What is International Child Abduction?
According to the Report on International Parental Child
Abduction published by the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong in
April 2002, international child abduction is when a child has been
wrongly removed or retained across an international border. It
usually occurs when there is a relationship breakdown between the
parents.
What is The Hague Convention?
The Hague Convention is a multilateral treaty developed by the
Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), and it aims
to provide a procedure to bring about the retained child's
prompt return to the country of their habitual residence as well as
ensuring the rights of custody and access under the law of one
contracting state are effectively respected in other contracting
states.
