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Accession of Belarus and Uzbekistan to the Hague Child Abduction Convention

Summary

This report proposes authorizing Austria, Luxembourg, and Romania to accept the accession of Belarus and Uzbekistan to the 1980 Hague Convention regarding international child abduction to ensure better legal protection for children.
10 22.02.2019
Other
family
civil law
human rights
international relations

Key points

  • Authorization for Austria, Luxembourg, and Romania to accept Belarus and Uzbekistan into the Hague Convention on child abduction.
  • The goal is to improve international cooperation to prevent children from being taken across borders during parental separations.
  • The convention establishes that the courts in the child's country of residence are the competent authorities for custody disputes.
  • The decision is based on specific legal provisions within the existing Hague Convention.
Documents (PDFs)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision authorising Austria, Luxembourg and Romania to accept, in the interest of the European Union, the accession of Belarus and Uzbekistan to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Accession of Belarus and Uzbekistan to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction *
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