HCCH Update: Article 13(b) Guide is now available

The Hague Conference on Private International Law published its much anticipated Guide to Good Practice on Article 13(b) of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention.  This guide provides guidance to attorneys, judges, and governments on the application of the grave risk of harm exception to returning a child under the treaty.

The work of the Experts Group that produced the Guide was approved during the Sixth Special Commission meeting of the Hague Conference in 2011/2012.  The Experts Group convened for its first meeting in June 2013.

The Guide can be found here.





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