From May 3 to 5, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, through the People’s Power Ministry for Foreign Relations, participated in the Meeting of the Group of Experts on the Electronic Apostille Program (E-APP) and New Technologies, carried out via telematics in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement of October 5, 1961 “Suppressing the Requirement of Legalization of Foreign Public Documents”.
A total of 27 countries and 109 experts participated in the meeting, who presented their experiences and proposals on the implementation of the electronic apostille.
The Venezuelan delegation presented the proposal for the use of Blockchain from the sovereignty and independence of each contracting country, an initiative also considered by the Permanent Office of the Hague Conference to discuss its viability.
During the working sessions, the experts exchanged with State representatives and the Secretary of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, about the technology to be used in order to ensure privacy and authenticity in the data.
The meeting, promoted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), was aimed at the upgrade of technological security to guarantee the authenticity of documents issued by the Contracting States, since this would allow the users, among others things, to carry out their procedure in an agile way, saving costs and time.