ABSTRACT – The paper aims to analyse the judgment of the Court of Justice of 20 June 2024 concerning an international child abduction case (Greislzel case). The judgment focuses, firstly, on the maintenance of the jurisdiction of the Member State of the child’s former habitual residence, despite the fact that an application for the return under the 1980 Hague Convention was made through the central authority of a third State. Secondly, the Court examines the possibility of lodging an application for the return of the child through the central authority of a third State and, consequently, of ordering the return of the child to that State even though she has never resided there. Finally, the last part is devoted to the phenomenon of international abductions committed by mothers who are victims of domestic violence.
