![]() ![]() Where a State has appointed more than one Central Authority, it shall designate the Central Authority to which applications may be addressed for transmission to the appropriate Central Authority within that State.Ĭentral Authorities shall co-operate with each other and promote co-operation amongst the competent authorities in their respective States to secure the prompt return of children and to achieve the other objects of this Convention. The Convention shall cease to apply when the child attains the age of 16 years.Ī) "rights of custody" shall include rights relating to the care of the person of the child and, in particular, the right to determine the child's place of residence b) "rights of access" shall include the right to take a child for a limited period of time to a place other than the child's habitual residence.Ī Contracting State shall designate a Central Authority to discharge the duties which are imposed by the Convention upon such authorities.įederal States, States with more than one system of law or States having autonomous territorial organisations shall be free to appoint more than one Central Authority and to specify the territorial extent of their powers. The Convention shall apply to any child who was habitually resident in a Contracting State immediately before any breach of custody or access rights. The rights of custody mentioned in sub-paragraph a) above, may arise in particular by operation of law or by reason of a judicial or administrative decision, or by reason of an agreement having legal effect under the law of that State. The removal or the retention of a child is to be considered wrongful where -Ī) it is in breach of rights of custody attributed to a person, an institution or any other body, either jointly or alone, under the law of the State in which the child was habitually resident immediately before the removal or retention and b) at the time of removal or retention those rights were actually exercised, either jointly or alone, or would have been so exercised but for the removal or retention. ![]() For this purpose they shall use the most expeditious procedures available. The objects of the present Convention are -Ī) to secure the prompt return of children wrongfully removed to or retained in any Contracting State and b) to ensure that rights of custody and of access under the law of one Contracting State are effectively respected in the other Contracting States.Ĭontracting States shall take all appropriate measures to secure within their territories the implementation of the objects of the Convention. Have resolved to conclude a Convention to this effect, and have agreed upon the following provisions . The States signatory to the present Convention,įirmly convinced that the interests of children are of paramount importance in matters relating to their custody,ĭesiring to protect children internationally from the harmful effects of their wrongful removal or retention and to establish procedures to ensure their prompt return to the State of their habitual residence, as well as to secure protection for rights of access, CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION
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