ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the policy challenges inherent in formulating such international legal instruments and the policy challenges which arise in terms of their interpretation and implementation once in force. Relocation disputes involve conflict over the question of whether one parent (or other holder of parental responsibility) ought to be allowed to move with their child over a considerable geographic distance, whether to a new country, a new town, or even a new part of the same city. The Hague Conference on Private International Law has been involved in discussions about whether international relocation ought to be a matter to which it gave attention. The debates about the potential harmonization of relocation law give insight into the policy challenges that exist in the creation of international legal instruments.
