Hungarian Journal of Legal Studies
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Volume 57: Issue 1
The principle of mutual trust versus the child’s right to be heard
Some observations on the Aguirre Zarraga case
Author:
Katalin Raffai Pázmány Péter Catholic University, St. Peter's, Rome

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Pages:
76–86
Online Publication Date:
Mar 2016
Publication Date:
01 Mar 2016
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/2052.2016.57.1.6
Keywords:
principle of mutual trust; child’s right to be heard; basic rights of the child; Zarraga case; wrongful removal of a child
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This central topic for this article is a CJEU decision that allows for the study of the application of the principle of mutual trust and a child’s right to be heard in the enforcement of a decision ordering the return of a child wrongfully taken abroad. The article also looks at the jurisdiction of a requested court being able to refuse the enforcement the above-mentioned decision by reference to violation of its own constitutional principles or to the grave violation of the basic rights of the child. In the Zarraga case, in connection with the facts of the wrongful removal of a child, the CJEU came to face the issue of how to reconcile EU principles such as the principle of mutual trust with principles of procedure within the area of fundamental human rights, such as the child’s right to be heard.

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  • Mátyás BÓDIG (University of Aberdeen, King's College, School of Law, United Kingdom)
  • Zoltán CSEHI (Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Law, Hungary; Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Hungary)
  • Péter CSERNE (University of Aberdeen, King's College, School of Law, United Kingdom)
  • Balázs GELLÉR (Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Law, Hungary)
  • András JAKAB (Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, Faculty of Law, Business and Economics, Austria)
  • Miodrag JOVANOVIĆ (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, Serbia)
  • Miklós KIRÁLY (Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Law, Hungary)
  • György KISS (National University of Public Service, Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies, HUNGARY; University of Pécs, Faculty of Law, Hungary)
  • Jan KUDRNA (Charles University, Faculty of Law, Czech Republic)
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Hungarian Journal of Legal Studies
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