Hague_Convention_on_Foreign_Judgments_in_Civil_and_Commercial_Matters
Hague Convention on Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters
1971 multilateral treaty
The Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters is a multilateral treaty governing the enforcement of judgments entered by one nation's legal authorities in other signatory nations. It is one of a number of conventions in the area of private international law of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 1971.