問題詳情
四.閱讀測驗 Walter Benda had no inklingof what would take place after his Japanese wife took their two smalldaughters, then aged 6 and 4, back to Japan, effectively ending their 13-year-old marriage and his accessto his children. Such is the common case that happened to hundreds of parents, mostly men from NorthAmerica, Europe and elsewhere, who have been left without any recourse after their estranged partnerstook their half-Japanese children back to the country. The upper house of parliament of Japan voted unanimously to join the 1980 Hague Conventionon international child abduction following passage by the more powerful lower house last month. Japan isthe only Group of Seven nation that has not joined the convention, which has 89 signatories. Japan muststill overcome various governmental and legislative hurdles before the Hague Convention can take fulleffect. The government has said it aims for final ratification by the end of this fiscal year -- March 2014. Under the pact, Japan's Foreign Ministry would set up a central authority to handle petitions by theforeign parent to locate or visit the child, and try to work with the parents to settle disputes throughconsultations. Also, children under 16 who are taken away by one parent after a failed marriage must bereturned to the country in which they normally live, if action is requested by the other parent. It alsoprotects the access rights of both parents. Tokyo previously refused to sign the treaty, citing the need to protect Japanese mothers from abusiveforeign husbands. Japan's resistance earned it a reputation as a haven for child abductors, and in 2010prompted the US House of Representatives to pass a nonbinding resolution condemning the retention ofchildren in Japan "in violation of their human rights and United States and international law." Japanese law allows only one parent to have custody of children in cases of divorce — nearly alwaysthe mother. That's kept some foreign fathers and many Japanese fathers from seeing their children untilthey are grown. However, adopting the Hague pact wouldn't lead to major changes in Japanese family law,such as allowing joint custody.
【題組】36.According to the passage, what does “international child abduction” mean?
(A) The illegal human trafficking for the lucrative business of organ transplantation.
(B) The malicious kidnapping of children by the international gangsters or villains.
(C) The illegal removal of children from their residence by a family member to a foreign country.
(D) The mean and ruthless abuse imposed on the children by the separated or divorced parents.
參考答案
答案：C
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)