What is the purpose of the preamble to the Hague Convention on Human Rights?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from J.M.S. v. G.F.S.L., 2011 ABQB 520 (CanLII):

The preamble to the Hague Convention sets forth its purpose as being to protect children from the harmful effects of their wrongful removal or retention and to establish procedures to ensure their prompt return to the state of their habitual residence. (Also see Thomson v. Thomson 1994 CanLII 16630 (SCC), [1994] 3 SCR 551 at para. 1). The following Articles are considered in this application:

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