On 11 July
2019, Barbados deposited its instrument of accession to the HCCH Convention
of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“Child
Abduction Convention”). The Child Abduction Convention, which now has 101
Contracting Parties, will enter into force for Barbados on 1 October 2019.
However,
pursuant to Article 38 of the Convention, the accession will not have effect
with respect to any other specific country until such country the first day of
the third calendar month after the deposit of such country’s formal notice of
acceptance with the Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands.