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Towards the Well-Being of the Child Through the Hague Child Abduction and Protection of Children Conventions William Crosbie, Assistant Deputy Minister and Legal Adviser, Department of Foreign Affairs Trade and Development Canada June 2015

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Towards the Well-Being of the Child Through the Hague Child Abduction and Protection of

Children Conventions

William Crosbie, Assistant Deputy Minister and Legal Adviser, Department of Foreign Affairs Trade and Development Canada

June 2015

Looking Back

Members of the International Law Commission discussing the draft articles of the VCCR in April

1960

Child Consular Case Trends

• Increase of nearly 40% of new requests for consular assistance related to wrongful removals from Canada and custody disputes between 2009 and 2013.

• Stats on prevention requests only kept since 2011

Example of aConsent Letter for

Children Travelling Abroad

Examples of Information Resources for Canadians Traveling Abroad

www.travel.gc.ca

Universality of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Mandarin translation of the HccHMediation Guide to Good Practice 1980 Hague Child Abduction

Convention

Thank You