International Family Law and International Parental Child Abduction

ATINER is organizing a Special Session on “International Family Law and International Parental Child Abduction” as part of the 21^st Annual International Conference on Law, 15-18 July 2024, Athens Greece, sponsored by the Athens Journal of Law.

International parental child abduction, parental kidnapping, and cross-border custodial disputes present complex legal challenges that transect criminal, civil, and family law. Multilateral recognition of its civil dimensions resulted in the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, a treaty that Contracting States utilize to resolve abductions through civil procedures intended to ensure children’s prompt return to their country of habitual residence and to protect parents’ rights of access. Despite a robust 103 Contracting State Parties to the Convention, its implementation is uneven, and certain states remain unlikely to accede to this treaty. This session invites academic research on international family law, Hague Convention implementation and alternative international agreements to resolve child abduction among non-contracting states. Of particular interest is research on the influence of religion, custom, culture, and ideology on states’ legal processes to address the problem.
Keywords: Hague Convention, parental, child abduction, family law, international law, cross-border custody disputes

You may participate as presenter of one session or observer.

Please submit an abstract (by email only) to: atiner@atiner.gr, using the abstract submission form by 4 June 2024 to: Dr. Noelle Hunter, Academic Member, ATINER & Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA. 

Abstracts should include the following details: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Affiliation, Current Position, an email address, and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks.

Fee structure information is available on www.atiner.gr/fees.

Special arrangements will be made with a local hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized, including a pragmatic symposium (as organized in Ancient Athens but fine-tuned to synchronous ethics), a special one-day educational island tour, a Mycenae and island of Poros visit, an Athens educational walking tour, a day trip to Delphi, and an ancient Corinth and Cape Sounion visit. Details of the social program are available here.