Over 500 people from around the world joined us live for a powerful and timely webinar: “DV & the Hague Abduction Convention: Safeguarding Survivors.” This international event was jointly hosted by FiLiA Hague Mothers, GlobalARRK, Sanctuary for Families, and Revibra Europa in the lead-up to October’s HCCH Forum on Domestic…...
Harmful vs Protective ‘Abduction’ under The 1980 Hague Convention
GlobalARRK, Filia Hague Mothers, Sanctuary for Families, Revibra Europe and NZ Hague Collective share their joint information poster on the important distinction between harmful and protective ‘abductions’. During the Forum with the HCCH and key legal professionals, we will be making clear the importance of recognising the difference as failing…...
Brazilian Supreme Court rules domestic abuse can prevent a return order under the 1980 Hague Convention
On August 27, 2025, the Supreme Court of Brazil issued a landmark judgment concerning the application of the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Court unanimously affirmed that the Convention is compatible with Brazilian national laws and must protect children’s rights. A central point…...
Coffee Morning for Domestic Abuse Practitioners on the Hague 1980
In July 2025, we hosted a virtual lunchtime coffee morning for frontline domestic abuse practitioners across the UK to raise awareness of a little-known but critically important issue: how the Hague Convention on Child Abduction can impact migrant survivors of domestic abuse. Feedback was really positive: Many thanks for this – GlobalARRK…...
GA Webinar on Protective Measures
In June our CEO Roz spoke alongside international family law experts Mr Justice Williams, Sirin Yuce, Stephen Cullen and Damien Greer on the subject of the effectiveness of Protective Measures under the Hague 1980 Abduction Convention. Many thanks to legal network partners Amy Rowe, Dawson Cornwell and Dr Maria Wright…...
Petition on the Hague Convention 2023
Roz from GlobalARRK and Ruth from FiLiA presented the Secretary General of the HCCH Dr. Christophe Bernasconi with a petition to improve the Hague Convention for vulnerable families and victim survivors of Domestic Abuse. As a result Mr Bernasconi pledged to hold a new Forum to openly discuss these issues…...
GlobalARRK to offer new recovery course in September 2024…
https://rockpool.life/testimonials/ The Recovery Toolkit: A 12 week group program to support recovery from Domestic Abuse Have you left an abusive relationship? Are you still carrying guilt? Would you like to understand, challenge and remove the voice of the perpetrator? Do you still think what happened to you was your fault? Do…...
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