Parental Alienation is a severe form of domestic abuse that victimizes both the child and the targeted parent. The most comprehensive review of the parental alienation (PA) literature summarizes over 300 peer-reviewed studies conducted in 32 countries around the world, and concludes,

“It is no longer tenable to dismiss the field as lacking in scientific status. Only by recognizing the legitimacy of PA scholarship will developmental psychology sustain and enhance understanding of how and why parent–child relationships break down in the wake of interparental conflict, separation, and divorce.”

Ignoring the science, the UN Special Rapporteur submitted to the Human Rights Council the report, “Custody, Violence Against Women and Violence against Children.” The document refers to parental alienation as an “unscientific pseudo-concept,” and recommends that countries should “legislate to prohibit the use of parental alienation or related pseudo concepts in family law cases.” Refuting the central claim of the UN document, a recent analysis of PA cases concluded, “alienating mothers’ claims of abuse against known ‘abusive’ alienated fathers were not being discredited more often than they were for alienating fathers.”

A detailed analysis by the Parental Alienation Study Group and Global Action for Research Integrity in Parental Alienation reveals the UN report is filled with “misleading statements and blatant misinformation.” The analysis also warns, “democracy itself is in danger of being overtaken by totalitarian ideologies and regimes.” In July 2023, the UN Human Rights Council declined to approve the deeply flawed report.

Since 2008, Parental Alienation Awareness Day has been observed on April 25 as part of the global campaign to raise awareness about parental alienation.

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