The Hague Convención on International Child Abduction: An analysis of the applicable law and institutional framework of fifty-one jurisdictions and the European Union

Abstract

The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations requested the Law Library of Congress to update its previous report of August 2000 on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, and to add, to the extent possible, reports on all of those country jurisdictions that are parties to the Convention. It also providesa detailed introduction, a discussion of the implications of relevant European Union regulation,analyses on two additional jurisdictions (Belarus and Georgia), a chart that provides the dates for entry into force for the eighty parties, a detailedbibliography, and the text of the Convention.