International Child Abduction: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on International Operations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, October 16, 1990Abstract: This hearing reports on the issue of international child abduction and the U.S. response. Testimony is given by several parents who had their children abducted and removed to another country. The difficulties of attempting to legally repair custody and the work of the international community in this area (e.g. The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction) are discussed. |
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abducted children abducting parent abductor abroad abuse action American court asked assist Barbara Mezo Brooklyn Cairo Center for Missing child custody children's father Citizens Consular Services Colombia CONG CONGRES CONGRESS THE LIBRARY consulate copy court order Cunningham custody decree denied Department DIPLACIDO divorce document DYMALLY Egypt Elmergawi ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA Exploited Children extradition Family Court Federal felony warrant foreign country GRESS Hague Convention Harries Helsinki Final Act Hosni Mubarak INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION international parental child Islamic issue jurisdiction law enforcement letter LIBRA LIBRARY OF CONGRESS locate Missing and Exploited Mohammed mother National Center NCFMEC obtain October 16 Office of Citizens parental child abduction Parental Kidnapping RARY request sole custody Spain Spanish courts Spanish government Spanish passport Spanish Supreme Court subcommittee TELEPHONE NUMBER told treaty U.S. citizen U.S. court U.S. embassy U.S. passport United Vanessa victim parent violation visitation York
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Page 44 - Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 44 - ... such imprisonment; and if it appears to be wrongful and in violation of the rights of American citizenship, the President shall forthwith demand the release of such citizen, and if the release so demanded is unreasonably delayed or refused, the President shall use such means, not amounting to acts of war, as he may think necessary and proper to obtain or effectuate the release; and all the facts and proceedings relative thereto shall as soon as practicable be communicated by the President to...
Page 44 - ... all naturalized citizens of the United States, while in foreign states, are entitled to, and shall receive from this government, the same protection of person and property that is accorded to native-born citizens in like circumstances.
Page 92 - Adoption, the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the Hague Convention on...
Page 44 - ... the rights of American citizenship, the President shall forthwith demand the release of such citizen, and If the release so demanded Is unreasonably delayed or refused, the President shall use such means, not amounting to acts of war, as he may think necessary and proper to obtain or effectuate the release ; and all the facts and proceedings relative thereto shall as soon as practicable be communicated by the President to Congress.
Page 44 - Congress then wisely swept these doubts away by enacting that " any declaration, instruction, opinion, order, or decision of any officer of this Government which denies, restricts, impairs, or questions the right of expatriation, is inconsistent with the fundamental principles of this Government.
Page 44 - Whenever it is made known to the President that any citizen of the United States has been unjustly deprived of his liberty by or under the authority of any foreign government...
Page 75 - Any person, who, by force, intimidation or deception, and without legal justification or excuse, seizes, takes, transports, detains or secretes the person of another, with the intent to deprive such other person of his personal liberty or to withhold or conceal him from any person, authority or institution lawfully entitled to his charge, shall be deemed guilty of 'abduction'; but the provisions of this section shall not apply to any law-enforcement officer in the performance of his duty. The terms...
Page 103 - ... programs, services, and legislation; and "(D) to provide technical assistance to law enforcement agencies, State and local governments, elements of the criminal justice system, public and private nonprofit agencies, and individuals in the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and treatment of the missing and exploited child case; and...
Page 94 - The objects of the present Convention are-- a. to secure the prompt return of children wrongfully removed to or retained in any Contracting State; and b. to ensure that rights of custody and of access under the law of one Contracting State are effectively respected in the other Contracting States.