Stewart Rein

2929 Melody Lane
Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 18466
Tel/Fax: 570 894 2633
Email: child@pnpa.net

 

 

 

 

Professional experience

 

 

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS

 

Executive Director of:

The Children’s & Human Rights Council UK  1994-1996, Europe 98

Chairman:

Parliamentary Affairs Liaison Committee Families Need Fathers UK 1993-94

 

SOCIAL POLICY EXPERTISE

Government & Foundation Adviser on Family Social Policy Matters UK

 

Expert on Law Reform in Children’s and Family Law

Hague Convention Adviser (Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction)

Expert Evidence given before New York State Standing Committee on the Family in respect to Custody Law Reform and Parental Child Abduction 1995

Paper on Child Abduction to The First British International Conference on The Hague Convention, London 1994

 

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Successful Legal Briefs, Advice and Counsel on David B. v. Helen O. International Child Abduction case, US Federal District Court, Southern District New York

Expert on International Human Rights and Children’s Law

Conducted Hague Convention case on behalf of American father in Britain, filing for the parent, obtaining solicitors and barrister, leading the arguments

Legal argument before; British, Israeli, American, and European Commission Courts, including US District Court, Court of Appeals before Chief Judge Newman in oral argument.

 

 

TELEVISION WORK ON CHILDREN’S ISSUES

 

Programs # 3 and 4 of  “The Human Rights Enigma” a series on human rights made with the participation of The United Nations High Commission on Human Rights, Dr. Purificacione Quisumbing, United States Court of Appeals Judge George Pratt, former US State Adviser Malvina Halberstam, and various esteemed American jurists and law professors. Subject matter: Children’s Rights under The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. 1996 seen on Manhattan Cable and now being distributed in Europe

 

LAST PRODUCTION

“Wednesday’s Children” a one hour Special Report on Parental Child Abduction, made with the participation of The United States, Dept. of State, Office of Children’s Issues, Ray Clore Director, Nancy Hammer of The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, leading psychiatrist John W. Jacobs, lawyers and victim parents. Will be shown on Cable TV

 

MEDIA APPEARANCE EXPERIENCE

Appeared on National U.S. TV “Newstalk Television” Expert Panelist on Law and Sexual Harassment

Radio WFAN Bob Salter Show, NY: Guest Host on Children’s Issues

TV Malta Appearance on Child Abduction

Radio Appearances for English BBC, GLR and others on social policy issues-England

Radio Monaco Guest Appearances

Host “The Human Rights Enigma” series for Cable TV

 

CHILDREN RELATED PUBLICATIONS

“Marriage, Morals and the Law”, co-authored with Dr. John Campion, a paper delivered at The University of Plymouth, England

“Alternative Green Paper on Divorce Law”, for The Right Honourable Virginia Bottomley, Minister of Health, Great Britain

“Aspects of Divorce Policy” for Right Honorable Michael Portillo, Chief Secretary to the British Treasury

“Best Interests of the Child”, government document on reform of British Children’s law

“Child Abduction & Anomalies in Wardship Law”, a paper delivered for The First British International Conference on International Child Abduction & The Hague Convention

“The Hague Convention in Britain”, article for “Access Magazine” England 1989

“The Impact of Shared Parenting Legal presumptions on the issues of Child Abduction” NY State Senate

 

 

 

PRESENT PROJECT

 

“Betrayal of the Child”