Full denomination
EAPIL Working Group on Child Abduction and the Protection of Children
Chair and contact
- Costanza Honorati (costanza.honorati@unimib.it)
Type of group
Working Group with a limited number of participants
Current members
- Sabine Corneloup
- Mónica Herranz Ballesteros
- Costanza Honorati (chair)
- Katarina Trimmings
- Mirela Zupan
Mission statement
The Secretary General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) formally invited EAPIL to participate as an Observer in the Eighth Meeting of the Special Commission (SC) on the practical operation of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention and the 1996 Child Protection Convention, scheduled to take place between 10 and 17 October 2022.
The Working Group decided to draft a position paper representing the contribution of EAPIL to the works of the Special Commission.
Developments and outcome
The Working Group was established in September 2022. The conclusions reached by the Working Group are set out in a position paper endorsed by the EAPIL Scientific Council in October 2022.
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