Publications

28: Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

Entry into force: 1-XII-1983

Practical operation documents

Conclusions & Recommendations of the Sixth Meeting of the Special Commission (Part II - January 2012) 2012
Conclusions and Recommendations of the Sixth Meeting of the Special Commission (Part I - June 2011) 2011
Prel. Doc. No 3, Part I, of September 2008 - A statistical analysis of applications made in 2003 under the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (2007 update) 2008
Prel. Doc. No 3, Part II, of September 2008 - A statistical analysis of applications made in 2003 under the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. National Reports (2007 update) 2008
Report on the 5th meeting of the Special Commission to review the operation of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention and the practical implementation of the 1996 Hague Protection of Children Convention 2006
Conclusions and Recommendations of the Inter-American Expert Meeting on International Child Abduction 2006
Conclusions and Recommendations of the 5th meeting of the Special Commission (October-November 2006) 2006
Information Document of October 2006 - Enforcement of orders made under the 1980 Convention - an empirical study- commissioned by the Permanent Bureau and sponsored by the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children 2006
Prel. Doc. No 10 of October 2006 - Regional Developments 2006
Prel. Doc. No 9 of October 2006 - Report on the iChild pilot and the development of the international child abduction statistical database, INCASTAT - Technology Systems in support of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 2006
Prel. Doc. No 8 of October 2006 - Report on judicial communications in relation to international child protection + Appendices 2006
Prel. Doc. No 7 of October 2006 - Enforcement of orders made under the 1980 Convention - Towards principles of good practice 2006
Prel. Doc. No 6 of October 2006 - Enforcement of orders made under the 1980 Convention - a comparative legal study 2006
Prel. Doc. No 5 of October 2006 - Note on the development of mediation, conciliation and similar means to facilitate agreed solutions in transfrontier family disputes concerning children especially in the context of the 1980 Hague Convention 2006
Prel. Doc. No 4 of October 2006 - Transfrontier access / contact - General principles and good practice 2006
Prel. Doc. No 3, Part I, of October 2006 - A statistical analysis of applications made in 2003 under the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 2006
Prel. Doc. No 3, Part II, of October 2006 - A statistical analysis of applications made in 2003 under the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. National Reports 2006
Prel. Doc. No 2 of October 2006 - Collated responses to the Questionnaire concerning the practical operation of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 2006
Prel. Doc. No 1 of April 2006 - Questionnaire concerning the practical operation of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 2006
Report and Conclusions of the Special Commission of September-October 2002 on the Hague Child Abduction Convention 2003
Conclusions and Recommendations of the Special Commission of September-October 2002 2003
The Hague Project on Preventive Measures - Background document 2002
Prel. Doc. No 11 of September 2002 - Comments received on the Guide to Good Practice, Part I - Central Authority Practice 2002
Prel. Doc. No 10 of September 2002 - Information document regarding INCADAT, Judicial Newsletter, INCASTAT, Lowe Report 2002
Prel. Doc. No 7 of August 2002 - Child Abduction and Transfrontier Access: Bilateral Conventions and Islamic States - a Research Paper 2002
Annexes to Prel. Doc. No 7 - Child abduction and transfrontier access: bilateral conventions and islamic States 2002
Prel. Doc. No 6 of August 2002 - Practical Mechanisms for Facilitating Direct International Judicial Communications in the context of the Hague Child Abduction Convention - Preliminary Report + Annexes 2002
Prel. Doc. No 5 of July 2002 - Transfrontier Access / Contact and the Hague Child Abduction Convention - Final Report 2002
Prel. Doc. No 1 of January 2002 - Consultation paper on transfrontier access/contact 2002
Conclusions and Recommendations of the Fourth Meeting of the Special Commission to Review the Operation of the Hague Child Abduction Convention (22-28 March 2001) 2001
Prel. Doc. No 7 of March 2001 - The Hague Conference on Private International Law International Child Abduction Database (INCADAT) 2001
Prel. Doc. No 4 of February 2001 - Transfrontier Access/Contact and the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. A Preliminary Report 2001
Report of the third Special Commission meeting (17-21 March 1997) 1997
Report of the second Special Commission meeting (18-21 January 1993) 1993
Overall Conclusions of the Special Commission of October 1989 1989