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Petition To Inter American
Commission On Human Rights
IACHR Press Release.
Full Text of IACHR Petition.
Interview with Dianne Post, J.D.
Alleged Violations of the
Declaration of the Duties and
Rights of Man
Claudine Dombrowski Photos of
Abuse
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Published on October 06, 2008
Full Text of IACHR Petition.
On May 11,2007, just before Mother’s Day weekend, ten mothers,
one victimized child, now an adult, leading national and state
organizations filed a complaint against the United States with the
Inter American Commission on Human Rights. Their petition claims
that U.S. courts, by frequently awarding child custody to abusers
and child molesters, has failed to protect the life, liberties, security and other human rights of MORE INFORMATION
abused mothers and their children.
Press Release
PRESS RELEASE What is the Inter-American
Commission on Human
OVERVIEW and FAQ's in materials on the right side of this page. Rights?
Scroll down to read full petitition, including case What will this complaint
histories of several of the petitioners. You will be horrified to learn what is accomplish? An interview with
happening to abused women and children in courtrooms all across this Dianne Post, J.D. author of the
country. petition .
Summary of Alleged Violations
of the Declaration of the Rights
and Duties of Man
Overview of problems in family
court and what can be done
about it .
SUPPORTING ORGS
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The following organizations

have sent letters to the
InterAmerican Commission in
support of the petition.

Nat'l Organizations

Domestic Violence Report

Family Violence Prevention

Fund

Justice For Children

Kourts for Kids

The Leadership Council on

Child Abuse and Interpersonal
Violence

Legal Momentum

National Alliance to End

Exhibit 28: Breaking the Silence: Children’s Stories Sexual Violence
Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Tatge Lasseur Productions, 2006 Underwritten by a grant from the Mary Kay
Ash Charitable Foundation.
Full length of this documentary was submitted to the IACHR. National Center on Sexual and
Domestic Violence

National Coalition Against

Full Petition to the IACHR (large file) Domestic Violence

Table of Contents National Organization For

Women
Introduction
National Organization For
Petitioners Women Foundation

● Dombrowski KS National Family Court Watch

● Titelman GA Project
● K.A Amador Co., CA
Sidran Traumatic Stress
● J.H. Amador Co., CA
Institute
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● Shockome NY
● Navratil CA Stop Family Violence
● Horton NY
● Petitioners A, B, C are confidential to protect their safety. Not included in State Organizations
public materials.
● Organization petitioners
California Protective Parents
Association
Court Gender Bias - academic studies

California National
Court Gender Bias -experiential studies Organization for Women

Attempts to Remedy Problem Child Abuse Forensic Institute

(CA)
Summary of Problem
Colorado Coalition Against
Alleged Violations of the Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man Domestic Violence

Compliance Georgia Coalition Against

Domestic Violence
Additional Supporting Organizations - list
Illinois Coalition for Family
List of Exhibits Court Reform

EXHIBITS Kansas Coalition Against

Sexual and Domestic Violence
1. Photos of petitioner Claudine Dombrowski . (graphic)
Michigan National
2. Affidavit and book, Let My Children Go, A Mother’s Journal , Wendy Organization for Women
Titelman, Kinderlex Books, 2005.
New York State Coalition
3. Letter from California Protective Parents Association . Against Domestic Violence

4. Affidavit from Kourts for Kids. National Organization for

Women - New York State, Inc.
5. Letter from StopFamilyViolence.org .
Rhode Island Coalition Against
6. EXPOSE The Failure of Family Courts to Protect Children from Abuse in Domestic Violence
Custody Disputes: A Resource Book for Lawmakers, Judges, Attorneys and
Mental health Professionals, Our Children Our Future Charitable Foundation, Los Parenting Project (RI)
Gatos, CA, 1999.
( very large file - long time to load)

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7. Chesler, Phyllis, Mothers on Trial: The Battle for Children and Custody,
McGraw-Hill Book Company, NY, 1986, select pages.

8. Battered Mothers’ Testimony Project: A Human Rights Approach to Child

Custody and Domestic Violence, Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence,
June 2003.

9. Common Misconceptions in Addressing Domestic Violence in Child Custody

Disputes , Jaffee, Crooks, and Poisson, 57 Juvenile and Family Court Journal Fall
2003.

10. Justice in the Domestic Relations Division of the Philadelphia Family Court: A
Report to the Community, Women’s Law Project, Philadelphia, Pa, April 2003.

11. California Protective Parents Network , national survey, September 2001 to

December 2004.
Part 1 - table
Part 2 - report

12. Jana Bommersbach, Jana’s View, Phoenix Magazine , May 2006, p. 28.

13. Article Launched: 6/18/2006 12:00 AM , Mom termed 'parental alienator' wins
rare vindication in courts , BY TROY ANDERSON, Staff Writer, LA Daily News.

14. Hoult, Jennifer, J.D., The Evidentiary Admissibility of Parental Alienation

Syndrome: Science, Law and Policy, Children’s Legal Rights Journal, Vol. 26,
No. 1, Spring 2006.

15. Navigating Custody and Visitation Evaluations in Cases with Domestic

Violence: A Judges Guide , National Council of Juvenile and Family Court
Judges, 2004, revised 2006.

16. Report on Women’s Rights in the United States under International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights in response to the Second and Third Periodic Report
of the United States of America, July 2006.

17. Courageous Kids personal stories.

Part 1 - Courageous Kids Network
Part 2 - Case Studies
Part 3 - Letter to IACHR by siblings
Part 4 - Alana Krause, Girl, Interrupted

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18. Letter from Legal Momentum to Daniel Meron, DHHS , Washington, DC dated
28 February 2007.

19. European Parliament, A6-0404/2005, Report , 9.12.2005 on the current

situation in combating violence against women and any future action (2004/2220
(INI)) Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality Rapporteur: Maria
Carlshamre PE 364.709v02-00 2/17 RR364709EN.doc

20. Testimony to the Truth Commission , Fourth Battered Mothers Custody

Conference, January 2007.

21. Examples of Injustices in NYC Family Courts , Battered Women’s Resources

Center, January 2007.

22. Letter and columns from The Parenting Project , Rhode Island.

23. Letter from the Illinois Coalition for Family Court Reform .

24. Letter from Child Abuse Forensic Institute , Napa, CA.

25. Legal Momentum letter and summary of Battered

Mother's Speak Out

26. Letter from National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

27. Letter from Justice for Children

28. Breaking the Silence: Children’s Stories , Connecticut Public Broadcasting

(see above for excerpt)

29. Letters of support from additional organizations.

National organizations

● National Center on Sexual and Domestic Violence , TX

●

● The Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence , PA

● Sidran Traumatic Stress Institute , MD

● National Alliance to End Sexual Violence , Washington, DC

● Domestic Violence Report , Washington, DC

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● Family Violence Prevention Fund , San Francisco, CA

● National Organization for Women and National Organization for Women

Foundation , Washington, DC

● National Family Court Watch Project , MI

State Organizations

● Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence

● Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence

● California National Organization for Women , Sacramento, CA

● Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence

● Michigan National Organization for Women

● New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

● Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence

● Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

● National Organization for Women – New York State, Inc .

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