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PH to accede to Hague Service Convention
By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora
By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora
August 23, 2019, 8:02 am
The Philippines will soon accede to the Hague Service Convention, a treaty that simplifies the process of serving court documents on parties living in another state, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo Malaya bared Thursday.
The future accession of the country to the Hague Service Convention, or the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, would follow the Apostille Convention's entry into force between the Philippines and other state parties last May.
"The Service of Process Convention will address court delays and simplify the serving of summons and other court documents in a foreign jurisdiction," Malaya told reporters in an interview on the sidelines of the 7th Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law in Manila.
He said the Philippines hopes to accede to the treaty "in the next few months."
At present, the DFA is closely coordinating and is in consultation with the Supreme Court about it, he noted.
"We will become a state party to that and that could be a big help to the judiciary and bring a lot of benefits to Filipinos who may be having cases in court. So there are a lot of practical benefits," Malaya said.
Malaya said this is only among the several treaties Manila plans to endorse.
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The Philippines will soon accede to the Hague Service Convention, a treaty that simplifies the process of serving court documents on parties living in another state, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo Malaya bared Thursday.
The future accession of the country to the Hague Service Convention, or the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, would follow the Apostille Convention's entry into force between the Philippines and other state parties last May.
"The Service of Process Convention will address court delays and simplify the serving of summons and other court documents in a foreign jurisdiction," Malaya told reporters in an interview on the sidelines of the 7th Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law in Manila.
He said the Philippines hopes to accede to the treaty "in the next few months."
At present, the DFA is closely coordinating and is in consultation with the Supreme Court about it, he noted.
"We will become a state party to that and that could be a big help to the judiciary and bring a lot of benefits to Filipinos who may be having cases in court. So there are a lot of practical benefits," Malaya said.
Malaya said this is only among the several treaties Manila plans to endorse.
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