The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is an international treaty that established a uniform set of laws for countries with respect to child abduction.

For many women, leaving a partner to escape abuse isn’t the end of the story, writes Charlotte Proudman. It is the beginning of a new battle – not just against the perpetrators, but also outdated laws ...

She left the European country, taking the baby to Australia on the first flight she could get on. The father has now applied for the child's return under the Hague abduction convention.

2023 and last year for showing a pattern of noncompliance with the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention that requires a country to expeditiously return a child held by a parent to the child's country ...

Countries that are signatories are ... In short, half of Hague Convention cases are not 'parental abduction' but rather 'flights to safety'. The Hague Convention does not recognise domestic ...

The Hague Convention retains its validity for ... achieve the desired result in exceptional cases. In other countries, too, child abduction may be punishable under national law.

The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction sought to address ... lost custody cases taking children to their country of origin, or to countries where courts were ...

The Hague Convention is an international agreement between dozens of countries, including Australia, designed to swiftly respond to cases where a child has been taken by one of their parents to ...

The seven-day rule reflects the urgency of achieving quick resolutions to abduction cases that involve member countries of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction, an ...