On June 11, 2015 attorney and Bring Abducted Children Home co-founder, Christopher Savoie, testified to Congress on his case and the ongoing kidnapping crisis with Japan. "The elephant in the room is the inherent conflict of interest problem for the State Department in these abduction cases. Their primary mandate, as they see it, is to maintain good relations with strategic allies such as Japan. And this is in direct conflict with the interests of our children and the children of Japan, whose advocacy would require that the State Department to publicly shame and reprimand Japan for its complicity in these kidnappings and for its truly barbaric sole parental rights regime. A regime that violates some of the most basic human rights of parents and children alike."
About his own case Savoie added, "like the majority of parental abductors, my ex-wife and her parents do NOT grant me any access to my children whatsoever. My phone calls to them are ignored, my packages are refused, and my letters are sent back to me. Experts say that parental abductors block communication to keep the children from knowing the truth – that the victim parent still loves them dearly and misses them every day."
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