Kernrechtsfrage
Whether a child-return order under the Hague Child Abduction Convention may be enforced by police force.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. If the taking parent does not comply voluntarily, the return or handover may be compelled, including by police assistance, because effective and swift return is intrinsic to the Convention's purpose.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court distinguished earlier case law on visitation enforcement. A return order aims only at restoring the pre-abduction situation, not at deciding custody on the merits. The child's welfare is already assessed in the return proceedings, and effective deterrence of abductions requires rapid and, if necessary, coercive enforcement.