Other Questionnaires and Responses (2000-2015).Standard Questionnaire for newly acceding States | Responses from States having acceded | Responses from other States.Information Document No 2 of March 2011.Previous Special Commission meetings (1989-2012).

Special Commission meetings on the practical operation of the Convention:

Transfrontier Contact Concerning Children – General Principles and Guide to Good Practice.Preparatory work, published in the Actes et documents de la Quatorzième session (1980), tome III, Child abduction.If you have a question relating to international child abduction and your country is a Party to the HCCH 1980 Child Abduction Convention, please contact the Central Authority designated by your country. Please note that the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference has no mandate to assist in individual abduction cases. The Permanent Bureau has published a toolkit focused on the effective application of the HCCH 1980 Child Abduction Convention in times of Covid-19. The 'Child Abduction Section' provides information about the operation of the Convention and the work of the Hague Conference in monitoring its implementation and promoting international co-operation in the area of child abduction. The Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (HCCH 1980 Child Abduction Convention) is a multilateral treaty, which seeks to protect children from the harmful effects of wrongful removal and retention across international boundaries by providing a procedure to bring about their prompt return and ensuring the protection of rights of access.

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