Custody

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U.S. court refused to release Bogdana Osipova from custody - Moskalkova

A court in the U.S. has refused to release Bogdana Osipova from jail after withdrawal of several charges in a kidnapping case, according to Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova. L

15:42 24.08.2020

Prisoner population in Russia is on decline – Rights Commissioner Moskalkova

The number of individuals held in custody in Russia has decreased by 40,000 in 2019 as compared with the figures registered in the same period of 2018, and makes at the moment 523,900.

18:03 23.01.2020

Eight appeals over July mass riots to be heard in mid-August

The Moscow City Court will consider appeals filed by eight defendants in a criminal case over mass riots which took place in Moscow on July 27 against their detention.

16:35 09.08.2019

Moskalkova requests to check up on observance of human rights of 69 Russians in Ukraine

Tatiana Moskalkova, Russia’s Rights Commissioner, has requested the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Ukrainian Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova to check up on the information that human rights of 69 Russian citizens detained in Ukraine are being violated.

16:44 25.02.2019

Moskalkova reports violation of 43 Russians jailed in Ukraine

Russia’s High Commissioner of Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has received information on the rights violation of 43 Russian nationals held in custody in Ukraine.

11:11 19.02.2019

Russian ombudsman urges U.S. to mitigate custodial conditions for Butina

Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has requested the U.S. authorities to mitigate custodial conditions for Maria Butina.

13:47 29.11.2018

US court slams re-homing while considering Russian adoption claim

During the hearing of an application filed by an American family seeking to void the adoption of two Russian kids, Nassau County judge raised a question of legality of a dubious practice known as Re-Homing.

18:30 17.12.2014

Japan complies with the Hague convention on child abduction

The Osaka Family Court has ruled in favor of returning a 4-year-old child taken to Japan by its mother to live with the father in Sri Lanka, in accordance with the Hague convention on child abduction.

15:54 19.11.2014

Russians with minor convictions can become legal guardians

The Russian Constitutional Court has okayed individuals with less serious convictions to be considered for legal guardianship in court, according to a court statement published on its website.

12:35 19.11.2014

American mother reunites with children abducted by Russian father

Two boys held in Russia by their father have been found and returned to their mother in London by decision of Russian and UK courts, The Telegraph wrote on Tuesday.

17:22 22.07.2014

Russia to establish special courts for international kidnapping cases

Russia will establish special courts to adjudicate cases involving international kidnapping cases.

17:08 03.03.2014

US Shatto family absent at adoption annulment hearing in Russia

The legal representatives of the Shatto family and the Shattos themselves failed to appear at a court session in the Pskov Region, Russia, which heard a suit to annul the adoption of Kirill Kuzmin, the younger brother of Maxim, who died in January.

12:55 20.12.2013

Latvia violated mother’s rights by returning her child to Australia - ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights has delivered a Grand Chamber judgment on the chamber ruling of November 2011 according to which the Latvian court order to return the applicant’s daughter to live with her father in Australia breached her family rights, reads the ECHR decision published on Tuesday.

11:53 27.11.2013

Neustadt boys to return to their mother - Moscow City Court

The Moscow City Court has ruled that the children of US national Rachael Neustadt, whom her ex-husband had brought to Russia last January, be returned to their mother.

13:07 21.11.2013

American mother wins Russian custody row

The Moscow City Court on Thursday has ordered Ilya Neustadt to return two sons to their American mother Rachael Neustadt.

11:41 12.09.2013

Bill proposing stripping gays of parental rights submitted to Duma

Alexei Zhuravlyov, a member of Russia's ruling United Russia party, has submitted to the State Duma a bill that proposes to include homosexual orientation as a cause for the deprivation of parental rights.

12:58 05.09.2013

Lawsuit filed by American mother to be considered in Russia on September 11

The Moscow City court will consider on September 11 a lawsuit filed by an American mother Rachael Neustadt living in England who calls on her former husband to return the children.

16:43 29.07.2013

Mother turns to Hague Convention to compel return of sons from Russia

An American mother living in England has turned to an international treaty that only recently entered into force in Russia in order to compel the return of her young sons, who have been living with their father in Russia since they failed to return from what was meant to be a brief Christmas holiday, RAPSI has learned from the mother's London-based solicitor Carolina Marin Pedreno, a partner at law firm Dawson Cornwell.

15:34 23.07.2013

Finnish court refuses to return child to Russian mother

Finland's Supreme Court has ruled that Anton Salonen, who was smuggled out of Russia in the trunk of a diplomat's car in 2009, will stay with his father in Finland, Finnish human rights activist Johan Backman told RIA Novosti.

10:46 17.07.2013

US family waives custody of adopted Russian orphans

A US court has granted the request of a US family seeking to terminate their custody of three adopted Russian orphans, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services spokeswoman Shari Pulliam, told RIA Novosti.

11:49 22.05.2013