Australian Government: Attorney-General's Department
Australian Government: Attorney-General's DepartmentAchieving a Just and Secure Society

Support services

Legal Aid Offices

Social Services and Support Networks

ISS is a non-government, not-for-profit national social work agency. ISS offers professional social work services to people in Australia and overseas who have social or socio-legal problems resulting from migration and international movement. They have a particular concern with the protection of families and children and can undertake tracing and mediation work.

Support network for adults recovering after childhood abduction. Insight into the impact abduction has on the children involved.

Further Information

Child abduction homepage of the Hague Conference on Private International Law. Information on all aspects of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

United Kingdom charity specialising in international parental child abduction. Good reference material available at 'research and publications' link.

United Kingdom organisation providing information on international parental child abduction and the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Parental Child Abduction

Missing Children

The Family Court's Missing Children Service. Provides a list of missing children as well as how and why missing children are listed.

The Federal Magistrates Court's Missing Children Service. Provides a list of missing children as well as how and why missing children are listed.

Australia specific database of Missing Children. Search for children missing in Australia and overseas.

International Missing Children database provided by the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children.

Courts and Legal Services