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Re S (A Child) (Abduction: Custody Rights)

United Kingdom, England.  03 July 2002 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Treaties — Interpretation and application matters — Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, 1980 — Objective of Convention — Wrongful removal of children from country of habitual residence — Policy of prompt return so courts of country may resolve question of custody — Exceptions — Grave risk of physical or psychological harm to child or placing of child in otherwise intolerable situation — Content — Manner of application

War and armed conflict — State of war — Significance — Child removed from Israel — Whether return to Israel would give rise to risk of physical or psychological harm — Whether existence of a state of war in country of return determinative — The law of England

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Case Report
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© Cambridge University Press 2009

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