The Walrus congratulates journalist Jordan Michael Smith on being awarded the Michener–Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Journalism for his forthcoming project, “The Hague Mothers.” The Walrus will publish the results of Smith’s investigation later this year. Smith’s reporting will examine a troubling loophole in the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction that can lead to children being returned to potentially abusive parents, even when documented risks exist. The investigation will focus on the case of Thuy Nguyen, a Canadian woman whose children were...