Review 1980 Hague Convention Framework on International Child Abduction

In our view, this convention is outdated and does not recognise domestic abuse, coercive control, economic abuse or child safeguarding. We believe that many parents fleeing domestic abuse are “branded” as abductors, and end up losing their children under the 1980 convention. 75% of the parents who are brought before the courts are mothers. We therefore call for a review of the convention framework, and of the support provided to the parents brought before the courts.