22 CFR § 94.1 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s94.1"
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title: "22 CFR § 94.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "94.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "LEGAL AND RELATED SERVICES"
part_number: "94"
part_name: "INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; the federal “International Child Abduction Remedies Act,” Pub. L. 100-300."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 23608, June 23, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "94"
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# 94.1 Definitions.

For purposes of this part—

(a) *Convention* means the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Appendix B to Department of State notice, 51 FR 10498, March 26, 1986.

(b) *Contracting State* means any country which is a party to the Convention.

(c) *Child* and *children* mean persons under the age of sixteen.