Category Archives: International

Russia to sign the Hague Convention treaty;self interest major factor

As more information is surfacing, it is more and more clear that the Russian government’s motivation is based on self interest, and not the genuine willingness to change its predatory behaviour. The neo-communists of current Russia have finally concluded that they will gain more than they will have to give up (anyone willing to bet, how “independent” Russian judges are going to implement the new law?).

Well, here is what the “Voice of Russia” had to say about the newest change of hearts by the Russians:

When Russia joins the convention, it will get an opportunity to defend children born to parents of mixed marriages, Russians married to foreigners, says a member of the Lower House committee handling the issues of family, women and children, Nina Ostanina. Continue reading

Nigerian children do not deserve Hague Convention protection:Are UK judges racist?

As the Children & Young People Now reports, the UK appeal court decided that the Hague Convention reasoning’s have no matter in a recent case of children who were abducted from US to Nigeria. They justified their ruling, which in essence condones the action of abducting mother, with a “bigger good” of the children. Would they rule if she was…. of a different race? Continue reading

One Japanese mother gets it:her child was abducted to Czech Republic.

Some Japanese mothers have discovered the proverbial “what’s good for the goose, is good for the gander” experience. Unlike most of the Japanese society, these mothers want their government to join the Hague Convention treaty to fight international child abductions.
In the latest article published in Japan Times Natusko Fukue reports on some mothers pushing government of Japan on signing the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abductions:

Japanese mothers whose children were spirited away by their foreign husbands urged the government Thursday to sign the Hague Treaty to prevent cross-border parental child abductions. Continue reading

Finland:Russia to sign Hague Convention

Russia seems to find finally the  wisdom  in accepting  the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as a good thing. A report from Finland states, that Russia’s officials indicated the neo-Soviet state to sign, and later this year, ratify the treaty with Finland.

What prompted Russia’s the change of heart?  Probably the fact that Finland decided not to take any crap for the Ruskies any more:

There are three child abduction disputes pending between Finland and Russia. The best-known case, which began three years ago, involves a boy named Anton. Continue reading