THE ROLE OF CENTRAL AUTHORITIES IN THE APPLICATION OF THE 1980 HAGUE CONVENTION ON CHILD ABDUCTION: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF A GENUINE AREA OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW (1980 Tarihli Uluslararası Çocuk Kaçırma Sözleşmesi Uygulamasında Merkezi Makamların Rolü: Gerçek Bir Uluslarararası Kamu Hukuku Uygulamasına Eleştirel Bir Bakış)

Abstract

There is a widespread consensus that the Hague Child Abduction Convention of 1980 constitutes a comprehensive attempt at the international protection of children. This article mainly intends to provide a roadmap for Central Authorities regarding the return requests within the meaning of the Hague Convention. It also touches on the emerging challenges faced by the Convention system while achieving a delicate balance between the competing or joint interests of the child as well as the left-behind and taking parents within the context of grave risk exception. In doing so, alongside with achievements made by Contracting States, this work will find a chance to make clear the overall handicap of the implementation mechanism. Lastly, it will be revealed that the translation of the Convention requirements into practice presupposes the full exercise of public power and the application of public international law norms, despite the Convention is a natural product of international private legal order

Keywords

• Lahey iade talebi, ciddi risk iddiası, uluslararası kamu hukuku

1980 Tarihli Uluslararası Çocuk Kaçırma Sözleşmesi Uygulamasında Merkezi Makamların Rolü: Gerçek Bir Uluslarararası Kamu Hukuku Uygulamasına Eleştirel Bir Bakış

Abstract

1980 Tarihli Lahey Çocuk Kaçırma Sözleşmesi’nin, çocukların uluslararası korunması adına geniş kapsamlı bir girişim olduğu genel olarak kabul edilmektedir. Bu makalede, esas olarak, Merkezi Makamlar için Lahey Sözleşmesi kapsamında yapılan başvurulara dair bir yol haritasının temini amaçlanmıştır. Ciddi risk istisnası kapsamında çocuk, kaçıran ve bırakılan ailenin çatışan ve ortak menfaatleri için hassas bir denge kurulurken, Sözleşme sistemince karşılaşılan yeni sorunlara da ayrıca temas edilecektir. Bu sayede, Taraf Devletlerce kaydedilen gelişmelerin yanında, uygulama sisteminin yetersizliklerinin genel olarak ortaya çıkarılması da sağlanacaktır. Son olarak, Sözleşme, uluslararası özel hukuk sisteminin bir parçası olmasına rağmen; Sözleşme yükümlülüklerinin hayata geçirilmesinin kamu yetkisinin tam kullanımını ve uluslararası kamu hukuku normlarının uygulanmasını gerektirdiği gözler önüne serilecektir

Keywords

• The Hague return request, alleged grave risk, international public law

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