Research Handbook on International Child Abduction

Edited by Marilyn Freeman, Principal Research Fellow, Westminster Law School, University of Westminster, UK and Nicola Taylor, Faculty of Law, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

‘This Research Handbook provides a broad and timely overview of international child abduction law in both Convention and non-Convention countries, authored by an all-star cast of experts drawn from practice and academia. In addition to serving as a useful and important reference, this Handbook will help to shape the agenda for new work ahead.’

• Contents:Foreword xviiAcknowledgements xixSpelling, reference or style conventions xxList of abbreviations xxiPART I INTRODUCTION AND KEY THEMES1 Introduction and key themes 2Nicola Taylor and Marilyn FreemanPART II THE IMPACTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION2 Long-term reflections of a former milk carton kid 19Sarah Cecilie Finkelstein Waters3 Ghosts in our genes: Psychological issues in child abduction and highconflict cases 30Sarah CalvertPART III THE 1980 HAGUE CONVENTION – HISTORY ANDLONGITUDINAL TRENDS4 The global effort to deter parental kidnapping: A history of the HagueChild Abduction Convention 47Linda Elrod5 The value and challenges of statistical studies looking at the operationof the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of InternationalChild Abduction 63Nigel Lowe and Victoria StephensPART IV THE 1980 HAGUE CONVENTION – IMPLEMENTATIONAND OPERATIONALISATION6 The role of the Permanent Bureau in the operation of the HCCH 1980Child Abduction Convention 80Gérardine Goh Escolar7 Fleeing for safety: Helping battered mothers and their children usingArticle 13(1)(b) 97Jeffrey Edleson, Sudha Shetty and Mary Fata8 Child participation and the child objection exception 116Rhona Schuz9 Judicial activism: A 20-year evolution 132Sir Mathew ThorpePART V INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION IN SELECTEDGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS10 The European Court of Human Rights 150Thalia Kruger and Sara Lembrechts11 The Court of Justice of the European Union and international abductionof children 164Costanza Honorati12 International child abduction in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia andthe Pacific: Similarities and differences 180Mark Henaghan, Christian Poland and Clement Kong13 The 1980 Convention comes of age in the United States 192Stephen Cullen and Kelly Powers14 International child abduction in Asia 201Yuko Nishitani15 International child abduction in Africa 219Julia Sloth-Nielsen16 The Caribbean and international child abduction – this is my child:catch me if you can! 233Diahann Gordon HarrisonPART VI NON-HAGUE CONVENTION COUNTRIES17 International child abduction and non-Hague Convention countries 245Jeremy Morley18 International child abduction in India 265Anil Malhotra and Ranjit MalhotraPART VII KEY PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL CHILDABDUCTION AND HAGUE CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS19 The CRC perspective in the context of international child abduction andthe 1980 Hague Convention 280Ann Skelton20 The continuing challenge of the 1980 Hague Convention – a judicialperspective 299The Honourable Mr Justice Alistair MacDonald21 Legal perspective: Remedying international child abduction – theimpact of international developments upon the English legal approach 314Henry Setright KC and Michael Gration KC22 International child abduction from the perspective of a CentralAuthority under the 1980 Hague Convention 332Joëlle Schickel-Küng and Anna Claudia Alfieri23 NGO/support services perspective: The importance of an independentspecialist centre on international family conflicts 346Suzanne Labadie24 Cross-border family mediation in parental child abduction cases 368Ischtar Khalaf-NewsomePART VIII REFLECTIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS25 Whither the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention? 388Nigel Lowe KC (Hon)26 Nurturing the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention 404Marilyn Freeman and Nicola Taylor430Index