Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

• Is the Hague Convention on child abduction harming women?

  20th Jan 2022

  Women trying to leave abusive relationships and return home with their children are being blocked by the threat of Hague proceedings. When it was signed in 1980, this international treaty was intended to protect mothers and children, but now it's being used as 'legal weapon' against them, writes Anneka Frayne, calling for change.

• Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

  8th Mar 2018

  Is the Convention failing women and children escaping violence?