Tag: women
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Mothers forced to stay in same country as abuser or risk persecution under Hague Convention
Australia, 23 October 2020. Women are being left with nowhere to turn because of an international ‘good law gone bad’ – 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 across the globe have been accused of abducting their own children. They are usually expats trying to relocate back home, but their kid’s father wouldn’t let them.
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British mom hasn’t seen her kids in 10 years due to Hague Convention misuse
17 February 2024. Their father filed a Hague Convention claim against her. Now, she runs a charity to make parents aware of the risks of moving overseas.
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The 1980 Hague Convention, a contravention of human rights?
October 14, 2023. Mary had to leave, and not only did Mary. Over half the world, year after year, around 2,000 expat women are accused of kidnapping their own children. They account for 75% of international child abductions. Why?
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No exception – how the Hague Convention fails women fleeing domestic violence
October 11, 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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Rapporteur of the 1980 Hague Convention proposes “reinterpreting” the treaty to take GBV into account
February 10, 2024. Nearly half a century later, the treaty’s rapporteur on international child abduction, Elisa Pérez-Vera, spoke about its need to recognise domestic violence.