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Table of contents

Special Focus

The Seventh Meeting of the Special Commission on the practical operation of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention and the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention (10-17 October 2017)

  • The 2015 Statistical Survey, Nigel Lowe & Victoria Stephens
  • Table of Conclusions and Recommendations of previous meetings of the Special Commission
  • Addressing delays under the 1980 Convention
  • The operation of Article 15 of the 1980 Convention
  • Revised Forms for Return and Access applications under the 1980 Convention
  • European Court of Human Rights Case Law - X v. Latvia
  • Benefits and use of the 1996 Convention in relation to the 1980 Convention
  • The application of the 1996 Convention to unaccompanied and separated children
  • Draft Guide to Good Practice on Article 13 (1)(b) of the 1980 Convention
  • Third meeting of the Experts' Group on recognition and enforcement ofmediated agreements in family matters
  • Recognition and enforcement of protection orders
  • Launch of the improved INCADAT
  • New Contracting States to the 1996 Convention
  • Country Profiles for the 1980 and 1996 Conventions

Direct Judicial Communications

  • Dialogue of Judges - European Liaison Judges and Judges of the International Hague Network of Judges, Martin Menne
  • Direct judicial communications and international judicial co-operation, Francisco Javier Forcada Miranda

1996 Child Protection Convention

  • Protecting children beyond borders - In support ofmulti-disciplinary and international child protection, Serge Léonard

International Child Protection Conference

  •  International Family Law Conference 2016: The Future of Family Justice: International and Multi-Disciplinary Pathways, Shi Ing Tay

News from Argentina

Implementation law for the 1980 Convention in the Province of Cordoba (Argentina), Graciela Tagle de Ferreyra

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