Child Abduction
The Hague Convention on international child abduction is preventing South African women living overseas from escaping domestic violence and returning home with their children. Designed in 1980 to stop unlawful border crossings by parents, the treaty is now criticized for being used by abusive partners to retain control. A South African family's ordeal in South Korea illustrates the human cost of these provisions.
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The trial against Elias D. has begun at the Landgericht Dortmund, where he is accused of abducting a 12-year-old boy. Prosecutors allege that in October 2022, he lured the child from his home in Solingen and held him for several days. The boy was found terrified in a forested area.