CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Mondekova, Anna |
|---|---|
| Title | THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION: IMPLICATIONS OF THE MISSING PRIMARY CARER |
| Summary | In this work I analyze application of the Hague Convention on Parental Child Abduction (1980) in growing number of maternal abduction cases today. These often respond to a different and largely gendered set of factors, such as domestic violence or financial vulnerability due to caretaking responsibilities. In the gender-legal analysis of the Convention, I demonstrate that these factors are not provided necessary attention in the original text since maternal abductions were not anticipated by the drafters of the Convention. This contributes to further disadvantaging of the primary carers, mainly in their choices regarding life and residence of the child after separation of the parents. Selected cases of abductions by mothers from Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia show largely homogeneous practices across the region. Such unchallenged compliance however narrows the already limited possibilities to address the role of the primary carer in the Convention and eventually to respond to the growing incidence of maternal abductions. |
| Supervisor | Sandor, Judit |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/mondekova_anna.pdf |
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