Media Note
On April 1, 2019, the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction entered into force between the United States and Jamaica. The United States now has 79 partners under the Convention.
The Convention provides a civil law mechanism for parents seeking the return of children who have been wrongfully removed from or retained outside their country of habitual residence in violation of custodial rights. Parents seeking access to children residing in treaty partner countries may also invoke the Convention. The Convention is important because it establishes an internationally recognized legal framework to resolve international parental child abduction cases. The Convention does not address who should have custody of the child; rather it addresses where issues of child custody should be decided.
The Department of State’s Office of Children’s Issues serves as the Central Authority for the United States under the Convention, welcomes our partnership with Jamaica, and looks forward to working together on this critical issue.
For more information please visit travel.state.gov and click on “international parental child abduction.”
For press inquiries, please contact CAPRESSREQUESTS@state.gov or (202) 485-6150.
Published April 01, 2019 at 04:49PM
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