'Faculty of Law Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek'
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Abstract
The purpose of the established system of the proceedings in cases of international child abduction, as set out in the Hague Convention on Child Abduction, which has been strengthened, in relation to the EU Member States, by the provisions of the Brussels II bis Regulation, is to secure a prompt return of the child that has been wrongfully removed or retained to his/her Member State of origin. The return of the child must provide full protection of the child both in the state where the child was unlawfully resident and in the state where the child has to return. In these respect, the competent authorities have at their disposal legal mechanisms for provisional and protective measures provided for by the Brussels II bis Regulation and the Hague Convention on Measures for the Protection of Children. The possibility of taking these measures will depend on the national law of the state in question and on the specific circumstances of the case. In this paper, a legal framework will be presented for the imposition of provisional measures in cases of cross-border child abduction, which will be supported by the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union. Case examples gathered under the project “Cross-border removal and retention of a child – Croatian practice and European expectations” will illustrate the difficulties encountered by the courts in the Republic of Croatia when it comes to applying the relevant provisions.Svrha uspostavljenog sustava za postupanje u slučajevima međunarodne otmice djece, utvr- đenog Haškom konvencijom o otmici djece, koja je u odnosu na države članice EU osnažena odredbama Uredbe Brussels IIbis, je osiguranje žurnog povratka djeteta u državu članicu iz koje je protupravno odvedeno. Postupak povratka i predaje djeteta mora osigurati punu za- štitu djeteta kako u državi nezakonitog boravišta tako i u državi u koju se dijete ima vratiti. Nadležnim tijelima u tim okolnostima na raspolaganju stoje pravni mehanizmi privremenih i zaštitnih mjera predviđeni Uredbom Brussels IIbis te Haškom konvencijom o mjerama za zaštitu djece. Mogućnost poduzimanja takvih mjera ovisit će o nacionalnom pravu države i o posebnim okolnostima slučaja. Kroz rad će biti prikazan pravni okvir za izricanje privremenih mjera u slučajevima prekogranične otmice koji će biti potkrijepljen praksom Suda pravde Eu- ropske unije. Na primjerima iz sudske prakse prikupljene u okviru projekta „Prekogranično odvođenje i zadržavanje djece - hrvatska praksa i europska očekivanja“ kroz rad će biti prikaza- ne poteškoće s kojima se u primjeni relevantnih odredbi susreću sudovi u Republici Hrvatskoj
