Tag: children
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Mexico reckons domestic violence as a grave risk exception for Hague Convention
2023. The Supreme Court of Mexico established that the “grave risk” exception not only applies when the child is a direct victim of harm, but also as a witness to violence within the family.
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Abducting mothers or how the Hague Convention undermines child protection
2023. The 1980 Hague Convention on International Child Abduction provides for the prompt return of a child taken from his or her country of origin by a parent regardless of context.
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No exception – how the Hague Convention fails women fleeing domestic violence
2023. Each year, over 2,000 parents invoke the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction to force their children’s return to their “habitual residence”. But mothers are who mostly flee with their kids, many due to domestic violence.
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Children forcibly returned to abusive settings under Hague Convention
2022. The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction requires the rapid return of children who are considered to have been “wrongfully taken” from their country of habitual residence.