Relationships between individuals from different countries are much more common in our world today. If the relationship breaks down and there are children involved, we can have an issue spanning countries! What happens if one parent takes the child to another country without the other parent’s consent? This is international child...
On 11 July 2019, Barbados deposited its instrument of accession to the HCCH Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“Child Abduction Convention”). The Child Abduction Convention, which now has 101 Contracting Parties, will enter into force for Barbados on 1 October 2019. Go to...
Child Abductions, Prevention, Enforcement of Court Orders and Locating...
The Muslim community in Canada is almost as old as the nation itself. Four years after Canada’s founding in 1867, the 1871 Canadian Census found 13 Muslims among the population. Interestingly enough, the first Mosque built in Canada was the Al Rashid Mosque built in 1938 in Edmonton, Alberta, which is located 300 kilometres from...