Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. b

Paragraph
Original document
Document type
  • Regional treaty
Paragraph text

This Convention shall apply to any minor who is habitually resident in a State Party or is located in a State Party at the time when an act of international traffic occurs in respect of him or her. For the purpose of the present Convention: b) "International traffic in minors" means the abduction, removal or retention, or attempted abduction, removal or retention, of a minor for unlawful purposes or by unlawful means.

Document legal status
  • Legally binding
Document body
  • Regional bodies: Organization of American States
Document means of adoption
  • N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Document year
  • 1994
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors (1994), Article 2, b.
Paragraph info
Article 2
Paragraph number
b