1. Introduction Crimes committed in international airspace raise complex questions of criminal jurisdiction. When an assault, threat, theft, sexual offence, drug-related offence, attack against crew members, bomb threat or aircraft hijacking occurs during an international flight, one of the first legal questions is: which country has the authority to investigate and prosecute the offence? The […]
International child abduction and cross-border custody disputes are among the most urgent and technically difficult matters in family law. They sit at the intersection of parental responsibility, custody rights, international jurisdiction, emergency remedies, and child protection. In most legal systems, a parent cannot lawfully relocate a child across borders in a way that breaches the […]
The short legal answer is usually no, not unilaterally. In most family-law systems, a parent cannot simply decide to move abroad with a child if the other parent has custody rights, parental responsibility, or an existing court order that gives them a say over where the child lives. If a parent leaves without the required […]