Hague-specific articles
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.
Getting Hagued. The impact of international law on child abduction by protective mothers (March 2014)
Discusses the gendered impact of the Hague Convention & its trivialisation of domestic violence.
The Hague Abduction Convention: a critical analysis (27 November 2013)
The 1980 Hague Convention was the response of the international community to the increase in the phenomenon of parental child abduction. However, behind the success of this Convention – which has now been ratified by more than 102 states – lie personal tragedies, academic controversy and diplomatic tensions. This book brings together all these strands to provide an in-depth critical academic analysis in light of the objectives of the Convention and other relevant legal norms, such as the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.