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International Child Abduction - The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction ("the Convention"), Child Abduction and Custody Ordinance (Cap. 512) ("CACO")
 

Useful links

bulletDepartments of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
bulletHong Kong legal profession
bulletCentral Authorities
bulletOther international links
bulletGeneral legal research

 

N.B. In our international child abduction webpages, hyperlinks to other websites are provided for convenience of reference only and do not mean to be exhaustive. We do not warrant that the contents of external websites are error-free. Hyperlinks to external websites do not in any way imply endorsement by the Central Authority of Hong Kong or the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or the Department of Justice. Users should also read and comply with any notice, warning, disclaimer, copyright statement and restriction on use or distribution of materials posted on external websites.

 

Departments of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Hong Kong Police http://www.police.gov.hk/
Immigration Departmenthttp://www.immd.gov.hk/index.html
Legal Aid Departmenthttp://www.lad.gov.hk/
Social Welfare Departmenthttp://www.swd.gov.hk/

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Hong Kong legal profession

Hong Kong Bar Associationhttp://www.hkba.org
The Law Society of Hong Konghttp://www.hklawsoc.org.hk/pub_e/default.asp

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Central Authorities

Australia http://www.ag.gov.au/agd/WWW/ChildAbduction.nsf/Page/Home
Canadahttp://www.voyage.gc.ca/main/pubs/child_abductions-en.asp
New Zealandhttp://www.justice.govt.nz/family/what-familycourt-does/children/hague-convention.asp
United Kingdomhttp://www.officialsolicitor.gov.uk/os/icacu.htm
United Stateshttp://travel.state.gov/family/abduction/abduction_580.html

(The above list only sets out selected webpages and is not exhaustive.)

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Other international links

Hague Conference on Private International Law http://hcch.e-vision.nl/index_en.php?act=text.display&tid=21
http://www.incadat.com
General information and resourceshttp://www.hiltonhouse.com/Weblist.htm
http://www.reunite.org/
Missing childrenhttp://www.missingkids.com
International Criminal Police Organizationhttp://www.interpol.int/Default.asp
http://www.interpol.int/Public/contact.asp
Prevention of abduction
http://www.voyage.gc.ca/main/pubs/child_abductions-en.asp#1
http://www.voyage.gc.ca/main/pubs/child_abductions-en.asp#7
http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/ publications/generale/enlevement-a.htm
http://www.passports.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/ wpg_URL/Services-Passports-Preventing- Children-Being-Taken-from-New-Zealand?OpenDocument

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General legal research

Bilingual Laws Information System (BLIS) Hong Kong http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm
The Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong - LawLinks indexhttp://www.hkreform.gov.hk/lawlinks/content.htm
The Judiciary of Hong Kong - Judgments and Practice Directions

http://legalref.judiciary.gov.hk/lrs/common/ju/judgment.jsp

http://legalref.judiciary.gov.hk/lrs/common/pd/Practice_Directions.jsp

The Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong - Publicationshttp://www.hkreform.gov.hk/en/publications/subject.htm

 

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