HC/E/PL 1348
European Court of Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights (ECrtHR)
András Sajó (President); Nona Tsotsoria, Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, Krzysztof Wojtyczek, Egidijus Kūris, Iulia Antoanella Motoc, Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer (judges); Fatoş Aracı (Deputy Section Registrar)
UNITED KINGDOM
POLAND
1 March 2016
Final
European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
ECrtHR - Violation of Article 8 ECHR, award of damages
Article 8 ECHR
X v. Latvia (Application No 27853/09) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/1234]; Maumousseau and Washington v. France (Application No 39388/05) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/942]; Ignaccolo-Zenide v. Romania (Application No 31679/96) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/336]; Iosub Caras v. Romania (Application No 7198/04) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/867]; Shaw v. Hungary (Application No 6457/09) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/1150]; Adžić v. Croatia (Application No 22643/14) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/1337]; K.J. v. Poland (Application No 30813/14) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/1348]; López Guió v. Slovakia (Application No 102/80/12) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/1272]; Neulinger and Shuruk v. Switzerland (Application No 41615/07) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/1323]; G.S. v. Georgia (Application No 2361/13) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/1349]; Paradis v. Germany (Application No 4783/03) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/860]; Carlson v. Switzerland (Application No 49492/06) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/999]; Karrer v. Romania (Application No 16965/10) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/1149]; R.S. v. Poland (Application No 63777/09) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/1350]; Blaga v. Romania (Application No 54443/10) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/1274]; Monory v. Hungary & Romania (Application No 71099/01) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/802]
1 child wrongfully retained at age 2 – Married parents – Father national of Poland – Mother national of Poland – Parental responsibility was exercised jointly by both parents – Child lived in the United Kingdom – Application for return filed with the Central Authority of the United Kingdom on 21 September 2012 – Return refused before application to ECtHR on 12 April 2014 – Violation of Art. 8 ECHR – EUR 9,000 awarded in damages – The reasoning of the domestic courts regarding the Art. 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Child Abduction Hague Convention exception in light of Article 8 ECHR was misguided; none of the arguments objectively ruled out the possibility of the mother's return with the child