Dr Nazia Yaqub

Excellent to also hear from Ambassador Aloysio Marés Dias Gomide Filho, Department of Brazilian Communities and Consular Affairs, Rodrigo Meira Santos, General Coordinator for International Child Adoption and Abduction, and Juliana Santos Wahlgren on this deeply important and complex global issue.

I discussed the internal logic of the relevant legal frameworks, how they can function effectively in domestic custody contexts, but why they become so complex and restrictive in cross-border situations. I also highlighted the decisive role of diplomatic engagement in securing outcomes for children.

My thanks to Senator Mara Gabrilli and Senator Nelsinho Trad for leading this important discussion, and to the Secretariat of the Committee on Foreign Relations and National Defence for the invitation.

Honoured to be invited by the Federal Senate of Brazil as an international expert at the televised hearing on cross-border child abduction to Islamic law countries. #childrights #familylaw #internationalchildabduction #Brazil #SenadoFederal

Domestic abuse victims who flee with children overseas to be criminalised under new law Change to crime and policing bill backed by fathers’ rights groups seeking support in cross-border abduction cases

My research highlights prosecutions decades after the abduction event, with no evidence of deterrence. We need clear thresholds — and scrutiny of gender/race patterns.
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International parental child abduction is already a criminal offence (max 7 yrs). The new proposal extends this to unlawful retention — where a parent can lawfully leave but not stay abroad. Raising important questions about decision-making & transparency.

A key concern in the project is the lack of comprehensive reporting of prosecutions in the lower English criminal courts. Without this, the full scale and impact on parents and children remains unclear. #CriminalLaw #ParentalChildAbduction

Delighted to contribute to ‘Against All Odds’ at #UniversityOfCopenhagen last week. My paper linked to a wider project with @Jonathan Herring & @Katarina Trimmings, highlighting the intrusive role of #CriminalLaw in #FamilyLaw matters. #ParentalChildAbduction

Catching up after a busy school holiday period - I enjoyed being part of the EMII meeting in August on international child abduction and connecting with colleagues across jurisdictions. Thanks to @Marilyn Freeman, @Nicola Taylor & @4PB for organising! #ChildAbduction #FamilyLaw #HagueConvention

#FamilyLaw #InternationalLaw #ChildProtection #ParentalAbduction #ComparativeLaw #CriminalLaw #Research #Judiciary #ISFL #UniversityOfOslo #NorFam

Grateful for the engaging discussions and the opportunity to connect with scholars, practitioners, and members of the judiciary working at the intersection of family and international law.

The event provided a valuable platform to present my new research project on criminal law responses to cross-border parental child abduction. I shared initial insights from my pilot study and outlined plans for expanding the project to encompass European and global contexts.

I had the pleasure of participating in the conference organised by the International Society of Family Law (ISFL), in collaboration with the Department of Private Law at the University of Oslo and the Nordic Centre for Comparative and International Family Law (NorFam).

Thank you, @poland25eu.bsky.social @consilium.europa.eu, for the invitation to share my research on cross-border cooperation in family matters alongside state representatives on the important topic of #ChildAbduction #ChildRights

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Can GPS Monitoring Be Viewed as a Bodyguard, Rather than a Prison Guard?: The Use of Electronic Monitoring to Reduce the Risk of Cross‐Border Parental Child Abduction Globally, the number of cases of international parental child abduction has remained consistent in the past decade, despite the array of legal provisions designed to prevent it. The current legal app...

The rights-based arguments on the use of GPS electronic monitoring for protective, rather than punitive purposes are examined in the paper published by MLR Open Access [here] (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...)

Use Electronic GPS Monitoring to Reduce the Risk of Cross-Border Parental Child Abduction? YouTube video by Aboudy Dakhil

Pleased to share the 90-second video [here] (www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9yR...) translating my academic paper on the use of GPS electronic monitoring as a bodyguard rather than a prison guard. You will see this concept could also be applied in the situation of ‘supervised contact’