1. The International Child Abduction Center International child abductions in the Netherlands Martine Molendijk LL.M. & Mireille Pronk 4 December 2014

2. Center IKO Introduction Short history Finance The organisation The Mediation Bureau 116000 Hotline International Projects and Partners (LEPCA, MiKK)

3. What do we do? Parents call for legal advice, information and guidance -Case international child abduction -Case missing child (runaway) -Case threatening child abduction

4. Statistics cases 2013 174 international child abductions 54 missing children 271 children abducted by a parent

5. Telephone & Email statistics 2007200820092010201120122013 2014 Tele phone 129918251920202819182421 3312 January- October 2842 Email 11891177136416432168 2422 2179 Total 1.2993.0143.0973.3923.5614.589 5.734 5.021

6. Countries Countries of child abductions from NL 2011-2013 Turkey Belgium Germany United States of America France

7. A child abducted what to do? 70% of the parental abductions are by the mother Hague Convention on International Child Abduction - Hague countries and Non-Hague countries Civil law vs criminal law National abductions

8. 116000 Netherlands Since 2008 116000 – runaways and missing from abduction by a parent Case missing child Crossborder cooperation with MCE Case crossborder cooperation

9. 116000 NL activities Presentations at school for parents and children Network of psychologists Flyers campaigns Training sessions

10. Advice Always to refer to the missing person by name Reduce stress level of cliënt Always listen to their story which you heard 20 times… nobody else does..

11. Questions? International Child Abduction Center The Netherlands T:+31(0) 88 800 9000 F:+31(0) 88 800 9090 E: info@kinderontvoering.orginfo@kinderontvoering.org W: www.kinderontvoering.orgwww.kinderontvoering.org W: www.116000.nlwww.116000.nl