CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF LAW AND GOVERNANCE
Jawaharlal Nehru University
SEMINAR SERIES
STELLINA JOLLY
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University
On
Inter-country Child Abduction: An Explorative Analysis of Legal Standards and Judicial Construal's in India
The paper gives an explorative analysis of judicial and legal landscapes of inter-country child abduction by parents in India. The Inter-country child abduction cases typically involve couples in failed matrimonial relationships, where one parent unilaterally takes the child back to his or her native country. The paper through the leading judicial cases dwells into the principles propounded by Indian Judiciary in inter-country child abduction cases. It examines the latest Indian legislative initiative to tackle inter-country child abduction, the draft Civil Aspects of Inter-Country Parental Abduction Bill, 2016. This paper analyses whether the Bill is in conformity with Hague Inter-Country Civil Abduction Convention and a strong mechanism to tackle inter-country child abduction.
3 PM, Friday, 7 April 2017
Conference Room, CSLG, JNU
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Dr. Stellina Jolly is an assistant professor at the South Asian University (SAU), New Delhi. Her teaching interests include international environmental law, conflict of laws and bio-ethics. She has worked with the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Delhi on a research project to develop indicators for "Rule of Law" for states in India. She is part of the Expert Group on National Consultation on Rule of Law project in the National Law University (NLU), Delhi. Her publications include articles in the European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance, UNESCO Journal of Bio-Ethics, International Journal of Public Law and Policy, and the International Journal of Juridical Sciences. She has been part of the editorial board of peer-reviewed journals, including the Indian Journal of Human Rights, the International Journal of Bioethics and the NUJS International Journal of Legal Studies and Research. She has been a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL), and the NLU Delhi.