In international child abduction cases, two international legal frameworks interact with each other. On the one hand, the Hague Child Abduction Convention provides that the abducted child must be speedily taken back (unless an exception applies); which is seen as being in the best interests of the child in general. On the other hand, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child provides that the best interests of the individual child must be a paramount consideration in all actions concerning him or her. The aim of this article is to examine how the case law of Belgium, France and Switzerland integrates the obligation of a speedy return and the obligation of safeguarding the individual child’s best interests. The article focuses on how judges determine the child’s best interests when assessing whether the separation between the child and the taking parent poses a grave risk for the child in the sense of Article 13.1.b Hague Child Abduction Convention. Looking at the analysed case law, we see an integrated approach: the courts of the chosen countries manage to take the best interests of the individual child into account during their consideration of the return proceedings and the grounds for refusal.

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与诱拐父母分离与儿童最大利益：比利时、法国和瑞士判例法的比较分析

在国际绑架儿童案件中，两个国际法律框架相互影响。一方面，《海牙拐卖儿童公约》规定被拐卖的儿童必须迅速带回（除非有例外）；这通常被视为符合儿童的最佳利益。另一方面，联合国《儿童权利公约》规定，在所有与儿童有关的行动中，儿童个人的最大利益必须是首要考虑因素。本文的目的是研究比利时、法国和瑞士的判例法如何将迅速遣返的义务和保护儿童个人最大利益的义务结合起来。这篇文章的重点是在评估儿童与收养父母之间的分离是否对海牙儿童诱拐公约第 13.1.b 条意义上的儿童构成严重风险时，法官如何确定儿童的最大利益。查看分析的判例法，我们看到了一种综合方法：所选国家的法院在考虑遣返程序和拒绝理由时设法考虑到个别儿童的最大利益。