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I´d offered to make a presentation…..Mr. Pati, Dy Director told me that he thinks I m not “balanced”. There is no speaker from the activist. No real critical person.

Letter Amici to JLS - still under request (ASK THE EU - GESTDEM

Amici wanted that project...

http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/404/response/1802/attach/13/Ai.Bi.Annex9.pdf

Adoption
Adoption may be the best option for children who are unable to grow up with their birth parents, but it is a complex process, and there is a need for strict controls to ensure that each adoption is carried out in a lawful and professional manner. When children are adopted from another country it is particularly important to try to make sure that the adoption is truly in the best interests of the child. The UK 2002 Children and Adoption Act and the International Hague Conventions on Intercountry Adoption aim to safeguard the rights of birth parents, and the rights, protection and welfare of the children, and to prohibit improper financial gain.
Unfortunately, in some cases the rights of children and parents are abused. Examples include misinformation to the birth family of the child and international trade trafficking of children for adoption.

The Role of ISS UK
ISS UK is involved in a variety of adoption cases. Cases may involve a child being brought from abroad for adoption, step-parents adopting a child where both the birth parents are living abroad or simply providing information fo prospective intercountry adopters.
ISS UK can contribute to the adoption process by arranging for the exchange of necessary information. We may be asked to obtain relevant documents; to obtain medical information; to check the family history of a child; to make sure that an estranged parent knows of and understands the proposed adoption of his or her child; to arrange for the assessment of prospective adoptive parents or to obtain references.
We also try to reduce the risks of inter-country adoption by liaising with individuals and authorities in the UK and overseas; advising them of the legal requirements and processes; checking that these processes are adhered to, and ensuring a full exchange of information between the two countries involved. Because ISS UK understands the adoption process in an international context, and has professional contacts with the relevant authorities in each country, it is possible to take appropriate action when irregularities occur.

Nadia
Nadia was brought from India for the purpose of adoption. However, when she arrived in the UK she was physically mistreated, made a domestic servant and denied a sufficient education.
The case came to the attention of the local authority who contacted ISS UK to confirm the adoption. Following contact made with India, it was discovered that the adoption was not made in line with either the procedures of the Hague convention of Intercountry Adoption or the domestic adoption laws of the country. Based on the information that was received from India, the Local Authority in UK made the decision to place Nadia child in a private fostering arrangement in UK. Nadia is now in a caring home environment and attending school.

Further steps towards the UN Guidelines on Children without Parental Care

11/06/2008 - In 2004 the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child gave the impulse for the development of guidelines on the protection of children without parental care. A group of NGOs, including SOS Children's Villages, prepared the first draft guidelines and since August 2006 the guidelines are being discussed by government experts under the leadership of the Brazilian government.

On 6 June, we moved one step closer towards the adoption of the UN Guidelines on the appropriate use and conditions of alternative care for children by the United Nations. Brazil and the Group of Friends (member states who are engaged in promoting the guidelines) hold a high-level panel discussion at the Human Rights Council in Geneva to present the guidelines and to rally support of more countries for their adoption.

In addition to presentations of the four panelists, who included representatives of the Brazilian government, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF and civil society, SOS Children's Villages and the International Social Service (ISS), took the opportunity to provide the two interventions in the programme allotted to NGOs.

Kersti (left), Alan Kikuchi-White, representative of SOS Children's Villages in Geneva, and Christina Bagliotta (ISS) - Photo: SOS Archives

From: Lynelle Beveridge [mailto:icasn@bigpond.net.au]

Sent: Montag, 25. August 2008 05:14

To: 'Julia Rollings'; 'Ricky Brisson - AFC'; 'Marilyn Nagesh'; 'Gary Banks'; 'Helen Edwards'; 'John Ford'; 'Eun Bryan'; treasurer@aacasa.org.au; 'Aileen Berry'; 'Julie Rankin'; 'Mark Byrne'; 'Mark Stewart'; 'Mahoney Sonya'; 'Marianne Saliba'

Subject: RE: Kids 'kidnapped for Aussie adoption'

I believe we as a Peak Group (and as individual organisations) should be pushing for the Australian Govt to conduct an investigation / full inquiry into these Indian adoptions and ensure that Australian procedures are tightened to prevent adoptions from organisations that have a history of, or any questionable behaviour of child trafficking / stolen children. If the Netherlands can do this, surely the Australian Government can also take some responsible action?

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From: hilbrand westra

Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 at 13:15

Subject: Re: afspraken etc

To: Hillen, Pauline

GRACE C. HORTON, 88

Grace C. Horton, 88, Dies; Philanthropist Worked With Refugees and Low-Income Families

Grace C. Horton helped start what is now Health Share of St. Mary's. (Family Photo)

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