Elise André incident

The Elise André incident was a child custody diplomatic incident involving several kidnappings of Elise André-Belenkaya (Russian: Элиза Андре Беленькая) in a dispute between her French father Jean-Michel André and her Russian mother Irina Belenkaya (Russian: Ирина Беленькая) between 2007 and 2009.[1] André-Belenkaya had been abducted across international borders at least three times since her parents divorced in 2007.[2]

Both parents were granted custody rights from their own countries. [3] André-Belenkaya's case was aggravated by the fact that at the time, Russia was not a signatory of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.[2]

The last kidnapping (by Irina Belenkaya) was stopped in Nyíregyháza, Hungary in April 2009 and in May, the Hungarian court ordered that Belenkaya be extradited to France[4]

In 2012, Irina Belenkaya faced a three-year suspended sentence from a French court in Tarascon for double abduction - once in November 2007 and once in March 2009.[3][5] Belenkaya's lawyer asked for a suspended sentence.[6] Eventually she received two years of sentence suspended for five years.[7] The Russian Ministry of Foreign affairs concluded that the decision of the French court had been balanced.[8]

References

  1. ^ Ярослав ГОРБАНЕВСКИЙ, "Родители, будьте людьми! возьмите себя в руки!" Archived 2024-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Lizzy Davies, Snatched toddler returns to France with father, The Guardian, 14 Apr 2009
  3. ^ a b French Prosecutor Requests 3-Year Suspended Sentence for Russian Mother, The Moscow Times, October 30, 2012 (Original url Archived 2024-05-31 at the Wayback Machine)
  4. ^ "Hungarian court orders Elise's mother to be extradited to France". 6 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  5. ^ "Французский прокурор потребовал три года условно для Ирины Беленькой". 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  6. ^ "Адвокат Ирины Беленькой просит суд вынести ей условный приговор". 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  7. ^ "Ирина Беленькая получила два года условно". 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  8. ^ Comment of Information and Press Department of MFA of Russia in view of French court's decision concerning Irina Belenkaya, November 2, 2012
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.