Deak v. Romania and the United Kingdom, Application No. 19055/05, (2008) 47 E.H.R.R. 50

European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) Article 8 Right to Family Life The father alleged that his right to family life under Article 8 of the Convention had been breached because the Romanian authorities had failed to take adequate steps to secure the enforcement of his access award. Furthermore the Romanian authorities were wrong to […]
Re D. (A Child) (Abduction: Rights of Custody) [2006] UKHL 51

The application related to a boy born in Romania in July 1998. The parents were divorced and the mother was granted the primary role of care for the child. In the autumn of 2002 the mother moved to the United Kingdom, got married and commenced a degree course. The child remained in Romania and was […]
Ignaccolo-Zenide v. Romania, no. 31679/96, (2001) 31 E.H.R.R. 7

The case related to two girls, born in 1981 and 1984, to a French mother and Romanian father. On 20 December 1989 the parents divorced in France. The Tribunal de Grande Instance at Bar-le-Duc recognised a consent order entered into by the parents whereby the father was accorded parental responsibility and the mother was awarded […]