The Practising Law Institute is offering a webcast of a live presentation from New York entitled Hague Convention on International Child Abduction: Case Law and Training for Advocates and Attorneys Working With Survivors of Domestic Violence on July 9, 2025 from 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Eastern.

Registration: $25

Full scholarships and discounts to attend PLI programs are widely available to attorneys working in nonprofit/legal services organizations; pro bono attorneys; government attorneys; judges and judicial law clerks; law professors and law students; senior attorneys (age 65 and over); law librarians and paralegals who work for nonprofit/legal services organizations; unemployed attorneys; and others with financial hardships.

All eligible attendees are urged to complete and submit a PLI Scholarship Application.
https://www.pli.edu/probono/pbscholarship

What You Will Learn

Topics include:

• Hague Convention and ICARA overview (5 minutes)
  • Role of Central Authority
  • Traditional profile of abductor vs. modern profile
• Petitioner’s Burden (10 minutes)
  • Habitual residency
  • Wrongful removal / retention
  • Right of custody
  • Exercising custody
• Respondent’s Defenses (10 minutes)
  • Article 12 (one year and settled)
  • Article 13(a) (consent/ acquiescence)
  • Article 13 (mature age objection)
  • Article 20 (human rights/ fundamental freedoms)
• Article 13(b) Grave Risk (5 minutes)
  • Examples
  • Domestic violence
  • Ameliorative measures
• Golan v. Saada and post-Golan cases dealing with grave risk and ameliorative measures (15 minutes)
• Developing Case law (13 minutes)
  • Habitual residence cases
  • One year and settled cases
  • Mature child objection
• Conclusion (2 minutes)
  • Importance of representation for survivors
  • Resources

Who Should Attend:

Nonprofit lawyers, pro bono attorneys and allied professionals interested in advising or representing parties in proceedings under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.