[1] File a formal application with the central authority in your country to request the return of your child under the Hague Convention.

This central authority can:

– ask to initiate courts proceedings abroad in order to order to facilitate the return of the child or to establish of international visitation rights. 

Under international conventions, a central authority is obliged to:

– organize a hearing before a court in the country in which your child is located.

– request the suspension of legal proceedings concerning the custody of the child pending the final processing of the return request.