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The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or Hague Abduction Convention is a multilateral treaty that provides an expeditious method to return a child who was wrongfully taken by a parent from one country to another country. In order for the Convention to apply, both countries (the one the child was removed from ...
The term international child abduction is generally synonymous with international parental kidnapping, child snatching, and child stealing. [ 1 ] In private international law the term usually refers to the illegal removal of children from their home by an acquaintance or family member to a foreign country.
Reunite began in 1986 as reunite National Council for Abducted Children, a parent support network formed by parents trying to navigate their way through the legal issues surrounding international parental child abduction. It was registered as a charity in 1990 and over the years evolved and developed into an information and resource centre.
The UK side of the protocol is invoked via the UK judiciary's International Family Justice Office, the same body that administers Hague Convention actions. Reunite , the leading UK charity on child abduction has noted that the protocol is not treated as law in either jurisdiction, so judges may revert to domestic family law instead of the ...
Child abduction or child theft is the unauthorized removal of a minor (a child under the age of legal adulthood) from the custody of the child's natural parents or legally appointed guardians. The term child abduction includes two legal and social categories which differ by their perpetrating contexts: abduction by members of the child's family ...
The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, with a regional presence in the United Kingdom, Europe, Turkey, Africa, Canada, Latin America, Caribbean, Southeast Asia, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australasia, is a private 501(c)(3) non-governmental, nonprofit global organization.
The international legal framework concerning children in migration and mobility provides safeguards in relation to asylum and international protection, labour regulations, the prevention of sexual exploitation and trafficking in human beings, international standards for migrant workers, child victims of crime and the judiciary, as well as ...
Parental child abduction is the hiding, taking, or keeping hold of a child by a parent while defying the rights of the child's other parent or guardian. [1] This abduction often occurs when the parents separate or begin divorce proceedings. One parent may take or retain the child to gain an advantage in subsequent child-custody proceedings.