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About International Parental Child Abduction

International Parental Child Abduction (IPCA) occurs when one parent takes a child from their country of habitual residence to another country without the other parent's consent or without a court order. It is considered a serious violation of both the rights of the child and the rights of the other parent. It a federal crime in the United States (18 USC §1204) for a parent or other individual to remove or attempt to remove a child from the United States or retain a child outside the United States with intent to obstruct another person’s custodial rights.

Victims of IPCA face enormous challenges reuniting and returning home. Don't let them be forgotten. They deserve to come home.

what is the coalition?

our mission

Since 2015, uniting organizations to work passionately to end international parental kidnapping of children through advocacy and public policy reform. Our vision is a world where children are safe from international kidnapping by a parent.

partner organizations

Bring Abducted Children Home
Bring Our Kids Home
iStand Parent Network
Children at Borders
End Abductions Now!
Jerry's Army
Stop Exit

our passion

With the force of unwavering love and devotion for our internationally-abducted children, we advocate for an end to International Parental Child Abduction, justice for abducting parents, aiders and abettors, and for legal and public policy reform that returns children home. The Coalition combines academic, economic, political, legal, cultural and international expertise to drive conversation and action to prevent and end international parental child abduction.

THE LEADERSHIP TEAM

Founding Partners of The Coalition To End International Parental Child Abduction

Dr. Noelle Hunter

Dr. Noelle Hunter is cofounder of iStand Parent Network Inc., an NGO which helps parents and families reunite with their internationally abducted children. Dr. Hunter is also the director of the International Child Abduction Research and Prevention Office (ICAPRO) at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

She successfully returned her daughter from a nearly three-year abduction from the U.S. to Mali, West Africa. Her “Mission4Muna” campaign garnered international attention, as well as high-profile support at home.

Jeffery Morehouse

Jeffery Morehouse is a human rights activist and the Executive Director and a co-founder of Bring Abducted Children Home (BAC Home).

Morehouse's own experience of fighting for the return of his son "Mochi" Atomu Imoto Morehouse, who was kidnapped to Japan by his ex-wife, inspired him to become an advocate for other families facing similar challenges.

He has  testified multiple times before the U.S. Congress and the United Nations on the crisis of international parental child abduction (IPCA), and has been featured in numerous media outlets, including The Asahi Shimbun, Asia Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Toronto Star, The Washington Post and The Washington Times.

He also works closely with government officials and organizations to raise awareness about IPCA and push for stronger laws and policies to prevent future cases and reunite families in existing ones.

Ravi Parmar

Ravi Parmar is a left behind father and co-founder of Bring Our Kids Home, a U.S. based non-profit, seeking to raise awareness, and systemic changes to combat international parental child abductions to India .

During the years that Ravi was 
separated from his son, he went to extraordinary lengths to maintain communication and access to his son, all while litigating in multiple cross-border suits to seek his son's return to the United States.

​Ravi's interest in international affairs, empathy for victimized children and families, cerebral tenacity and clear understanding of the challenges of reunification offer insight to all.