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PIL Conventions to Which the U.S. is a Party

• Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents (1961)

• Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (1965)

• Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters (1970)

• Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (1975) http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/treaties/b-36.html

• Additional Protocol to the Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (1979) http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/treaties/b-46.html

• Inter-American Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad (1975) http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/treaties/b-37.html

• Hague Convention on International Access to Justice (1980)

• Additional Protocol to the Inter-American Convention on the Taking of Evidence (1984) http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/treaties/b-51.html

• Conclusions and Recommendations of the Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the Hague Apostille, Service, Taking of Evidence, and Access to Justice Conventions (2009)