The HCCH Permanent Bureau has announced the completion of the e-Country Profiles project and the development and modernisation of online Country Profiles for the 1965 Service Convention, the 1970 Evidence Convention, the 1980 Child Abduction Convention and the 1993 Adoption Convention.
The HCCH Working Party met online on cross-border family mediation in the context of the Malta Process, with child abduction among the topics addressed. In private international law terms, the record concerns mediation and judicial cooperation in cross-border family disputes.
The HCCH Permanent Bureau hosted a hybrid roundtable and training on 11 and 12 September 2025 on the application of the 1980 Child Abduction and 1996 Child Protection Conventions.
The HCCH Working Group set up to complete the Country Profile and the draft Cooperation Request Model Form for the 1996 Child Protection Convention held its eighth online meeting on 14 May 2025.
Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement under the Brussels II ter Regulation, especially for matrimonial and parental-responsibility decisions and international child abduction
HCCH on 2024-06-18 announced the development entitled “Forum on Domestic Violence and the Operation of Article 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / HCCH.
The HCCH Permanent Bureau announced that pre-registration had opened for all interested delegates and experts for a forum on domestic violence and the operation of Article 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention. The forum will be held in Sandton, South Africa, from 18 to 21 June 2024.
Leonard Lusznat authored the academic publication “The Brussels IIb Regulation – Most significant changes compared to its predecessor and enhancement of the 1980 Hague Convention on International Child Abduction” in Journal of Private International Law, published on 2024-01-02.
The HCCH’s Special Commission meeting on the practical operation of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention and the 1996 Child Protection Convention was held at the Peace Palace in The Hague.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the International Hague Network of Judges, HCCH brought together Network members from more than 30 jurisdictions in The Hague on 14 October 2023.
HCCH on 2023-02-01 announced the development entitled “Child Abduction Convention enters into force for Botswana”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Botswana.
HCCH on 2023-01-01 announced the development entitled “Child Abduction Convention enters into force for Cabo Verde”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Cabo Verde / HCCH.
HCCH Permanent Bureau on 2022-12-20 announced the development entitled “Publication of the Practitioners’ Tool: Cross-Border Recognition and Enforcement of Agreements Reached in the Course of Family Matters Involving Children”.
HCCH — News on 2022-11-14 announced the development entitled “Botswana accedes to the Child Abduction, Adoption and Child Support Conventions”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Botswana / International (HCCH).
The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction aims to secure the prompt return to the state of habitual residence of a child under 16 who has been wrongfully removed or retained in breach of custody rights.
HCCH News on 2022-10-04 announced the development entitled “Cabo Verde accedes to the Child Abduction and Child Protection Conventions”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Cabo Verde / HCCH.
Nalçacioğlu Erden, Hümeyra Zeynep authored the academic publication “The International Jurisdiction of Turkish Courts in Cases Concerning the Personal Status of Foreigners” in Hacettepe Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol. 12 No.
HCCH on 2022-03-16 published the legal development “Information Note - Children deprived of their family environment due to the armed conflict in Ukraine”.
The article considers how the Brussels II ter Regulation takes the promotion of mediation and other alternative dispute-resolution methods in the European Union a step further.
Apostille Convention enters into force for Jamaica on 2021-07-03 announced the development entitled “Apostille Convention enters into force for Jamaica”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of Jamaica / HCCH.