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Adoption requests pile up in Andhra Pradesh adoption centres

Date: 2014-05-16 DC | KRUTHI GONWAR | May 16, 2014, 05.05 am IST Hyderabad: More than 200 applications for adoption are pending at the Yusufguda Shishu Vihar for over two years now. Of the total 211 children currently housed at the government home, only 37 have been declared as ‘fit for adoption’ and 95 have been… Weiter »

Adoption Industry Guilty As Charged?

27 April 2014 On December 3, 2009, the Joint Council on International Children’s Services (JCICS) presented to its members its Stakeholder Initiative, a  proposal to change the organization. It seemed, if nothing changed, JCICS would have to close its doors somewhere in the year 2010. The proposed plan was confidential and intended for JCICS members… Weiter »

STOP the sale of Roma children under the guise of intercountry adoption

4/4/2014 Today the European Commission organises the third ROMA SUMMIT Around 500 representatives of EU institutions, national governments and parliaments, international organisations, mayors, civil society organisations (including Roma organisations) and local and regional authorities are invited to express their views on how to deliver further on the implementation of the EU Framework for national Roma integration… Weiter »

Is the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child part of European Law?

25 March 2014 This is a strange issue. And a very important issue, because where would we be without the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child being part of European Law, the so-called Acquis Communautaire. What would be the legal basis, binding, for deciding and implementing policies? During last week’s European Parliament’s Petition Committee, while… Weiter »

A 13- year-old adopted girl puts a bomb under the adoption system

17 February 2014 English subtitles Transcript: 13 -year-old Amy was adopted by Danish parent 4,5 years ago. Now her biological mother is going to court to revoke the adoption, because Amy was never happy with her new Danish family. It means a lot, it affects me, it makes me really sad that it daily life… Weiter »

With all eyes on Russia, Kremlin expands ban on same-sex adoptions

Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com MARK MACKINNON Published Thursday, Feb. 13 2014 In the middle of a Winter Games already tainted by criticism of the Russian government’s treatment of gay and lesbians, the Kremlin has tightened a ban on same-sex couples from adopting Russian children, expanding it to also preclude single would-be parents from countries – such as Canada… Weiter »

Congo : a new cry against child trafficking

Source: http://www.aleteia.org Google Translation from French: „To not intervene would be a humiliation: the Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission of Kikwit , just saved ten children, challenges the authorities in Kinshasa. Isabelle Cousturié 24/01/2014 / On January 9 , Father Henri From Kethule , a member of the Society of Jesus , denounced a “… Weiter »

Hundreds of parents are still searching for their missing children in Guatemala

Source: http://www.cuatro.com Google Translation: The Alba- Keneth alert unit investigating 1,130 cases of missing children Guillermo gives orientation courses since the police killed her son A foster mother returned to Mildred ’s daughter , stolen from her belly during medical check 01/22/14 | 01:01 h . cuatro.com | Poverty in Guatemala promotes theft of children for… Weiter »

Dutch couple faces adoption hitch

Source: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke Sunday, January 26th 2014 By WILLIS OKETCH A childless Dutch couple that came to Kenya in search of a child to adopt is locked in a legal battle with the Children’s Department in Kwale. Norefier Nielseen, 50, and his wife Olga Skvortsova, 47, started the adoption process last year after getting the child from… Weiter »