
Valentina Shaknes


Women’s rights and child abduction under the Hague Convention (30 July 2023)
A discussion of the disproportionate impact of the Hague Convention on mothers, and the ‘near-lethal’ danger they are attempting to escape.

Ameliorative Measures gut the Grave Risk exception under the Hague Convention (23 July 2021)
An article for the New York Law Journal which argues that ‘ameliorative measures’ do not protect children facing ‘grave risk of harm’ upon return to home country under the Hague Convention and consideration of such measures should be eliminated by the U.S. Supreme Court.