Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 26929
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: Domestic Abuse
Tabled: 28 January 2025
Answered: 4 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Lisa Smart
Liberal Democrat — Hazel Grove
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to advocate reform of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction to better protect victims of domestic violence.
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesThe UK supports the work of the Hague Conference on Private International Law on their multilateral Conventions, including the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention, and works with other States Party to that Convention to improve its operation. The UK is ...
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