Giving a VOICE to the child's best interests : an analysis of case law in the field of international child abduction

This is a summary of the report on the research findings of the VOICE project, co-funded by the European Union (JUST-AG-2016/JUST-AG-2016-02/764206). More precisely, this report presents the results of the legal research, conducted by the Universities of Antwerp and Genoa. This research was aimed at investigating (i) whether and how judges give substance to the notion of the best interests of the child in judicial proceedings following an international child abduction, and (ii) whether judges hear children in this regard.