Hoegger, Roxanne

What If She Leaves? Domestic Violence Cases Under the Hague Convention and the Insufficiency of the Undertakings Remedy

With special focus on the US, this article discusses the impact of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction on women who are being domestically abused. The author shows that women who flee the country with their children in escape from an abusive partner are often returned by the receiving country to the country of origin where they may face child abduction charges.