Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children
E537607
Organization of American States treaty
international treaty
multilateral treaty
regional human rights instrument
The Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children is a regional treaty adopted within the Organization of American States that establishes legal mechanisms for promptly returning wrongfully removed or retained children across international borders in the Americas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children canonical | 2 |
| Inter-American Convention on the Return of Children | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5653162 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children Context triple: [Treaties of the Organization of American States, hasPart, Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children]
-
A.
Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons
The Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons is a regional human rights treaty that obligates states in the Americas to prevent, punish, and eradicate the practice of forced disappearance and to provide justice and reparations for victims.
-
B.
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance is a United Nations human rights treaty that prohibits enforced disappearances and obliges states to prevent, investigate, and punish this practice while ensuring justice and reparations for victims and their families.
-
C.
Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture
The Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture is a regional human rights treaty adopted within the Organization of American States that defines, prohibits, and establishes mechanisms to combat torture in the Americas.
-
D.
Inter-American Convention on Human Rights
The Inter-American Convention on Human Rights is a key regional human rights treaty adopted within the Organization of American States that establishes civil and political rights standards and creates the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to oversee their protection.
-
E.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a landmark United Nations human rights treaty that sets out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of all children worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children Target entity description: The Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children is a regional treaty adopted within the Organization of American States that establishes legal mechanisms for promptly returning wrongfully removed or retained children across international borders in the Americas.
-
A.
Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons
The Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons is a regional human rights treaty that obligates states in the Americas to prevent, punish, and eradicate the practice of forced disappearance and to provide justice and reparations for victims.
-
B.
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance is a United Nations human rights treaty that prohibits enforced disappearances and obliges states to prevent, investigate, and punish this practice while ensuring justice and reparations for victims and their families.
-
C.
Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture
The Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture is a regional human rights treaty adopted within the Organization of American States that defines, prohibits, and establishes mechanisms to combat torture in the Americas.
-
D.
Inter-American Convention on Human Rights
The Inter-American Convention on Human Rights is a key regional human rights treaty adopted within the Organization of American States that establishes civil and political rights standards and creates the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to oversee their protection.
-
E.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a landmark United Nations human rights treaty that sets out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of all children worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Organization of American States treaty
ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ regional human rights instrument ⓘ |
| adoptedAt |
Montevideo, Uruguay
ⓘ
linked to:
Montevideo
|
| adoptedBy | Organization of American States ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1989-07-15 ⓘ |
| aimsToPrevent | international child abduction within the Americas ⓘ |
| aimsToProtect | the best interests of the child in cross-border abduction situations ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Inter-American Convention on the Return of Children ⓘ |
| appliesTo | children under a specified age ⓘ |
| bindingOn | states that have ratified or acceded to the convention ⓘ |
| category |
OAS family law treaty
ⓘ
child protection treaty ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanism | cooperation between Central Authorities and national courts ⓘ |
| establishes |
mechanisms for the prompt return of wrongfully removed or retained children
ⓘ
obligations of contracting states to cooperate in locating and returning children ⓘ |
| field | private international law ⓘ |
| geopoliticalScope | member states of the Organization of American States ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalBasis | international public law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | public international law ⓘ |
| mainObjective |
to protect rights of custody and access under the law of one contracting state in the territory of another contracting state
ⓘ
to secure the prompt return of children wrongfully removed to or retained in any contracting state ⓘ |
| openedForSignatureBy | member states of the Organization of American States ⓘ |
| partOf |
Inter-American system of human rights instruments
ⓘ
linked to:
Inter-American human rights system
|
| promotes |
international cooperation in child protection matters
ⓘ
respect for custody and access rights across borders ⓘ |
| protects |
rights of children wrongfully removed or retained across international borders
ⓘ
rights of parents and legal guardians regarding custody and access ⓘ |
| providesFor |
administrative cooperation between Central Authorities
ⓘ
expeditious processing of return applications ⓘ judicial procedures for the return of children ⓘ limited exceptions to the obligation to return a child ⓘ |
| region | Americas ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction ⓘ |
| requires | designation of a Central Authority by each contracting state ⓘ |
| shortName | Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy | Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
international child abduction
ⓘ
international family law ⓘ wrongful removal of children ⓘ wrongful retention of children ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children Description of subject: The Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children is a regional treaty adopted within the Organization of American States that establishes legal mechanisms for promptly returning wrongfully removed or retained children across international borders in the Americas.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Treaties of the Organization of American States
→
hasPart
→
Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children
ⓘ
Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children
→
shortName
→
Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children
ⓘ
Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children
→
alsoKnownAs
→
Inter-American Convention on the Return of Children
ⓘ
linked to: Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children