30th Anniversary of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention on 1983-12-01 published the international instrument “30th Anniversary of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention”.
Adopted within the HCCH framework on 1 February 1971, this Convention concerns the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters. It is listed under that title on HCCH’s Conventions and Status Tables page.
HCCH’s Conventions and Status Tables page lists the Convention of 15 April 1958 concerning the recognition and enforcement of decisions relating to maintenance obligations towards children. The Convention concerns the recognition and enforcement of such decisions.
The HCCH Convention of 15 April 1958 gives exclusive jurisdiction to the court of a contracting State expressly selected by the parties to an international sale of movable goods, requiring other courts to decline jurisdiction subject to the Convention’s stated exception.