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Members of the International BULGARIA Hague Network of Judges Judge Bogdana JELIAVSKA, Vice President of the Soś a City Court, Soś a With 47 jurisdictions represented by 58 judges, the International Hague Network of Judges is constantly growing. CANADA We are delighted to inform you that judges from the following countries have recently been designated as members of the The Honourable Justice Jacques CHAMBERLAND, Court Network: Austria, Bulgaria, Colombia, Guatemala, Singapore, of Appeal of Quebec (Cour d’appel du Québec), Montreal United Kingdom (British Overseas Territories – Cayman (Civil Law) Islands), and Trinidad and Tobago. The Honourable Justice Robyn M. DIAMOND, Court of List as of 17 December 2012 Queen’s Bench of Manitoba, Winnipeg (Common Law)

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Judge Graciela TAGLE, Judge of the City of Cordoba (Juez Judge Hernán Gonzalo LÓPEZ BARRIENTOS, Judge of the de la Ciudad de Córdoba), Córdoba Family Court of Pudahuel (Juez titular del Juzgado de Familia de Pudahuel), Santiago de Chile AUSTRALIA CHINA (Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region) The Honourable Chief Justice Diana BRYANT, Appeal Division, Family Court of Australia, Melbourne (alternate The Honorable Mr Michael HARTMANN, Justice of Appeal contact) of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, High Court, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region The Honourable Justice Victoria BENNETT, Family Court of Australia, Commonwealth Law Courts, Melbourne (primary The Honourable Judge Bebe Pui Ying CHU, Court of contact) First Instance High Court, Principal Family Court Judge, Family Court - Wanchai Law Courts, Hong Kong Special AUSTRIA Administrative Region

Dr. Andrea ERTL, Judge at the District Court of Linz COLOMBIA (Bezirksgericht Linz), Linz Doctor José Guillermo CORAL CHAVES, Magistrate of the BELGIUM Civil Family Chamber of the Superior Court for the Judicial District of Pasto (Magistrado de la Sala Civil Familia del Ms Myriam DE HEMPTINNE, Magistrate of the Court of Tribunal Superior del Distrito Judicial de Pasto), Pasto Appeals of Brussels (Conseiller à la Cour d’appel de Bruxelles), Brussels COSTA RICA

BRAZIL Mag. Diego BENAVIDES SANTOS, Judge of the Family Tribunal, First Judicial Circuit (Juez del Tribunal de Familia, Judge Mônica Jacqueline SIFUENTES PACHECO DE Primer Circuito Judicial), San José MEDEIROS, Federal Judge – Federal Court of Appeals (Juiz Federal – Tribunal Federal de Apelações), Brasilia CYPRUS

With geographical responsibility for: the Federal District of The Honourable Justice George A. SERGHIDES, Doctor at Brasilia and the Federal States of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, law, President of the Family Court of Nicosia-Kyrenia, Nicosia Bahia, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Piauí, Rondônia, Roraima, Tocantins, São Paulo and Mato CZECH REPUBLIC Grosso do Sul. Judge Lubomir PTÁC Ó EK, Regional Court Ústí nad Labem,

Newsletter Judge Jorge Antonio MAURIQUE, Federal Judge – Regional Branch Oŝ ce in Liberec, Liberec

Federal Court of the Fourth Region (Juiz Federal – Tribunal Regional Federal da 4ª Região), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande DENMARK do Sul

The Judges’ Judge Bodil TOFTEMANN, City Court of Copenhagen With geographical responsibility for: Rio Grande do Sul, (Københavns Byret), Copenhagen Santa Catarina and Paraná. Volume XIX Volume on International Child Protection 37

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Judge Anny Belinda OCHOA MEDRANO, Judge of First Instance for Children, Second Children’s Court of First Judge Antonia Joseś na GRULLÓN BLANDINO, Court of Instance for the Department of Francisco Morazán (Jueza Children and Adolescents, National District, Civil Chamber de Letras de la Niñez, Juzgado de Letras Segundo de la Niñez, (Tribunal de Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes, Distrito Nacional del Departamento de Francisco Morazán), Tegucigalpa Sala Civil), Santo Domingo HUNGARY ECUADOR Judge dr Márta GYENGE-NAGY, Judge of the Szeged Dr Arturo MÁRQUEZ MATAMOROS, Provincial Judge of Municipal Court, Szeged the Court of Appeal of El Oro (Juez Provincial de la Corte de Apelaciones de Justicia de El Oro), Machala ICELAND – NEW DESIGNATION PENDING

EL SALVADOR IRELAND

Lic. Evelyn Roxana NUÑEZ FRANCO, Magistrate of the The Honourable Ms Justice Mary FINLAY GEOGHEGAN, Administrative Litigation Chamber of the Supreme Court of The High Court, Dublin Justice (Magistrada de la Sala de lo Contencioso Administrativo de la Corte Suprema de Justicia), San Salvador ISRAEL

Lic. Ana Guadalupe ZELEDON VILLALTA, Fourth Family The Honourable Judge Benzion GREENBERGER, District Court of San Salvador, Integrated Judicial Centre of Private Court of Jerusalem and Social Law (Juzgado 4 de Familia de San Salvador, Centro Judicial Integrado de Derecho Privado y Social), San Salvador KENYA (Non-State Party to the 1980 Convention)

FINLAND The Honourable Lady Justice Martha KOOME, The High Court, Nairobi Justice Elisabeth BYGGLIN, Helsinki Court of Appeal (Helsingin Hovioikeus), Helsinki LUXEMBOURG

FRANCE – NEW DESIGNATION PENDING Mr Serge WAGNER, Advocate-General (Avocat général), General Prosecutor’s Oŝ ce of Luxembourg (Parquet général GABON du Grand-duché de Luxembourg), Luxembourg

Judge Jean-Pierre SOBOTCHOU, Presiding Judge, Cour de MALTA Cassation du Gabon, Libreville The Hon. Mr Justice Noel CUSCHIERI, President, Family GERMANY Section of the Civil Court, Courts of Justice, Valletta

Judge Martina ERB-KLÜNEMANN, Judge of the Family MEXICO Court, District Court of Hamm (Richterin am Amtsgericht, Amtsgericht Hamm), Hamm Lic. Adriana CANALES PÉREZ, Magistrate of the Third Family Chamber, Superior Court of Justice of the Federal Judge Sabine BRIEGER, Judge of the Family Court, District District (Magistrada de la Tercera Sala Familiar, Tribunal Court of Pankow-Weißensee (Richterin am Amtsgericht, Superior de Justicia del Distrito Federal), Mexico D.F. Amtsgericht Pankow-Weißensee), Berlin Lic. Dionisio NÚÑEZ VERDIN, Judge of First Instance in GUATEMALA Family Law (Juez de Primera Instancia en materia familiar), Jalisco Judge Rony Eulalio LÓPEZ CONTRERAS, First Magistrate of the Court of Appeals for Children and Adolescents Dr Lázaro TENORIO GODÍNEZ, Judge of the First Family (Magistrado Vocal Primero de la Sala de la Corte de Apelaciones Chamber, Superior Court of Justice of the Federal District de la Niñez y Adolescencia) (Magistrado de la Primera Sala Familiar, Tribunal Superior

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HONDURAS Lic. Oscar Gregorio CERVERA RIVERO, President of the Judge Belia Olmeda TORRES MERLO, Judge of First Instance Second Family Chamber, Superior Court of Justice of the for Children, Children’s Court of First Instance of San Pedro Federal District (Presidente de la Segunda Sala Familiar, The Judges’ Sula (Jueza de Letras de la Niñez, Juzgado de Letras Primero Tribunal Superior de Justicia del Distrito Federal), Mexico D.F. de la Niñez San Pedro Sula), San Pedro Sula Volume XIX Volume 38 The Judges’ Newsletter

NETHERLANDS ROMANIA

Judge Johan VISSER, President of the Family Law and Judge Andreea Florina MATEESCU, Bucharest Tribunal, International Child Protection Division of the District Court Vth Civil Section, Bucharest (primary contact) of The Hague, The Hague Judge Anca Magda VLAICU, Bucharest Tribunal, IVth Civil Judge Annette C. OLLAND, Senior Judge, Family Law and Section, Bucharest (alternate contact) International Child Protection Division of the District Court of The Hague, The Hague SERBIA

NEW ZEALAND Judge Djurdja NESKOVIC, Judge of the High Court, Belgrade

Her Honour Chief Judge Jan-Marie DOOGUE, Chief District Judge Maja MARINKOVIC, First County Court, Belgrade Court Judge, District Court of New Zealand, Wellington SINGAPORE NICARAGUA Senior District Judge FOO Tuat Yien, Family and Juvenile Mag. María José ARÁUZ HENRÍQUEZ, First Family District Justice Division, Subordinate Court, Singapore Judge (Juez Primero de Distrito de Familia), Managua SOUTH AFRICA NORWAY The Honourable Mrs Justice Belinda VAN HEERDEN, Judge Anne Marie SELVAAG, Trondheim District Court, Supreme Court of Appeal, Bloemfontein Trondheim SPAIN Judge Torunn Elise KVISBERG, PhD, Sør – Gudbrandsdal District Court, Lillehammer The Honourable Judge Francisco Javier FORCADA MIRANDA, Family Court of First Instance No 6 (Juzgado PANAMA de Primera Instancia N° 6 de Zaragoza), Saragossa

Lic. Edgar TORRES SAMUDIO, Court of Children and SWEDEN Adolescents of the Chiriquí Judicial Circuit (Juzgado de Niñez y Adolescencia del Circuito Judicial de Chiriquí), Chiriquí The Honourable Judge Ann-Soś e BROQVIST, Stockholm District Court (Stockholms Tingsrätt), Stockholm Lic. Delia CEDEÑO P., Judge of Children and Adolescents of the First Judicial Circuit of Panama (Jueza de Niñez y TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Adolescencia del Primer Circuito Judicial de Panamá), Panama City The Honourable Madam Justice Allyson RAMKERRYSINGH, Family Court of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain PARAGUAY UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND Professor Dr. Irma ALFONSO DE BOGARÍN, Magistrate NORTHERN IRELAND of the Criminal Court of Appeals for Adolescents, Capital District (Magistrada del Tribunal de Apelaciones en lo Penal For England and Wales de la Adolescencia de la Capital), Asunción The Right Honourable Lord Justice Mathew THORPE, Judge Abg. María Eugenia GIMÉNEZ DE ALLEN, Judge of the Court of the Court of Appeal, Head of International Family Justice, of Appeals for Children and Adolescents, Central Department The Royal Courts of Justice, London (Miembro de Tribunal de Apelación de Niñez y Adolescencia del Departamento de Central), Asunción For Northern Ireland

PERU The Honourable Mr Justice Ben STEPHENS, The Royal

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Dra. Luz María CAPUÑAY CHÁVEZ, Superior Judge, First Family Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice (Vocal For Scotland Superior de la Corte Superior de Justicia, Sala de Familia, Poder

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For British Overseas Territories The Honourable Mary W. SHEFFIELD, Presiding Judge, Circuit Court, Rolla Cayman Islands URUGUAY The Honourable Judge Anthony SMELLIE, Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands, Chief Justice’s Chambers, Grand Dra. María Lilián BENDAHAN SILVERA, Magistrate Cayman of the First Session of the Court of Appeal of Family AŚ airs (Tribunal de Apelaciónes de Familia de 1° Turno), Bermuda Montevideo

Mrs Norma WADE-MILLER, Puisne Judge, Supreme Court VENEZUELA of Bermuda, Hamilton Dra. Rosa Isabel REYES REBOLLEDO, President of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA the Judicial Circuit of for the Protection of Children and Adolescents for the Judicial District of the Caracas The Honourable Justice James GARBOLINO, Former Metropolitan Area and National Co-ordinator of International Presiding Judge, Superior Court of California, Roseville Adoption (Presidente del Circuito de Protección de Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes de la Circunscripción Judicial del Área The Honourable Judith L. KREEGER, Circuit Judge, Eleventh Metropolitana de Caracas y Coordinador Nacional de Adopción Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami Internacional), Caracas

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