New Zealand Hague Collective

Supporting safe parents and their children, who have fled family violence, and are now facing return orders under the Hague Convention.

Wellington

We co-founded a charity to support parents and children who are battling the Hague Convention and have nowhere to turn. Many of our clients have fled abusive relationships and have left everything behind in order to bring their child safely home. They are then forced to return by the Courts to their abuser and face a very real threat to their safety as well as the loss of their child.

We are committed to advocacy, social policy and legislative change in this space, to allow the use of family and sexual violence as a valid defence under section 13.b of the Convention.

We have been really fortunate to have been allocated a seat out of 100 seats for the upcoming Forum on Domestic Violence and Operation of Article 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Child Abduction taking place in South Africa in June 2024.

We need $4000 to go towards flights and accommodation to attend.

As a small newly formed Charity we have really struggled to obtain grant funds.

We appreciate any contributions made.

Ngā mihi

New Zealand Hague Collective.

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Supporting the safe parent and their children who have fled family violence to the safety of NZ, who are now facing return orders under the Hague Convention.