GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE

(International Child Abduction : Issues for Reform)

November 1998

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Abstract of the Government's Response
  2. Introduction
  3. Response to the Recommendations
    1. Recommendation 1 : Development of Data
    2. Recommendation 2 : Discussion of the Hague Convention
    3. Recommendation 3 : Promotion of the Hague Convention
    4. Recommendation 4 : Other Treaties
    5. Recommendation 5 : Police Intervention and Training
    6. Recommendation 6 : Police Intervention and Reporting
    7. Recommendation 7 : Section 283 of the Criminal Code
    8. Recommendation 8 : Extradition
    9. Recommendation 9 : Passport Controls
    10. Recommendation 10 : Custody and Divorce Proceedings
    11. Recommendation 11 : Border Controls
    12. Recommendation 12 : Travel Documents
    13. Recommendation 13 : Financial Assistance
    14. Recommendation 14 : Information Sharing