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Increasing judicial cooperation and exchange of information in cases of international abduction

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iCARE
Summary

International child abduction (ICA) occurs frequently in the EU, with 1,800 cases annually, and has an immense psychological and emotional impact on all children involved, which can be further exacerbated by a slow and complicated judicial process due to a lack of adequate cooperation among Central Authorities, legal practitioners and family mediators. Following on from this, and taking the child’s best interests as a priority, iCare will develop and implement innovative tools and activities to improve the situation of children in ICA cases through strengthening judicial cooperation and incorporating International Family Mediation (IFM) as complementary to judicial proceedings. This will result in a child-friendly, cost-effective and time-efficient judicial process in ICA cases. 

 

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Duration of the Project

November 2020 - November 2022

 
Objective

 iCare aims at increasing the capacity of national Central Authorities designated by the relevant legislation, legal practitioners (family law judges and lawyers) and family mediators, improving cooperation and information exchange among them. 

 

Resources
 
Activities
  • iCare is meant to increase their knowledge on the current legal and administrative framework, accelerate the judicial process through creating minimum EU common standards and raise their awareness of judicial cooperation and the application of IFM;
  • iCare will produce a detailed Methodology, inclusive of a Recommendations list, and an E-Platform for Central Authorities, legal practitioners and family mediators, and-both respecting the right of the child to information and increasing the knowledge of parents-it will create an AI Chatbot, serving as a first point of inquiry for children and parents;
  • The project will also provide outputs for awareness-raising, facilitation of mutual learning and effective dissemination (E-Platform, international Workshops, Webinars, Videos, Newsletter and a Final Conference). 
 

Partners and Collaborations 

LIF - Law and Internet Foundation (Bulgaria) - Project coordinator

CERTH - Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas Information Technologies Institute (Greece)

Defence for Children International Italia (Italy)

Mikk E. V. International Mediation Centre for Family Conflict and Child Abduction (Germany)

MCE - European Federation for Missing and Sexually exploited Children AISBL (Belgium)


Contact Us

Defence for Children International - Italia

Sede legale e sociale: Piazza Don Andrea Gallo 5-6-7 R - 16124 Genova 
Sede operativa: Via Bellucci 4-6 - 16124 Genova

 

Tel.010 0899050 Fax 010 0899051
Codice Fiscale 97457060586

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Defence for Children international Italia
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