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Volume 26
Acting Assistant Attorney General Laura L. Rogers
The Office of Justice Programs, head-
ed by Acting Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral Laura L. Rogers, provides federal
leadership in developing the nation’s
capacity to prevent and control crime,
administer justice and assist victims.
August 2018 Edition
International
Parental Child
Abduction
The Department of State
(DOS) has no higher pri-
ority than to safeguard
the welfare of U.S. citizens
abroad, the most vulnera-
ble of whom are children.
We believe that a court in the country of a
child’s habitual residence is, in most cases,
best placed to make decisions on matters of
custody and access.
Ou r Role
The Office of Children’s Issues serves as
To Learn More about the Office of Justice
the U.S. Central Authority for the Hague
Programs (OJP), please visit
Abduction Convention (Convention),
www.ojp.gov.
an international treaty that offers a civil
remedy to resolve international parental
child abduction cases.
In that capacity, the Office of Children’s Is-
sues leads U.S. government efforts within
the Department of State and with other U.S.
government agencies to prevent internation-
al parental child abduction, assist children
and families involved in these abduction
cases, and promote the principles of the
Convention.
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