Lower house OKs ratification of int'l child custody pact

Lower house OKs ratification of int'l child custody pact

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a House of Representatives plenary session in the Diet building in Tokyo on April 23, 2013, shortly after unanimous approval of Japan's ratification of an international treaty to help settle cross-border child custody disputes, paving the way for passage through the Diet in late May. The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction sets out the rules and procedures for the prompt return of children under 16, taken or retained by one parent following the failure of an international marriage, to the country of their habitual residence if requested by the other parent.

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