Tag: Office of Children’s Issues

Japan’s Continuing Failure to Sign the Hague Abduction Convention: The Absence of Children’s Human Rights

August 25, 2012

An Update Concerning Japan’s Continuing Failure to Sign the Hague Abduction Convention by Jeremy Morley Thursday, August 23, 2012 Over the past couple of years the Japanese Government has made a succession of statements concerning its purported intention to sign the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. These statements were quite … More Japan’s Continuing Failure to Sign the Hague Abduction Convention: The Absence of Children’s Human Rights

Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Japanese Accession to International Child Abduction Convention Postponed for an Additional Year – U.S. Department of State Collaborates With MOFA “Pilot Project” to Abandon Internationally Abducted Children to Illegal Japanese Claims of Jurisdiction

August 13, 2012

In an outburst of predictable  seasonal activity over the August summer vacation,  Japan has signaled to all of us via the U.S. Department of State that they will not comply with   the international community and the U.S. Department of State’s one and only primary political request with regard to the excessive Japanese human welfare … More Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Japanese Accession to International Child Abduction Convention Postponed for an Additional Year – U.S. Department of State Collaborates With MOFA “Pilot Project” to Abandon Internationally Abducted Children to Illegal Japanese Claims of Jurisdiction

Pic (Thinking Together? The Condition is Critical!)

August 13, 2012

A friend wrote this to me: “Hopefully you will get justice now Japan are going to sign up to the Hague convention Good luck x” How to reply? “Unfortunately, the Hague Convention is not designed to bring justice, although we all wish with all our hearts and souls that it were. The Hague may be … More Pic (Thinking Together? The Condition is Critical!)