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Between 2018 and 2020, over 18 000 migrant and refugee children were reported as missing in Europe. It is feared that many may have been exploited and abused for sexual or labour purposes. The European Parliament has repeatedly stressed the need to address the disappearance of migrant children in the EU. The conflict in Ukraine and the subsequent mass displacement of people have only made the situation worse, creating fertile ground for criminal networks to take advantage of vulnerable people, especially ...

The original full study considers the consequences of measures aimed at countering the effects of COVID-19, in particular the Temporary Framework for State aid, EU Digital COVID Certificates and other measures implemented by EU Member States. The study examines the consequences of the measures on industry, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and focuses on the cultural and creative industries. Consequences for workers and working practices are also considered, and lessons learnt identified ...

This in-depth analysis has been commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI Committee in the context of the workshop to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. It looks into the implementation of the 1980 Convention, as regards the respect of autonomy of parts, validity of agreements and mediation, and describes, from a practitioner’s point of ...

This in-depth analysis, commissioned by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Legal Affairs in the context of the Workshop to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, examines the way in which subject children feature within Convention proceedings. It considers the aims of the Convention, and the lack of supranational control of its application. It draws on empirical ...

Applied since 2005 in all EU Member States except Denmark, Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 (‘Brussels IIa’), has raised concerns among citizens, practitioners and academics. The European Parliament has received many recommendations for amendments from experts commissioned by the Policy Department for Citizen’s Rights and Constitutional Affairs. This briefing note presents a reasoned summary of these recommendations in view of the consultation of the EP on the recently published European Commission ...

The CIA's extraordinary rendition and secret detention programme has again come under the scrutiny of the European Parliament, which will ask the Commission and the Council during the June plenary about the measures taken to implement Parliament's recommendations on the matter.

The Brussels IIa Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility), which since 1 March 2005 has applied to all Member States except Denmark, is about to be reviewed. The European Parliament will be consulted in this process. This notes aims to clarify the scope of the regulation which relates to other international instruments. It applies ...

Im Auftrag des Ausschusses für bürgerliche Freiheiten, Justiz und Inneres (LIBE) des Europäischen Parlaments soll in dieser Studie der rechtliche Rahmen, der auf internationaler, europäischer und einzelstaatlicher Ebene in Fällen grenzüberschreitender elterlicher Kindesentführung Anwendung findet, mit dem Ziel untersucht werden, Empfehlungen zur Verbesserung des derzeitigen Systems vorzuschlagen. Vor dem Hintergrund der verfügbaren Statistiken und Rechtsprechung wurden fünf wiederkehrende Szenarien ...

Wenn Familien auseinanderbrechen, kommt es manchmal zur widerrechtlichen Entführung durch einen Elternteil, der sein Kind ohne die Einwilligung des anderen Elternteils ins Ausland bringt. Der Rechtsweg ist oft schwierig und frustrierend, da die Zuständigkeit verschiedener Gerichte berührt wird. Das Haager Übereinkommen von 1980 ist das wichtigste internationale Instrument in diesem Bereich. Es zählt heute 93 Vertragsstaaten, darunter alle EU-Mitgliedstaaten.

This report focuses on the Brussels II bis Regulation as the basis for EU provisions dealing with the illegal removal of children. It highlights recent Court of Justice cases of note and gives the perspective from the jurisdiction of England and Wales.