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How bad does the security situation in Israel have to be for American courts to regard it as a defence in child abduction proceedings ?

By: דיאנה שאלתיאלPublished on: 02 June, 2022

The test of the ‘grave risk of harm’ defence provided for in the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction, by which both the U.S.A. and Israel are bound, is based on the ‘zone of war’ referred to in the 1996 Freidrich Case.


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