Tragedy of children abducted from dads and taken to Japan

Parents from the US and around the world are fire walled from children held by estranged spouses – and Japanese parents face similar agonies…. Japanese leaders and diplomats regularly lambast North Korea for the abduction of their citizens by state spies – one of countless human rights abuses committed by Pyongyang. What is less known…

Japan International Parental Child Abduction

Foreign parents fight in vain for custody in Japan Emmanuel, Stephane, Henrik and James come from very different backgrounds, but they share the same painful experience of battling Japan’s legal system — in vain — for access to their children after divorce. Once married to Japanese women, they say they were prevented from contact with…

Left-behind dad’s last resort: Impeach Japan’s Supreme Court judges

James Cook is relentless. His four children were abducted to Japan from Minnesota by his Japanese wife in 2014. This was after Japan acceded to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, so he might have had hope in the early days. Using the baroque procedural regime the Diet passed for…

Parental Child Abduction Philippines

On the 17th March 2016, the Philippines announced their accession to the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. As of March 2016, 94 states are party to the convention. The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction’s mission is to protect the world’s most…

The Hague Convention Basics

Basics on The Hague Convention One of many main hurdles left behind parents are faced with before, during and after their children have been abducted to a foreign country is information. Well to be specific, the ‘lack of information’. As CARI – Child Abduction Recovery International deal with many clients from many countries we have put…

Hearing on International Parental Abduction

Every left behind parent should watch this attached hearing in the US. It goes for a bit, but you will see exactly why thousands of abducted children around the world never get returned. Listen to left behind parents tell their nightmare stories. Everything mentioned in this hearing CARI Child Abduction Recovery International has been exposing…

Japan and The Hague Conventi0n

One of CARI’s Managing Directors speaking on issues relating to Japan and The Hague Convention. Japan Kyodo News: FEATURE: Ex-special forces soldiers recover kids caught up in custody battles William Hollingworth. Kyodo News 11 December 2015 KYODO English (c) 2015 Kyodo News   LONDON, Dec. 11 — A security expert who specializes in the safe…