funded by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Homeland

The DIH researches together with partners: within a scientific network politically motivated forced adoptions in the GDR.

It is funded by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI) for a period of 36 months with around 970,000 euros .

Start: 07/01/2022

End: 6/30/2025

Whistleblowers House for litigation support

House for Whistleblowers - The Hague

The Bill for the Protection of Whistleblowers (hereinafter: the new law) is currently being discussed. This new law, which replaces the current House for Whistleblowers Act, has direct consequences for the work of the House for Whistleblowers (hereinafter the House).

As a competent authority, the House must have set up a reporting channel by 17 December 2021 for receiving and processing information about abuses with a social interest (hereinafter: abuses) and violations of Union law (hereinafter: violations). To enable effective communication with staff responsible for handling reports, the Whistleblowers Authority must have a channel that is user-friendly, secure, and ensures confidentiality in receiving and handling information provided by the reporter about breaches and suspected wrongdoing and which offers the possibility to store information permanently so that it can be further investigated. The notifications, questions and requests arrive at the front portal, where the selection should take place or whether there is a request for advice, a report in connection with an infringement, a report in connection with an abuse or a request for a treatment investigation. Due to the terms that apply in the event of a report in connection with a breach (and as of 17 December 2021, these terms also apply to reports in connection with wrongdoing), the internal process registration must be adjusted.

Due to the expected increase in activities due to the European Whistleblower Directive and new legislation, we are looking for temporary reinforcement by a process assistant.

The revelation has led the police to suspect that the accused might have similarly arranged more illegal adoptions in the past, and he is being interrogated accordingly.

Mumbai: Santosh Dhumale, the man arrested for the alleged kidnapping of a 71-day-old girl, had facilitated another illegal adoption of a baby girl on the same day as the abduction, investigations have revealed. The police have arrested Bhimshappa Shanivar, 45, who had illegally “bought” the child from Dhumale.

“Dhumale, in his interrogation, revealed that he had arranged another illegal adoption of a two-month-old baby girl, and handed her over to the 45-year-old Sion resident on Tuesday morning,” said assistant commissioner of police Milind Khetle, Azad Maidan division.

He added that the girl was taken from her biological mother with her consent and paid her ?90,000, while Dhumale received ?3 lakh for the job.

“The girl is currently in a shelter home for children and we are trying to trace her biological mother so that we can make inquiries with her as well,” Khetle said.

The revelation has led the police to suspect that the accused might have similarly arranged more illegal adoptions in the past, and he is being interrogated accordingly.

Mumbai: Santosh Dhumale, the man arrested for the alleged kidnapping of a 71-day-old girl, had facilitated another illegal adoption of a baby girl on the same day as the abduction, investigations have revealed. The police have arrested Bhimshappa Shanivar, 45, who had illegally “bought” the child from Dhumale.

“Dhumale, in his interrogation, revealed that he had arranged another illegal adoption of a two-month-old baby girl, and handed her over to the 45-year-old Sion resident on Tuesday morning,” said assistant commissioner of police Milind Khetle, Azad Maidan division.

He added that the girl was taken from her biological mother with her consent and paid her ?90,000, while Dhumale received ?3 lakh for the job.

“The girl is currently in a shelter home for children and we are trying to trace her biological mother so that we can make inquiries with her as well,” Khetle said.

The petition filed by Nisha Pandya, a resident of Kandivli, through advocates Vishal Kanade and Sameer Sawant states that the 2021 amendment replaced the word “court” with “district magistrate”, implying that the adoption procedure will be overseen by an executive officer

Mumbai: A petition filed in the Bombay high court on October 6 has challenged the 2021 amendment to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, and the subsequent notification of September 1, 2022, which authorises district magistrates to oversee and decide on adoption cases. This task was thus far the responsibility of the judiciary.

The petition has also sought a stay on the September 30 communication from the authorities to the courts to transfer all adoption cases to district magistrates. It will come up for hearing after the Diwali vacations.

The petition filed by Nisha Pandya, a resident of Kandivli, through advocates Vishal Kanade and Sameer Sawant states that the 2021 amendment replaced the word “court” with “district magistrate”, implying that the adoption procedure will be overseen by an executive officer, which was otherwise entrusted to the judiciary ever since the word ‘adoption’ was defined under the Act by an amendment in 2006.

The petition stated that another amendment in 2015 had taken away the power to oversee the process of adoption from the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and had conferred it on the courts with the aim of ensuring that a proper procedure was followed under the supervision and sanction of the court. The petition further stated that the Supreme Court had also laid down guidelines for adoption, after which the Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA) was set up.

Waddinxveen - She is 40 years old, writing a book and giving lectures; Mariel Fox. She lives in Gouda, but the first 18 years of her life she lived in Waddinxveen. First with adoptive parents, later in a foster family. She has sometimes asked herself the question: do I want to live or do I choose death? Her conclusion is now: 'Life is worth living, make something of it.' That is her message for Foster Care Week (November 2-9).

She was four months old when she came from India to her adoptive parents in the Netherlands. Vos calls her adoptive parents gifted. “I was beaten, mentally molested and at the age of eight I already knew how much my adoption had cost.”

Were adoptive parents not screened in those days? "Surely. But the rules that apply now are very different. I also know that the church guaranteed my adoptive parents.”

One day, Vos was eight, she was sick and vomited. According to Vos, her adoptive mother was not happy with her and kept repeating that she was not getting value for money and now she also made the sheets dirty. Vos was locked in the barn where she was eventually freed by the police.

She was asked the question: do you want to go to the office or do you want to stay at home? “I chose the latter and promised to always be a sweet child. I did everything to please my adoptive parents.”

Child protection measures can help to improve the well-being of parents and their children. The violence also seems to stop more often, according to research.

Yara van BuurenOctober 28, 2022 , 9:36 AM

Every year in the Netherlands, more than 100,000 children are abused at home. The cause is often an accumulation of risk factors, which makes the approach particularly complex. If there are concerns about the safety and development of the child, a juvenile court may order that the minor be placed under the supervision of a family guardian. The child can also be removed from the home.

In recent decades, a great deal of research has been carried out into the functioning of youth protection. Yet little research has been done into the effectiveness of these far-reaching interventions. The Verwey-Jonker Institute has a study on Thursday showing that child protection measures help to improve the family situation.

For the study, more than 1300 families were followed for a year and a half in which there is evidence of child abuse. A supervision order and/or custodial placement was imposed on 480 families. Compared to families that have no involvement from youth protection, a clear improvement can be seen in the well-being of the children. Bonding with parents improves, emotional safety increases and trauma complaints decrease sharply.

Carlos Dunnink (21), adopted from Colombia, where he has already traveled three times.

I was adopted by my parents when I was eight weeks old. So my roots are far away, in Colombia. The only thing I have from there is a note that my mother gave me at the time, together with a photo of her. Those are precious possessions, but without memories. I know what my mother looked like 21 years ago and that poverty was the reason she gave me up for adoption. I don't know anything about my biological family.

That photo of my Colombian mother: I often looked at it. To keep remembering what she looks like. Sometimes I also try to see characteristics of myself in it. For example, people sometimes say to each other: “You look a lot like your father.” I never hear that.

Being adopted has never bothered me. My parents have always handled it very well. I've never had the idea that I'm different. The fact that my only brother has also been adopted, and is also from Colombia, may have contributed to this. And I also have cousins ??who are adopted. My eldest cousin is a month older than me and he is also from Colombia. So the rest of the nieces and nephews know no better than that their eldest cousins ??have colored skin, black hair and brown eyes. They never had to get used to us.

As a child you take it for granted that you have a different skin color than most others around you. You don't stop there. And in my case there was never a moment when I suddenly became aware of this. It was a gradual process. Gradually I discovered that my background is very different from that of my classmates.

A lawyer and an orphanage proprietress have been sentenced to three years each by the Accra Circuit Court, for deceiving a married couple, to release their one-year old child for adoption.

Additionally, the lawyer, David Opare Asiedu, and the proprietress, Elizabeth Arthur Adjei, alias Maa Lizy, were ordered by the court on Wednesday to pay GH¢12,000 and GH¢6,000 respectively as fines.

Elizabeth, was charged with defrauding by false pretence while Asiedu was charged with abetment.

This was after they had presented an electrician, Benjamin Kofi Okyere, with an opportunity to travel abroad, but ended up giving his one-year old son for adoption to a white man, at his blind side.

A driver, Prince Armah, also known as Paa Kwasi, son of Elizabeth, and an alleged accomplice is on the run.

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