{"id":4745,"date":"2014-08-28T17:07:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T17:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.againstchildtrafficking.org\/?p=4745"},"modified":"2014-08-28T17:10:49","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T17:10:49","slug":"adoption-lobby-alert-australian-government-warned-its-overhaul-of-adoption-risks-child-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/adoption-lobby-alert-australian-government-warned-its-overhaul-of-adoption-risks-child-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Adoption Lobby Alert: Australian government warned its overhaul of adoption risks child trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>29 August 2014<\/p>\n<p>&#8222;Risks opening the door to child trafficking&#8220;. Well, we agree and disagree.<\/p>\n<p>Already in 2008, we &#8211; Against Child Trafficking (ACT) &#8211; warned the Australian government with a letter with some 1600 pages annexed, spelling out Australia&#8217;s involvement in child trafficking for adoption. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.againstchildtrafficking.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Letter_ACT-Australia1.pdf\">You can read the letter here,<\/a> the annexes were to huge to be put online. But they are listed. \u00a0We really, naively, wanted to assist the Australian authorities.<\/p>\n<p>We never got a written reply. Just a 3 minuts phonecall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The follow up: an extra day added to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hcch.net\/upload\/wop\/adop2010agenda_e.pdf\">2010 meeting on the Hague Adoption Convention<\/a>, paid by Australia, where ACT was not invited. Outcome: a trafficking protocol that to our knowledge has never been used.<\/p>\n<p>Our Australian trafficking cases remain unsolved. Here one example: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.againstchildtrafficking.org\/category\/pap\/fatima\/\"> a kidnapped Indian child<\/a>. It was ACT who tried to build the bridge. But no cooperation.<br \/>\nAustralian authorities simply do not want to discuss\/work with us for the benefit of victims. Because the T(rafficking) word may not be used.<\/p>\n<p>But it has always been there, trafficking for intercountry adoption. And not only from India. Oh no&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read here the article:<a style=\"font-size: 2em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/lifestyle\/parenting\/tony-abbotts-adoption-laws-reforms-under-attack\/story-fni0do1x-1227040474618?nk=46b8833ed5bb205c8a5063a6e1d73f8f\">Tony Abbott\u2019s adoption laws reforms under attack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ADOPTION LOBBY ALERT is an initiative of Against Child Trafficking. We are closely monitoring the Adoption Industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Donations are more than welcome. Help us to make a difference!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.againstchildtrafficking.org\/donate\/\">DONATIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>29 August 2014 &#8222;Risks opening the door to child trafficking&#8220;. Well, we agree and disagree. Already in 2008, we &#8211; Against Child Trafficking (ACT) &#8211; warned the Australian government with a letter with some 1600 pages annexed, spelling out Australia&#8217;s involvement in child trafficking for adoption. \u00a0You can read the letter here, the annexes were&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/adoption-lobby-alert-australian-government-warned-its-overhaul-of-adoption-risks-child-trafficking\/\" title=\"Read Adoption Lobby Alert: Australian government warned its overhaul of adoption risks child trafficking\">Weiter &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4745"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4745"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4749,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4745\/revisions\/4749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}