Child Relocation
An overview of the issues raised by relocation cases where there are allegations of domestic abuse. for Family Law Journal
Hague-specific articles
Failed by the Family Court?
An overview of the UK court process and the wider context that undermines the safety of mothers and children, and their access to justice.
Thanks to the Family Court Journal for permission to republish.
Hearing Children’s Objections in Hague Child Abduction Proceedings in England and Wales, Australia, and the USA
A comparative study of how children’s objections to return are dealt with across three jurisdictions.
The Hague Convention on Child Abduction has a domestic violence problem
The Hague Convention is meant to protect children from abduction that may result in violence and danger, but since it does not recognise the difference between abduction and mothers escaping with children from domestic abuse, it leaves a gaping hole for injustice to be committed.
Protection of Abducting Mothers in Return Proceedings under the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Policy brief overview of the Hague Convention and domestic violence.
Women’s rights and child abduction under the Hague Convention
A discussion of the disproportionate impact of the Hague Convention on mothers, and the ‘near-lethal’ danger they are attempting to escape.
Reforming the Hague
A policy brief considering the problematic impact of the Hague Convention for victims of domestic abuse, and some potential solutions. The author recently graduated from Durham University where she studied Law. This Policy Brief was produced as part of her Law, Gender & Society module coursework.