10. 1. In accordance with the obligation of States
Parties under article 9, paragraph 1, applications by a child or his or her
parents to enter or leave a State Party for the purpose of family reunification
shall be dealt with by States Parties in a positive, humane and expeditious
manner. States Parties shall further ensure that the submission of such a
request shall entail no adverse consequences for the applicants and for the
members of their family.
2. A child whose parents reside in different States shall have the
right to maintain on a regular basis, save in exceptional circumstances personal
relations and direct contacts with both parents. Towards that end and in
accordance with the obligation of States Parties under article 9, paragraph I.
States Parties shall respect the right of the child and his or her parents to
leave any country, including their own, and to enter their own country. The
right to leave any country shall be subject only to such restrictions as are
prescribed by law and which are necessary to protect the national security,
public order (ordre public), public health or morals or the rights and
freedoms of others and are consistent with the other rights recognized in the
present Convention.