International child abduction
August 16, 2007
International child abduction – the right to a fair trial and the protection of the interests of children
In May 2006, the Public Defender of Rights of the Czech Republic decided on his own initiative to investigate the widely medialised case of children who had been abducted by their mother from Argentina to the Czech Republic. He surveyed the case with regard to the delays in the court proceedings, provision for the interests of the children and adherence to international obligations. It is not the competence of the Czech Ombudsman to review the decision-making activities of courts.