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12 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 393 (2002)
The Hague Child Abduction Convention and Children's Rights

handle is hein.journals/tlcp12 and id is 407 raw text is: The Hague Child Abduction Convention and Children's Rights Rhona Schuz* I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 396 II. THE ABDUCTION CONVENTION ................................................ 398 A. The Objects of the Convention ......................................... 398 B. The Mechanism of the Convention .................................. 399 1. Nature and Extent of the Remedy ........................... 399 2. Central Authorities ................................................... 400 III. THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD (T H E C R C ) ........................................................................... 400 A. The Child's Right to Have His or Her W elfare Protected ............................................................. 401 B. The Child's Right to Maintain Contact with B oth P arents .................................................................... 403 C. The Child's Right to Have His or Her Views R esp ected ......................................................................... 404 D. The Child's Right to Be Heard ....................................... 405 1. Reason for the Right to Be Heard ............................ 405 2. Method of Realising the Child's Right to B e H eard .................................................................... 405 3. The Right to Separate Representation .................... 406 IV. THE CHILD'S RIGHT TO MAINTAIN CONTACT W ITH BOTH PARENTS ............................................................. 407 A. Breach of Custody Rights ................................................ 407 1. P rinciple ..................................................................... 407 2. Where the Custody Rights Test Fails to Protect the Child's Right to Maintain Regular Contact with Both Parents ......................... 409 * The author wishes to express gratitude to Yair Ronen for his helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper and to the Bar Ilan Law Faculty Research Fund for supporting this research.