INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION: ISSUES FOR REFORM

Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

First Report of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights and International Development

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRELIMINARY PAGES

CHAIR'S FOREWORD

LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS

INTRODUCTION

EXTENT AND PROFILE OF INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL ABDUCTIONS

THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION

A. Description of the Convention

B. Shortcomings of the Convention

C. Broader Adoption of the Convention

INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS TO NON-HAGUE COUNTRIES

CANADIAN RESPONSES TO CHILD ABDUCTION: CURRENT AND PROPOSED

A. Current Responses

1. Canada's Missing Children's Registry

2. Police Intervention

3. Extradition

4. Passport Control

5. Custody Orders

B. Proposed Responses

1. Border Controls

2. Restriction of International Travel

3. Financial Assistance

4. Sharing of Information and Expertise

REQUEST FOR GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

APPENDIX A - List of Witnesses

APPENDIX B - List of Submissions

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS