Observer Report
Washington
The US State Department on Thursday announced Washington and Islamabad would work together to address the issue of international parental child abduction under The Hague Abduction Convention.
The State Department in a press release said the United States on July 1, 2020, accepted Pakistan’s accession to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the Convention).
“The Convention will enter into force between the United States and Pakistan on October 1, 2020, and will put in place an internationally recognised legal framework to resolve cases of parental child abduction between our two countries,” it said. The press release stated that as partners, the two countries would enhance their shared commitment to protecting children and open a new chapter in the US-Pakistan relationship.
