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MARK COLVIN: Settling terms of custody in a divorce is never easy, but it's much harder if the children involved have been abducted overseas by one parent. If they've been taken to a country which is not a signatory to the 1980 Hague Convention, it can be near impossible.
It recognises, the convention that is, recognises cross-border custody rights and Japan is the only major industrial nation which has not signed up to it.
MARK COLVIN: Settling terms of custody in a divorce is never easy, but it's much harder if the children involved have been abducted overseas by one parent. If they've been taken to a country which is not a signatory to the 1980 Hague Convention, it can be near impossible.
It recognises, the convention that is, recognises cross-border custody rights and Japan is the only major industrial nation which has not signed up to it.
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