Yellow Notice

An Interpol Yellow Notice is issued to help locate missing persons, particularly minors, or to identify persons unable to identify themselves. Yellow Notices are not related to criminal wanted status and do not result in arrest. However, they can have significant family law and child custody implications across international jurisdictions. Learn more about our Interpol […]

Yes. Yellow Notices are sometimes misused in international child custody disputes — filed by one parent to locate a child taken abroad by the other parent, even where a court has granted custody rights. If you believe a Yellow Notice is being used improperly, an application to Interpol’s CCF can challenge a notice that lacks […]

The Hague Convention on International Child Abduction provides a framework for the return of wrongfully removed children. An Interpol Yellow Notice may be used in parallel with Hague Convention proceedings to locate a child. However, the two processes are independent — an Interpol notice does not substitute for or override a judicial Hague application. Our […]