| Long Name: | Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children |
| Location Signed: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Date Effective: | November 4, 1994 |
| Condition Effective: | 2 ratifications |
| Signatories: | 13 |
| Parties: | 14 |
| Depositor: | General Secretariat of the Organization of American States |
| Languages: | English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish |
The Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children is a treaty of the Organization of American States and was adopted at Montevideo, Uruguay on July 15, 1989, at the Fourth Inter-American Specialized Conference On Private International Law. Its entry into force was November 4, 1994.[1] The convention begins by broadly describing its intent in Article 1:
Over half of the 35 member states of the Organisation of American States are party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, and over a third of the member states are also party to the Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children. When a state is party to both conventions, Article 34 of the Inter-American Convention assigns priority to the Inter-American Convention over the Hague Abduction Convention unless otherwise agreed upon between the states individually.[2]