Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
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From the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY ABDUCTIONS
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children ® ( NCMEC ) intakes reports about missing children , including children who have been abducted , wrongfully retained or concealed by a parent or other family member outside of the U . S . NCMEC also provides technical assistance regarding the prevention of international family abductions .
For more information about the services NCMEC can provide to searching families and law enforcement in cases of international family abduction visit the Missing Children section .
( The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children ’ s mission has been to help bring missing children home . To help fight child predators , promote prevention , combat child sexual exploitation , and assist law enforcement as they fight child sex trafficking . Courtesy of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and YouTube . Posted on Mar 17 , 2015 .)
al Child Abduction , ( the “ Hague Convention ”), an international treaty that establishes a civil mechanism to ensure the prompt return of children wrongfully removed to or retained outside their country of habitual residence .
From 1995 to April 2008 NCMEC fulfilled the functions of the U . S . Central Authority under the Hague Convention on “ incoming cases ” in which a parent abducts a child into the U . S . from a Treaty Partner Country .
The U . S . Department of State assumed primary responsibility over incoming Hague Convention abduction cases in April 2008 ; however , NCMEC continues to provide technical assistance and resources to parents , attorneys , judges and law enforcement officials involved in incoming Hague Convention cases .
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
The United States is a signatory to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Internation-
NCMEC also continues to maintain the International Child Abduction Attorney Network ( ICAAN ), a network of attorneys who agree to consider pro bono representation in family abduction matters of all kinds , including Hague Convention and non-Hague Convention family abduction cases .
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