The Hague Convention of July 2019 is a series of rules between supporting countries to recognise and enforce foreign court judgements. Most countries follow these to the letter whilst others, whether due to poor infrastructure e.g. poor police and border security, slow and inefficient court processes, differing domestic rules, or lack of political will e.g. the previous Polish government, do not. For FNF members whose children have been abducted to Hague countries, it is a small blessing that their children may be returned to the UK by their host’s government.
The significance of the Hague 19 Convention is that our government has agreed to ratify it and implement it into domestic law (LINK). Although only 19 countries have signed up to date the number is growing with Uruguay being the latest.
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