WG on the completion of the Country Profile and draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form for the 1996 Child Protection Convention

On 30 April 2025, the seventh meeting of the Working Group (WG) established to complete the Country Profile and work on the draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form for the 1996 Child Protection Convention was held online, hosted by the Permanent Bureau (PB). The meeting was attended by 21 delegates representing 12 HCCH Members, as well as by members of the PB.
Pursuant to its mandate (C&Ds No 23-24 of CGAP 2024), the WG continued to discuss the structure and contents of a draft Cooperation Request Recommended Model Form for the 1996 Child Protection Convention, taking into account the comments provided by Members and Contracting Parties ahead of the Eighth Meeting of the Special Commission on the 1980 Child Abduction and 1996 Child Protection Conventions in October 2023.
More information on the 1996 Child Protection Convention is available on the HCCH website.