International Parental Child Abduction
Helsinki Commission Commemorates 45 Years of Advanci...
Jun 03, 2021WASHINGTON—To commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission, on June 3, Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD) and […]
Public Diplomacy, Democracy, and Global Leadership
Dec 05, 2019For more than a century, the United States has advanced shared human rights, economic, and security policy goals in the transatlantic relationship by cultivating people-to-people ties through public diplomacy initiatives. […]
Helsinki Commission to Review Role of Professional E...
Dec 02, 2019WASHINGTON—The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today announced the following hearing: PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, DEMOCRACY, AND GLOBAL LEADERSHIP An Approach for the 21st […]
The Helsinki Process: A Four Decade Overview
Jun 28, 2019In August 1975, the heads of state or government of 35 countries – the Soviet Union and all of Europe except Albania, plus the United States and Canada – held […]
The Ongoing Tragedy of International Parental Child ...
Jan 11, 2018Each year, between 600 and 800 American children are taken from the United States by one parent without the consent of the other. The parent left behind can only wonder […]
The Crime of International Parental Child Abduction
Oct 27, 2017Nearly 1,000 American children a year are victims of international parental child abduction. International parental child abduction occurs when one parent removes a child from the child’s country of habitual […]
Helsinki Commission to Highlight International Paren...
Oct 23, 2017WASHINGTON—The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today announced the following briefing: “THE CRIME OF INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION” Friday, October 27, 2017 […]
Helsinki Commission Urges Prime Minister Abe to Addr...
Apr 15, 2015WASHINGTON—Ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s address to Congress on Wednesday, Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, urged Prime Minister Abe to help the many American […]
CHAIRMAN SMITH’S BILL TO HELP VICTIMS OF INTERNATION...
Mar 29, 2012WASHINGTON – With David Goldman and other left-behind parents from around the country at a congressional markup Tuesday, Chairman Smith’s bill to empower the U.S. State Department with more tools […]
The OSCE 2011 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
Dec 26, 2011By Erika B. Schlager, Counsel for International Law Overview From September 26 to October 7, 2011, the OSCE participating States met in Warsaw, Poland, for the annual Human Dimension Implementation […]