NIWAP participated in an amicus in a Hague Convention international custody case with Sanctuary for Families in New York. The amicus address domestic violence and immigration related abuse and provided social science research and legislative history documenting the dynamics of domestic violence experienced by immigrant victims, particularly immigration related abuse as well as research and Congressional Resolutions on the effect that witnessing a domestic violence has on children (February 22, 2013).
Amicus Briefs, Case law, Child welfare, abuse and neglect, Domestic Violence & Dynamics, Parental Rights, Research, Sexual Assault & Dynamics