justice Department, Civil Justice and International Division