Judge Jeremy Fogel, former director of the Federal Judicial Center, and Judge James Garbolino discuss the resources available on this special topic webpage and briefly outline the elements of a Hague Convention case.

Judge James Garbolino explains the role of the Central Authority, an entity that each country that is a signatory to the 1980 Convention must designate to assist in the administration of the Convention. In the United States, the Central Authority is the U.S. State Department.

Judge James Garbolino, Judge Marcia Krieger (D. Colo.), and Judge Peter Messitte (D. Md

This brief article describes the impact of the 2003 enactment of the Brussels II bis Regulation, under which courts in the European Union became bound by a separate and additional set of laws governing Hague return cases.