INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION
Organisations
Abducted Angels
Abducted Angels was founded by Sean Felton after his son was abducted to Thailand in March 2010 by his ex wife. Based in the U.K, Abducted Angels provides support and assistance to left behind parents. It also assists left behind parents raise funds to assist in the location and recovery of the abducted child.
http://www.abductedangels.org/
A.P.A.R.T. American Parental Abductions Resource & Support Organisation
An extensive resource support for USA victim families of parentally abducted children. Endorsed by and associated with NCMEC, Polly Klaas Foundation and Fathers for Equal Rights. Services provided include legal information by state, guidance and support if your child is abducted, research data and links to other organisations.
http://www.parentalabductions.org
American's Stolen Children Network
The Stolen Children Network provides information and resources for the left-behind parent of American children who have been abducted by a non-American spouse. Extensive range of links.
http://www.stolenchildren.net/
Australian Federal Police Missing Persons Web Page
35,000 people are reported missing each year in Australia. While 95% of people are found within a short period of time, there remains approximately 1,600 long term missing persons; those who have been missing for more than 6 months.
http://www.missingpersons.gov.au/missing-persons/overview.aspx
Australians With Abducted Children: Japan
To disseminate information to help change attitudes and laws in Japan and other non-Hague signatory countries in order to assure all children of direct, meaningful and continuing contact with both parents, regardless of citizenship, marital status or gender. We want to restore the rights of children in Japan with separated parents, such as in divorce, International Parental Child Abduction to Japan, parental kidnapping within Japan and birth out of wedlock. The Japan Children's Rights Network has a large collection of English language information on Japanese Family Law which provides experienced-centric information on parental abduction, child custody and visitation rights in Japan.
http://www.awac.asn.au/Australians_With_Abducted_Children/About_Us.html
The Kids Link
Established by two women who themselves were victims of International Parental Child Abduction. It is a very good resource site aimed at parents and children.
http://www.thekidslink.org/index.html
Bring Abducted Children Back Home
Established in 2010 to educate the Dept of State, Congress, the media and the public and to raise awareness of the plight of 300 U.S citizens kidnapped (and wrongfully retained) in Japan. Since 1952, Japan has never returned an abducted child.
http://www.bachome.org
Bring Sean Home Foundation
Dedicated to Sean Goldman who was successfully reunited with his father David Goldman after 5 years of legal wrangling. This case involved the US Secretary of State and Presidents in both countries ultimately resulting in Sean returning to America by order of the Brazilian Courts.
http://bringseanhome.org/wordpress
California Child Abduction Task Force
A California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) sponsored agency offering a wide range of up to date information on U.S State and International family child abduction.
http://childabductions.org/impact1.html
Canadian Child Abduction Resource Centre
A Leading Canadian Family Law Firm that has created a very good 'first stop' resource for people who are victims of parental child abduction.
http://www.freemychild.com/carc/firststeps.aspx
Child Abduction Resource Centre
Dedicated to the support of parents of missing and abducted children. Support includes information and news on parental abduction, international parental child abduction and missing children. The site also offers multilingual resources for international visitors.
http://www.globalmissing.com/
Committee for Missing Children, Inc
A parent advocacy group that produces billions of images of missing children worldwide. Acting as a clearinghouse for information, they are currently developing a comprehensive database on the information and laws about missing children in America. They also offer parents and schools a safety and prevention program which is available for download from this website.
http://www.findthekids.org
Find The Children
A non-profit corporation dedicated to the recovery of missing children and to prevent the endangerment of children. Find the Children assists families searching for missing children by helping them to access local and federal law enforcement, advising them on the appropriate legal documents, and connecting them with other non-profit organisations or community resources that may help them in their search for their children.
http://www.findthechildren.com/
Help Bring Them Home
Promotes awareness about International Missing Persons Day and provides links to missing persons websites around the world.
http://www.helpbringthemhome.org.au/
Japan Child Abduction
The International Association for Parent Child Reunion (IAPCR), is an incorporated not-for-profit legal entity in Japan dedicated to law supporting parent and child communication and interaction.
www.iapcr.org
Japanese Children's Rights Network
To disseminate information to help change attitudes and laws in Japan and other non-Hague signatory countries in order to assure all children of direct, meaningful and continuing contact with both parents, regardless of citizenship, marital status or gender. We want to restore the rights of children in Japan with separated parents, such as in divorce, International Parental Child Abduction to Japan, parental kidnapping within Japan and birth out of wedlock. The Japan Children's Rights Network has a large collection of English language information on Japanese Family Law which provides experienced-centric information on parental abduction, child custody and visitation rights in Japan.
http://www.crnjapan.net/The_Japan_Childrens_Rights_Network/Welcome.html
Julie Gilbert Association for the Prevention of the Parental Abduction of Children
Supports families and individuals experiencing relationship breakup where children are involved.
http://www.thejuliettegilbertassociation.com/index.htm
Missing Children Society of Canada - Parental Abduction
Provides assistance and support to finding missing children on Canada. Assists searching families through professional investigations, public awareness and family support programs.
http://www.mcsc.ca/ParentalAbduction.aspx
Parental Abductions to Poland
Kidnapped2poland.org informs the American public about International Abductions of American children with a focus on Poland. Two men, Piotr Sliz and Bogdan Szuta (current webmaster) formed and maintain the site.
http://www.kidnapped2poland.org/
Parents & Abducted Children Together
A non-profit advocacy, policy-making and research organisation devoted to raising awareness and finding solutions to preventing parental child abduction. PACT is an associate of ICMEC which is the International branch of the NCMEC.
http://www.pact-online.org/
Prevent Parental Kidnap
Provides education, from the child's point of view, to inform social services, therapy, medical and legal professionals of the abuse endured by a child when abducted by a parent.
http://www.preventparentalkidnap.org/
Reunite
Reunite is recognised as the leading UK parent support network formed by parents trying to navigate their way through the legal minefield of International Parental Child Abduction.
http://www.reunite.org/aboutus.asp
Shared Parenting Council of Australia
Provides a research data base for individuals and families experiencing family breakdown. The SPCA is one of the leading groups involved in the largest reform program ever seen in respect to changes to the Family Law Act, the way the Family Court deals with separation and the setting up of the Family Relationships Centres throughout Australia.
http://www.familylawwebguide.com.au/spca/pg/library
Stop Family Abductions Now
Is a campaign from the Polly Klaas Foundation, a national non-profit that helps find missing children and prevents them from going missing in the first place. This is accomplished by promoting public policies, educating the public, and providing families, law enforcement and communities with the ongoing support and expertise needed to protect our children.
http://www.stopfamilyabductionsnow.org/parents.html
Useful Australian Links
Australian Central Authority (ACA): Australian Government Attorney General's Department
http://www.ag.gov.au/childabduction
Family Court of Australia
http://www.familycourt.gov.au
International Parental Child Abduction Service (IPCA)
http://www.iss.org.au
Australian Missing Persons Register
www.australianmissingpersonsregister.com/parentalabductions.htm
