Quick Facts
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Does:
- Determine Jurisdiction for Determination of Custody Based on Habitual Residence of the Child.
- Include Safeguards to Ensure the Child's Physical and Emotional Welfare.
- Guarantee the Child Access to Both Parents throughout All Proceedings.
- Protect All Children Regardlesss of Nationality
Does Not:
- Require the Return of a Child to a Potentially Dangerous Environment.
- Automatically Grant Custody to Non-Abducting Parent.
- Instigate Criminal Charges Against the Abducting Parent.
- Discriminate on the Basis of Nationality or Gender.
Quick Facts
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Signed by Japan on September 21st, 1990
- Ratified by the Diet on April 22nd, 1994
A Japanese NGO Documented Blatant Disregard for the UNCRC in Its 2010 Annual Report.
According to the UNCRC
1) Children shall not be separated from one parent against their will.
2) Children shall have the right to maintain contact with both parents.
3) When separation occurs that state will provide the left behind parent with information about their child.
4) Children have the right to preserve their nationality.
5) If deprived of their nationality (taken to another country) the state must help to quickly re-establish their nationality.
