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High Court orders the return of a child to Ukraine, rejecting the defense of grave risk and finding insufficient evidence of settlement in Ireland. The court determined that the child was wrongfully retained beyond an agreed two-month stay in Poland following the invasion of Ukraine, and that the mother's subsequent move to Ireland with the child was not consented to by the father. The court also considered, but ultimately dismissed, the child's objections to returning based on personal safety concerns, as these were not substantiated by evidence. The court emphasized the importance of the Hague Convention's objectives, including the prevention of child abduction and the vindication of the child's right to a relationship with both parents.
Hague Convention, child abduction, wrongful retention, consent, settlement, grave risk, psychological harm, physical safety, best interests of the child, parental rights, international law, Ukraine, Ireland, evidence, undertakings, child's objections, subjective fear.
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