Hague Convention (1980) on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: accession of Cabo Verde

2026/0041(NLE) · Non-legislative enactments

Procedure 2026/0041(NLE) (non-legislative enactments) concerns “Hague Convention (1980) on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: accession of Cabo Verde”; the committee responsible is JURI (Legal Affairs). Completed: Published in the Official Journal on 21 Jul 2026. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 17 Jun 2026 (final vote): adopted with 659 votes in favour, 1 against and 1 abstention.

Reference: 2026/0041(NLE)
Type: Non-legislative enactments
Official title: Authorising Member States to accept, in the interests of the European Union, the accession of Cabo Verde to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Status: Completed
Lead: JURI Legal Affairs
Rapporteur: Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Renew, Bulgaria)
Shadow rapporteurs: Tineke Strik (Greens/EFA, Netherlands), José Cepeda (S&D, Spain), Caterina Chinnici (EPP, Italy), Tobiasz Bocheński (ECR, Poland)

Roll-call votes in Parliament

Hague Convention (1980) on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: accession of Cabo Verde (A10-0157/2026), 17 Jun 2026: final vote, adopted, 659 for, 1 against, 1 abstention

Timeline

24 Feb 2026: Appointment of a rapporteur
14 Apr 2026: Parliamentary committee tabling report
27 Apr 2026: Proposal referred to plenary
3 Jun 2026: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
8 Jun 2026: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
17 Jun 2026: EP decision
21 Jul 2026: Publication in the Official Journal

All procedures

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0. Names of steps, roles and procedure types from the European Parliament’s vocabulary.