OSCE, Alm.del - 2010-11 (1. samling) - Bilag 47: OSCE PA - Supplementary Item 1-25

1. Alarmed at the significant increase in the number of reported international parental childabduction cases over the past several years,2. Desiring to protect children internationally from the harmful effects of their wrongfulremoval or retention and to ensure their prompt return to the State of their habitualresidence, as well as to secure protection for rights of access,3. Endeavoring to support custody determinations by courts located in the habitualresidence of the child,4. Concerned that internationally abducted children are at risk of serious emotional andpsychological problems and therefore that child abductions amount to a form of childabuse, and that left behind parents encounter substantial emotional and financialdifficulties,5. Concerned that abducting parents often abuse the legal system in the country to whichthey have fled and that abducting parents often manipulate and stall proceedings in orderto impede return of the child, and6. Persuaded that proper implementation of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 onthe Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction will minimize the need for criminallaw enforcement responses to international parental child abductions,The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly:7. Urges those participating States, as well as OSCE Partners for Cooperation, who are notparties to the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects ofInternational Child Abduction to ratify or accede to it, and seek to immediately resolvecurrent cases predating ratification or accession to the Convention;8. Urges those states which are party to the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on theCivil Aspects of International Child Abduction to fully implement their obligationsunder it, including by ensuring that their domestic legislation is in accordance with it,that effective legal and institutional mechanisms for its implementation are in place, andthat law enforcement and judicial officials are trained on its provisions andimplementation procedures; and9. Urges the OSCE to take up the issue of international parental child abductions, includingby considering a Ministerial Council decision on the issue to be adopted in Vilnius.

DRAFT RESOLUTION

International Parental Child Abductions

PROPOSED AMENDMENT to the DRAFT RESOLUTION

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“INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS”

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