IBA Annual Conference Seoul 2019
22 Sep - 27 Sep 2019
Room 327 A, Floor 3
Session information
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Thursday 26 September (0930 - 1045)
Room 327 A, Floor 3
Committee(s)
Family Law Committee
(Lead)
Description
Countries throughout Asia are now key treaty partners under the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention. This session will present several mini-trial examples from actual cases, followed by short question and answer periods. The mini-trial examples will include cross-examination of a left-behind parent, direct examination of an expert, cross-examination of a taking parent, and competing closing arguments.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Stephen Cullen | Miles & Stockbridge P.C., Washington D.C., District of Columbia, USA; Officer, Family Law Committee |
Speakers
| Zenobia Du Toit | Miller Du Toit Cloete, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Soyi Kim | Law Office of Soyi Kim, Seoul, South Korea; Website Officer, Family Law Committee |
| Judge Geoffrey Monahan | Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Chair, Judges' Forum |