India’s International Child Abduction Dilemma
New Delhi faces pressure to ratify a convention that activists fear would ultimately harm Indian women and children. India has found itself in the eye of an international storm by refusing to ratify the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980). The convention, which has 90 member countries, protects children under […]
When parents abduct their own children it’s more than a simple custody battle
India is not a signatory of the 1980 Hague Convention that seeks to protect children from wrongful removal across international borders. But with increasing cases of parental child abduction, is it time for India to rethink its position on the treaty? Fifteen-year-old Vividha has the calm of one beyond her years as she stands in […]
THE FINANCIAL COST OF CHILD ABDUCTION
BY: TIMOTHY WEINSTEIN Note: When I reviewed the article over 4 years after I had first written it, I chose to leave the original text “as-is” and append it with updates. Although the status of the individual cases referenced have changed, I believe that the original story still reflects the truth that most left-behind parents […]
