Child Law Under Revision - by Wezi Tjaronda

20 April 2009

WINDHOEK – The Child Care and Protection Bill will be revised to suit the needs of the Namibian children.
The Bill, first drafted in 1994 and revised a number of times, is intended to replace the Children’s Act 33 of 1960, which is outdated and is not in keeping with the interest of children in the country. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare is revising the piece of legislation, with technical support from the Legal Assistance Centre. The technical working group includes the ministry, LAC, Ministry of Health and Social Services and the Ministry of Justice.

The LAC said last week law reform in the area is needed for children in Namibia to receive the care and protection they deserve.

The Bill addresses children’s courts, early intervention services, procedures for removing endangered children from the home, foster care, adoption, child trafficking and child headed households, which are critical areas that are needed to ensure that the rights of children in Namibia are protected and upheld.

Monitorul de Neamt » Stiri Locale 17 Aprilie 2009

Barbara Stamm, de 78 de ori în Neamt

• de 20 de ani, presedinta Parlamentului Landului Bavaria viziteaz? Centrul de la P?str?veni, unde tr?iesc 187 de asistati cu handicapuri severe n

Centrul de Recuperare si Reabilitare a Persoanelor cu Handicap P?str?veni a fost vizitat zilele acestea pentru a 78-a oar? de c?tre Barbara Stamm, presedinta Parlamentului Landului Bavaria. Aceasta de 20 de ani se ocup? de sustinerea financiar? a unit?tii si de asigurarea confortului celor 187 de asistati. Barbara Stamm, însotit? de c?tre o delegatie german?, a v?zut un spectacol de Paste, sustinut de c?tre asistatii centrului pe scena Teatrului Tineretului. Ea a fost primit? de c?tre conducerea Consiliului Judetean. Vasile Pruteanu, presedinte al CJ Neamt a declarat c? este foarte interesat de colaborarea dintre CJ si partea german?. „Urm?rim colaborarea la nivel institutional între CJ Neamt si Landul Bavaria, ca s? deschidem c?i pentru a realiza schimburi economice, în domeniul investitiilor, atragerii de fonduri europene. V? multumim pentru tot ce ati f?cut la P?str?veni“, a declarat Vasile Pruteanu. Barbara Stamm a spus la rîndul ei: „V? multumim si noi din inim? pentru primirea c?lduroas? pe care ne-o asigurati. Ce am v?zut în timpul spectacolului este cea mai bun? dovad? c? viata persoanelor cu handicap sever trebuie dezvoltat? si c? acesti oameni, care tr?iesc lîng? noi, pot s? îsi manifeste bucuria. Au transmis un emotionant mesaj de Paste, de Înviere. Multi dintre tinerii din centru au peste 18 ani. Cea mai mare lupt? pe care am dus-o acolo a fost s?-i p?str?m pe tineri si dup? împlinirea acestei vîrste. Iar cei care plecaser? deja, au fost adusi înapoi. Asa, am transformat centrul în c?min. Acum, adulti fiind, cu handicapuri severe, lucreaz? în ateliere, în agricultur?, pe cîmp, iar mai tîrziu vor înv?ta s? munceasc? în tîmpl?rie, în croitorie etc. M? bucur de propunerea privind viitoarea colaborare cu Consiliul Judetean. Vom discuta despre ea în prezidiul Parlamentului Landului Bavaria“, a precizat Barbara Stamm, care a mai spus c? dup? discutiile cu colegii de parlament, va invita la Munchen, în Germania, o delegatie a CJ, cu care va identifica punctele în care va putea colabora judetul Neamt cu zona Bavaria. Delegatia german? le-a adus asistatilor de la P?str?veni mici atentii, constînd în fructe si dulciuri.

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Woman sentenced to death for trafficking 49 children

Saturday, 17 April 2010

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Beijing, April 17: A court in China has sentenced a woman to death for trafficking at least 49 children, a media report said Saturday.

The court in Hubei province sentenced Yu Lixiang to death while two others -Du Minghua and Yu's sister Yu Xiaofen - were sentenced to life terms in prison Friday.

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Law allows foreigners to adopt Turk children

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MOSCOU, 16 avril - RIA Novosti. La Russie prône le renforcement des modalités d'adoption d'enfants russes par des étrangers et l'instauration de mesures de protection contre la violence exercée contre eux, a déclaré le chef du ministère russe des Affaires étrangères Serguéi Lavrov dans les pages de la Rossiïskaïa gazeta.
"La Russie prône le renforcement des droits des enfants adoptés et l'instauration de mesures de protection contre la violence exercée contre ces derniers dans les familles adoptives. Les problèmes de l'adoption internationale relèvent désormais de la compétence du ministère russe de l'Education et de la Recherche qui a élaboré et présenté au gouvernement de la Fédération de Russie des propositions axées sur le renforcement du contrôle des organismes et autres organisations étrangères chargées de l'adoption d'enfants sur le territoire de la Russie", a précisé M.Lavrov.
La mise en oeuvre de ces propositions "permettra plus facilement aux employés des représentations consulaires du MID de rendre visite aux enfants adoptés et de déceler en temps opportun les cas de maltraitance à leur égard".
"Il est suggéré d'introduire la pratique d'accords réglementant l'adoption internationale sur l'exemple de l'accord signé en 2008 entre la Fédération de Russie et l'Italie sur coopération dans la sphère de l'adoption d'enfants", a souligné le ministre.
"Le règlement de ces questions au niveau international consacrera officiellement les fonctions de contrôle des organisations mandatées à cet effet, évitera que les personnes coupables de maltraitance sur des enfants adoptés puissent se soustraire à leur responsabilité", a ajouté Serguéi Lavrov.
Selon le diplomate, seuls les Etats-Unis "cherchent des échappatoires à la proposition russe d'accords bilatéraux".
"Je pense que la question devra être formulée sans ambages: pas d'accord - pas d'adoption", a conclu le ministre russe.

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De adoptiebureaus hebben ellenlange wachtlijsten. Een groeiend aantal aspirant-ouders wil de adoptie daarom (deels) zelf regelen. Minister Hirsch Ballin wil dat juist verbieden.

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Woman moves HC to get back grandkids
11 Apr 2009, 0154 hrs IST, Swati Deshpande, TNN
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MUMBAI: Kisabai Lokhande, a 66-year-old illiterate woman from a Satara slum has filed a habeas corpus petition in the Bombay high court to get
 
back her two granddaughters who were given in an inter-country adoption and sent to Spain.

The issue which highlights the need for greater check in processing eligibility for adoptions, is that the agency had claimed that the two minor girls were abandoned and no consent was required from family members.

Lokhande had initiated a search for her grandchildren last year although they had been adopted in 2005. She moved court as the last resort, wanting the HC to direct the DGP and the local cops to register complaints for various offences including kidnapping, cheating, using forged documents and illegally declaring a child under 12 as being abandoned-an offence attracting up to seven years in jail.

She had complained to the police this January but to no avail, her lawyer Pradeep Havnur said. He added, "She is aggrieved at the police apathy in not registering an FIR against the accused, including Preet Mandir, an adoption agency in Pune. The agency allegedly colluded with the Satara Child Welfare Committee to declare the girls as destitute.''

Reema (name changed) needs an injection that costs Rs 250 every day to ensure her steady growth. Identified with a growth hormone deficiency, Reema also needs a loving family that will look after her.

“But that is easier said than done,” rues Madhuri Abhyankar, director of Society of Friends of Sassoon Hospital (SOFOSH) that has given 2,500 children for adoption from their centre. Children with special needs find no takers among adoptive parents, says Abhyankar and now, SOFOSH will try to convince parents at a post-adoption meet on April 18. This time, the society has specifically targetted young couples and has used the Internet apart from meetings with parents to encourage such adoptions.

Like Reema, there are three other children at SOFOSH who are yet to be adopted. While one child also has a blood disorder problem and requires a transfusion, another has not been adopted owing to her age. All these factors prove deterrents, as most adoptive parents want a child who is not very old and has no medical problems. “However, this time, we will generate awareness about this problem at our post-adoption meeting,” she says.

Childcare activities were initiated in 1973 at Sofosh’s centre ‘Shreevatsa’ which has provided shelter and hope to orphans ranging from newborns to six-year-olds.

“Hence, we named our centre Shreevatsa, which means children of God,” she said.

 
Russia, U.S. discuss treaty on child adoption
19:31|07/ 04/ 2009

MOSCOW, April 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Science and Education Ministry is in talks with the United States on a bilateral treaty to specify the responsibilities of U.S. parents who adopt Russian children, the minister said on Tuesday.
The treaty, if signed, would oblige U.S. parents to show more responsibility when raising adopted Russian children. Russia has already concluded a similar treaty with Italy.
"The United States has for the first time shown its interest by requesting documents on this bilateral treaty," Andrei Fursenko said. "They are ready to study it."
The lower house of parliament, the State Duma, has asked Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to speed up the process of concluding bilateral international treaties on child adoption following the death of 18-month-old Dima Yakovlev, who was adopted by a U.S. couple.
The boy died on July 8, 2008, when his adoptive father, Miles Harrison, left the boy shut in his car for nine hours during 50-degree Celsius (122-degree Fahrenheit) heat.
The minister also said that Russia should as soon as possible ratify the Hague Adoption Convention, which it signed on September 7, 2000.
"We think that the convention should be ratified - it poses no threat to our children, on the contrary, it defends their rights to a greater extent," Fursenko said.