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The Hague Convention On The Civil Aspects Of International Childhood Abduction: Where Are We, And Where Do We Go From Here, Dan Beth Finkey
The Hague Convention On The Civil Aspects Of International Childhood Abduction: Where Are We, And Where Do We Go From Here, Dan Beth Finkey
UC Law SF International Law Review
Each year, hundreds innocent children are abducted from their homes and taken to foreign countries - victims of international parental abduction. In 1980, the U.N. developed The Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Childhood Abduction in order to protect children from wrongful international abduction, and to ensure that abducted children are safely returned to their homes. Although scholars laud the Convention as being generally effective, perverse results sometimes arise in the U.S., where courts are struggling to interpret the Convention's provisions so that they do not harm victims of domestic violence. This note suggests a novel way to improve …