United States and Seychelles Become Partners Under the Hague Abduction Convention

You are subscribed to Collected Releases for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. United States and Seychelles Become Partners Under the Hague Abduction Convention 09/01/2021 09:27 AM EDT Office of the Spokesperson On September 1, 2021, the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction entered into force between the United States and Seychelles.  The United States now has 81 partners under the Convention. The Convention provides a civil law mechanism for parents seeking the return of or access to children who have been wrongfully removed from or retained in a Convention partner country outside their country of habitual residence.  The Convention is important because it establishes an internationally recognized legal framework to resolve international parental child abduction cases.  The Convention does not address who should have custody of the child – it addresses where issues of child custody should be decided. The Department of State's Office of Children's Issues, which serves as the Central Authority for the United States under the Convention, welcomes our partnership with Seychelles and looks forward to working together on this critical issue. For more information, please visit https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/International-Parental-Child-Abduction.html. For press inquiries, please contact CAPRESSREQUESTS@state.gov. Stay connected with the State Department: External links found in this content or on Department of State websites that go to other non-Department websites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein.    Update your subscriptions, modify your password or email address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your email address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This email was sent to ignoble.experiment@arconati.us using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: U.S. Department of State · 2201 C Street NW · Washington, DC 20520