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SafeReturn Alliance is an international nonprofit improving how the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention works in practice — through verified guidance for families, transparent data on how countries perform, and the missing tools that make the lawful path navigable. This page collects independent coverage and founder commentary.

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Executive Digest Portugal · 13 July 2026 Founder op-ed

Portugal e a Convenção da Haia: o regresso da criança

“Portugal and the Hague Convention: the return of the child” — published in Portuguese

“A pergunta decisiva não é se a lei está escrita — é se produz resultados enquanto ainda há alguma coisa a proteger.” “The decisive question is not whether the law is written — it is whether it delivers results while there is still something left to protect.”

Writing in Portugal's Executive Digest, our founder examines how Portugal applies the 1980 Hague Convention and the EU rules that sit alongside it — and argues that the treaty's promise means little if a decision arrives after the months that decide a young child's life. The piece links readers to our Portugal guide to the Hague Convention.

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