The adoption ban for children from abroad is going to disappear, it became clear today . However, it remains to be seen what exactly this will mean for waiting candidate parents in the Netherlands.

There is no sign of relief with Dirk Jan and Christiaan. They have wanted to adopt a child from the United States for three years, but that was not possible due to the corona virus and an adoption stop of more than a year. "We do not yet know very well what effect this decision will have," says Dirk Jan.

Separate government organization

What is already clear is that there will be a separate government organization that will take the place of the current employment agencies. The four bureaus that now have a permit will be merged into that organization and there will be stricter supervision. The Hague sources confirmed a report about this in the AD .

This should prevent abuses from the past. In a report on this by the Joustra Committee, it was recommended to stop adopting from abroad completely, but the cabinet is not going along with that.

Adoption from abroad Adoptions from abroad were abruptly stopped in February 2021, but now seem to be possible again. There are still many questions from adoption agencies and adoptive parents.

Adoption agencies and adoptive parents are delighted that intercountry adoptions are once again possible. They are curious about the exact details of the new system.

They say that in a response to the plan leaked through the AD on Friday morning that all intercountry adoptions should go through a government agency in the future. The role of the intermediary agencies would then be reduced. The cabinet will decide on Friday afternoon on the proposal from Minister Franc Weerwind (Legal Protection, D66), the official announcement will follow on Monday. The plan will then also be discussed with the organizations involved and more details should become clear.

Adoptions from abroad were abruptly stopped in February 2021 after an advice from the Intercountry Adoption Investigation Committee led by Tjibbe Joustra – ongoing adoptions could be completed. The commission presented an investigation into adoption abuses from Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka in the years 1967 to 1998. Evidence was found of gross abuses, such as child trafficking, falsification of documents and transferring children to other countries under false pretenses. The Netherlands. The committee also 'screened' eighteen other countries and detected signals of the same abuses, including signals from after 1998.

Stories about abuses

From a slap in the face to hope for improvement: the fact that the adoption of children from abroad will soon only be possible through a government organization has caused mixed reactions.

Patrick Noordoven prepares a glass of water. He needs that when he talks about the suffering his adoption entailed. He was born in Brazil and grew up in the Netherlands after an illegal adoption in the 1980s. Lied against the state, which ignored adoption offenses like his and allowed, among other things, birth certificates to be forged, making it nearly impossible for biological trace family. When Patrick looks in the mirror, he wonders: who am I anyway?

That the government, which did nothing to treat him and other children decently, is now going to facilitate foreign adoptions through a special government agency, is a slap in the face. Foreign adoptions were suspended last February, after an extremely critical report by a committee led by Tjibbe Joustra. The committee concluded that too many abuses had taken place and that they occur 'to this day'. To continue would be irresponsible. Joustra advised to stop with foreign adoptions altogether.

The right to a child does not exist. The right to identity does

Patrick Noordoven

Adoptions are still possible in the future. They were discontinued after a damning report. But the new cabinet wants to allow it again under certain conditions. Anyone wishing to adopt a child can only do so through a newly established government organization. Emeritus professor of adoption Rene Hoksbergen reacts to the news. Sarah de Vos, herself adopted and very critical of adoption from a knowledge center, also tells what she thinks of these cabinet plans.

The following text is the second piece of the Amicus Brief submitted to the Korean Court to assist the judges in understanding the historic meaning of this case. Special mention and appreciation must go to Raymond Ha (M.A. '21, Stanford Univ.), Hyejin Jang (B.A. '21 Princeton Univ.), Do Yon Lena Kwon (J.D. Candidate '22, Penn Law), Hailey M. Lee (J.D. Candidate '24, Penn Law), and Lydia Lim (J.D. '21, Penn Law) for fully translating this 70-page brief into English as an act of solidarity for the rights of adoptees. ? ED.

By Lee Kyung-eun

A diagram showing system of 'orphan-making' / Courtesy of Lee Kyung-eun

Question: In the plaintiff's case, his inter-country adoption was processed through the creation of an "abandoned child" family register, even though the agency knew and had information about his biological mother. What is the process of adopting through the "Family Registration for Orphans," and why has it become a customary practice of adoption between the Republic of Korea and the United States?

Answer: The U.S.' orphan regulations and the Korean government's orphan certification process are key elements of inter-country adoption between the two countries.

A couple and their two sons were arrested in Chennai for reportedly sexually abusing their adopted 17-year-old daughter. A third son has also been booked, but he is absconding. The daughter had reported the abuse to her step-mother but the woman had ignored her.

Chennai Police arrested a man, his wife and their two sons on Tuesday, April 5, for sexually abusing their adopted 17-year-old daughter. Police have booked a third son in the case too, but he is absconding, according to a report by the Times of India.

The minor girl had been undergoing torture for the last two years, and even though she revealed the ordeal to her foster mother, the woman had ignored it. The foster father runs a lorry repair shed. His two sons are lorry and car drivers, and the third son runs a mobile phone service centre, said police.

The 17-year-old, who is now a college student, was adopted back in 2005 by the man and his wife as they did not have a daughter. Her biological parents had given her away as she was the youngest of four children and they struggled to raise all of them.

The survivor had met her biological siblings at a wedding four months ago. Later, she revealed to one of her brothers about the torture she was going through at her foster parents’ home. She had left her foster parents' house fearing they might harm her.

The accused have been identified as Ikrat alias Guddi (30), Renu (28), Moni Begum (30), Rekha (46), Yogesh (36) and Mohammad Saddan (50).

New Delhi: Six people including two employees of a Noida-based IVF clinic were arrested after police busted an adoption racket running illegally in the national capital.

According to the police, the IVF clinic employees used to sell babies to childless couples. The accused have been identified as Ikrat alias Guddi (30), Renu (28), Moni Begum (30), Rekha (46), Yogesh (36) and Mohammad Saddan (50), reported the Times of India.

“With the arrests, we have solved a case of illegal child trafficking. The kidnapped baby was safely recovered. We also seized Rs 5 lakhs from the suspects,” DCP (Rohini) Pranav Tayal was quoted as saying by TOI.

The incident came to light after police received a call about a newborn baby's kidnapping at around 3.30pm on April 1. When cops rushed to the spot, the child’s mother said she had been sleeping with the baby by her side but woke up to find him gone. A case was registered and police formed a team to trace the child.

The child rights commissions of West Bengal, Rajasthan and Punjab joined the DCPCR on Wednesday at a conference, appealing to the Centre to not notify the date of enforcement without restoring the cognisability of the offences.

Child rights panels of three states joined the Delhi Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) on Wednesday, appealing to the Union government to roll back an amendment in the Juvenile Justice Act that makes certain offences against children non-cognisable.

In 2021, the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act-2015 was amended through Presidential assent. Among the amendments is a change in Section 86 (2) of the 2015 Act that says: “When an offence under this Act is punishable with imprisonment for a term of three years and above, but not more than seven years, then such an offence shall be cognisable, non-bailable and triable by a Magistrate of First class.” With the amendment, the offences of the said category shall be “non-cognisable and non-bailable”.

The date of enforcement of the amendment, however, has not been notified yet.

The child rights commissions of West Bengal, Rajasthan and Punjab joined the DCPCR on Wednesday at a conference, appealing to the Centre to not notify the date of enforcement without restoring the cognisability of the offences.

In a significant ruling, the Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court has held that if a woman adopts a child after the death of her husband, then the adopted child cannot claim any share in the properties owned by the dead father as he cannot be considered the child of the late father [Rajesh Pawar vs Parwatibai Bende].

CHENNAI: A 64-year-old man and his three sons have been booked for

sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl the man had adopted when she was

1-month-old, police said. The girl had been undergoing torture for the past

two years.

While the all-women police arrested the foster father, his two sons, and