iCare 2.0 | | Movimento Globale per i Diritti dell’Infanzia

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International Child Abduction (ICA) occurs frequently in the EU and has a profound psychological and emotional impact on all the minors involved. This impact can be further aggravated by a slow and complicated legal process due to the lack of adequate cooperation between central authorities, legal professionals, and family mediators.

Based on this, and prioritizing the best interest of the child, iCare2 will develop and implement new tools and activities to improve the situation of children in ICA cases by strengthening judicial cooperation and incorporating International Family Mediation (IFM) as a complement to the judicial process. This will result in a child-friendly legal process, efficient in terms of cost and time for ICA cases.

The project addresses the challenges arising from the application of the new Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 of June 25, 2019, including the importance of protecting children’s rights, the central role of family mediation in cross-border disputes, and strengthening the work of Central Authorities. All of this will be carried out through a multi-level approach, in close collaboration with relevant national actors such as civil society organizations and universities in Italy, Bulgaria, France, and Poland, with the intention of expanding the project to the entire European context with the support of networks such as Missing Children Europe and International Social Service.