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Protection of Abducting Mothers in Return Proceedings:
Intersection between Domestic Violence and Parental Child Abduction

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Project Management & Co-ordination Meeting No 2

Project Management & Co-ordination Meeting No 2

On 27 January 2020, Dr Katarina Trimmings and Dr Onyoja Momoh organised the second project management and co-ordination meeting for the POAM project. This was a significant milestone at the half-way mark on the project. The meeting took place at the University of Aberdeen (Sir Duncan Rice Library), hosted by

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  • Published on 31st January 2020

Project reports published

The research team is pleased to announce that the work on the Project Reports has been completed, marking also the completion of WP3 of the project. The Reports incorporate an element of desk research into the project and focus on the problem of domestic violence in the specific context of

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  • Published on 3rd January 2020

Project Management & Co-ordination Meeting No 1

Project Management & Co-ordination Meeting No 1

On 1st July 2019, the POAM core consortium convened their first project management and co-ordination meeting as scheduled. The meeting was held at the University of Aberdeen, with attendances either in person or by telephone. The meeting enabled productive discussions regarding the outcome of the local workshops organised by each

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  • Published on 4th July 2019

Croatian Local Workshops

Croatian Local Workshops

Croatian local workshops in the framework of the POAM project were run by the Faculty of Law Osijek. To reach the widest area of participants interested in the intersection of domestic violence and international child abduction, the workshops were held in Zagreb (4th June) and Osijek (6th June). Both events

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  • Published on 11th June 2019

German Local Workshops

German Local Workshops

On 3rd and 4th of June 2019 the German local workshops took place in at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. The workshop started with a presentation of the European Protection Measures Regulation and the European Protection Order Directive in general and in the context of return proceedings under the

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  • Published on 6th June 2019

UK Local Workshops

UK Local Workshops

The UK local workshops on the intersection between domestic violence and parental child abduction took place on 28th and 29th May 2019, hosted by the University of Aberdeen. The events were a huge success, bringing together esteemed judges, lawyers, academics, charities, NGOs and the police in the exchange of knowledge

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  • Published on 3rd June 2019

First Local Workshop – Italy

First Local Workshop – Italy

On May 8th the first local workshop on domestic violence and child abduction was hosted by the University of Milan-Bicocca (Italy). The event was a great success: 20 participants, including lawyers, judges, social and healthcare workers exchanged their professional experience and discussed the sensitive issues related to the topic. The

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  • Published on 16th May 2019

Local Workshops

Local Workshops

In May and June 2019, the POAM research team will organise a series of workshops in the UK, Germany, Italy and Croatia (‘Local Workshops’). The workshops will bring together relevant professionals and provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge and practical experience at the national level. The workshop participants

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  • Published on 16th April 2019

Kick-Off Meeting

Kick-Off Meeting

The project kick-off meeting took place on 21st January 2019. It was convened and hosted at the University of Aberdeen with the partnership and core project team participating, including Dr Katarina Trimmings (UK), Dr Isla Callander (UK), Dr Onyója Momoh (UK); Professor Mirela Župan (Croatia) and Martina Drventić (Croatia); Professor

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  • Published on 7th March 2019
POAM Project Links
  • 1980 Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000
  • Regulation 606/2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters
  • Directive 2011/99/EU on the European Protection Order

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