Valentina Shaknes

July 22, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The Supreme Court's ruling in 'Golan v. Saada' will have the biggest impact on victims of domestic violence, who are the most common respondents in the Hague Convention's "grave of risk of harm" cases.

By Valentina Shaknes and Justine Stringer

7 minute read

July 23, 2021 | New York Law Journal

'Ameliorative measures' do not protect children facing 'grave risk of harm' upon return to home country under the Hague Convention and consideration of such measures should be eliminated by the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Valentina Shaknes and Justine Stringer

10 minute read

July 24, 2020 | New York Law Journal

After several decades of inconsistent interpretations by federal courts of the term "country of habitual residence" that is key to the cases under the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the U.S. Supreme Court finally has spoken. Or has it?

By Valentina Shaknes and Justine Stringer

8 minute read

July 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A discussion of how courts applying the “grave risk of harm” defense to repatriation under the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction need to recognize the psychological harm caused to children by exposure to domestic violence.

By Valentina Shaknes

2 minute read