Category: BACHome

“Illusory at best; deceptive at worst.” Japan Continues to Offer Itself as a Haven for Child Abduction Despite Hague Ratification (House Subcommittee on Global Human Rights )

May 9, 2013

Family law Attorney Patricia Apy and three organizers and parents of children internationally abducted from the United States gave testimony today in the U.S. Congress at a hearing of the Subcommittee on Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, chaired by Christopher Smith of New Jersey.  The topic of the day, ” Resolving International Parental Child Abductions to Non-Hague … More “Illusory at best; deceptive at worst.” Japan Continues to Offer Itself as a Haven for Child Abduction Despite Hague Ratification (House Subcommittee on Global Human Rights )

George Washington University Professor Joan S. Meier! Child Abduction Is Not Liberation!

March 16, 2013

In March 2013, I submitted a response to an editorial published on March 6th by the New York Times.   March, 2013 1 Since February 2011, when a nationally-broadcast, three-part interview appeared on ABC , parents of children kidnapped to Japan have hoped that sympathetic and indignant responses to our aggrieved children’s circumstances might find their way into … More George Washington University Professor Joan S. Meier! Child Abduction Is Not Liberation!

Defiance of the Court: New Japanese Parental Abduction from Seattle Demonstrates the Need for New Preventive Regulation (Keisuke’s Law)

August 15, 2012

Japan is working on its statistical quota for the year, it seems. This is a story from today’s news. A mother who had been given a court order to turn over her passports rushed to the Seattle airport and made away with her child. Destination? Japan. The father literally chased them trying to prevent them … More Defiance of the Court: New Japanese Parental Abduction from Seattle Demonstrates the Need for New Preventive Regulation (Keisuke’s Law)

ABC News – Children Abducted to Japan, Fathers Left Behind

February 19, 2011

On April 15th and April 16th, 2011, the ABC news broadcasts we had been waiting for aired to a national  and then international audience. Without doubt, this was and is a significant step in bringing our dilemma and our cause to much wider exposure and much greater public awareness. For those of us who were … More ABC News – Children Abducted to Japan, Fathers Left Behind