History

Conventions

35 signed Conventions
29 Conventions entered into force

States

concerned States

The International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS), an international intergovernmental organisation, was founded in Amsterdam in September 1948 and recognised in December 1949 by an exchange of letters between Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Wishing to define the terms of the exchange of documentation carried out by way of this Commission, the High Contracting Parties signed a Protocol in Bern on 25 September 1950. An additional Protocol signed in Luxembourg on 25 September 1952 then defined the terms for other States to become members of the ICCS.

Former Secretaries General

Mr. Van Praag
Term of Office : 1948 – 1965

Ms. Bosch Van Rosenthal
Term of Office : 1965 – 1966

Mr. Spiros Simitis
Term of Office : 1967 – 1981

Mr. Jean-Marc Bischoff
Term of Office : 1981 – 1993

Mr. Jacques Massip
Term of Office : 1994 – 1999

Mr. Paul Lagarde
Term of Office : 2000 – 2008

Ms. Joanna Schmidt-Szalewski
Term of Office : 2009 – 2011

Mr. Walter Pintens
Term of Office : 2012 – 07.11.2014

Ms. Chantal Nast
Term of Office : 07.11.2014 – 17.03.2015 (interim)

Ms. Frédérique Granet
Term of Office : 17.03.2015 – 08.06.2020

Former Presidents

Mr. Stampa

Term of Office : 1948 - 1952

Mr. Ferid

Term of Office : 1970 - 1973

Mr. Teixeira de Sousa

Term of Office : 2004 - 2005

Mr. Standaert

Term of Office : 1952 - 1955

Mr. Van Langenaeken

Term of Office : 1982 - 1984

Ms. Demoustier

Term of Office : 2006 - 2007

Mr. Deltel

Term of Office : 1955 - 1958

Mr. Massip

Term of Office : 1984 - 1985

Mr. Mazars

Term of Office : 2008 - 2009

Mr. Delvaux

Term of Office : 1958 - 1961

Mr. Espin Cánovas

Term of Office : 1986 - 1987

Mr. Lasarte Alvarez

Term of Office : 2010

Mr. Van Sasse

Term of Office : 1961 - 1964

Mr. Delvaux

Term of Office : 1988 - 1989

Ms. Guzmán Zapater

Term of Office : 2011

Mr. Götz

Term of Office : 1964 - 1967

Mr. Breukelaar

Term of Office : 1990 - 1991

Mr. Macniven

Term of Office : 2012 - 2013

Mr. Oguzoglu

Term of Office : 1967 - 1970

Mr. Jäger

Term of Office : 1992 - 1993

Ms. Kappweiler

Term of Office : 2014 - 2015

Mr. Ferid

Term of Office : 1970 - 1973

Mr. Gökalp

Term of Office : 1994 - 1995

Mr. Nawrocki

Term of Office : 2016 - 2017

Mr. Monaco

Term of Office : 1973 - 1975

Mr. Dainotto

Term of Office : 1996 - 1997

Mr. Massa

Term of Office : 2018

Mr. Schwind

Term of Office : 1975 - 1977

Mr. Frank

Term of Office : 1998 - 1999

Mr. Tacq

Term of Office : 2019 - 2020

Mr. Koumantos

Term of Office : 1978 - 1980

Ms. Verschraegen

Term of Office : 2000 - 2001

Ms. Dennewald

Term of Office : 2021 - 2022

Mr. Pinheiro Farinha

Term of Office : 1980 - 1982

Mr. Koumantos

Term of Office : 2002 - 2003

Mr. Şefik Aygöl

Term of Office : 2023 - 2024