Tag: parenting overseas
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Protective mothers affected by the 1980 Hague Convention call for changes to the treaty [series]
July 18, 2024. Women’s groups affected by the application of the treaty made their testimonies known to top officials at its first forum about domestic violence held in South Africa.
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Counterproductive protection: a story about survival under the Hague Convention
June 29, 2024. The terror that this Uruguayan mother experienced in Spain at the hands of her daughter’s father did not lessen with the protective orders she obtained. Au contraire.
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Abducting mothers or how the Hague Convention undermines child protection
2023. The 1980 Hague Convention on International Child Abduction provides for the prompt return of a child taken from his or her country of origin by a parent regardless of context.
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Forced to stay in same country as abuser or risk persecution under Hague Convention
2020. Women are being left with nowhere to turn because of an international ‘good law gone bad’ -the 1980 Hague Convention on International Child Abduction-, designed to protect mothers, but frequently used as a weapon against them.
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Getting ‘hagued’: how one international law enables intimate partner violence
February 28, 2024. In the last decade, an estimated 15,000 mothers worldwide have been accused of abducting their own children. They are foreigners trying to relocate back home, but their kids’ father wouldn’t let them.
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British mom hasn’t seen her kids in 10 years due to Hague Convention misuse
February 17, 2024. Their father filed a Hague Convention claim against her. Now, she runs a charity to warn parents about the risks of moving overseas and finding themselves “stuck” there.
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The 1980 Hague Convention, a human rights contravention?
2023. Maria had to leave, and not only did Maria. In the past 10 years, at least 15,000 expat mothers have been accused of kidnapping their own children. Nowadays, they are about 2,000 per year, 6 per day. One every 4 hours. That’s 75% of international child abductions.
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No exception – how the Hague Convention fails women fleeing domestic violence
2023. Each year, over 2,000 parents invoke the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction to force their children’s return to their “habitual residence”. But mothers are who mostly flee with their kids, many due to domestic violence.
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The struggle of migrant mothers escaping abuse: confronting the Hague Convention
January 31, 2024. In a tough situation, migrant moms fleeing domestic violence face international child abduction charges. Courageous stories address the challenges of abuse and a complex legal fight.