Synopsis

The high court while rejecting the bail plea said that that footpath dwellers are most vulnerable and marginalised section.

A single judge bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justice Anuja Prabhudesai has recently refused bail to a man while observing that child trafficking is one of the most serious and heinous forms of exploitation which not only impacts the child and the family but threatens the very fabric of the society.

“Child trafficking is one of the most serious and heinous forms of exploitation which not only impacts the child and the family but threatens the very fabric of the society. Considering the gravity of the offense, I am not inclined to exercise the discretion under Section 439 of the Cr.P.C. in favour of the Applicant, who is involved in child trafficking racket”, the court observed.

The bench of Justice Anuja Prabhdessai was hearing the bail application of one Parandam Gudenti, who was arrested in connection with the sale of a 10-month-old baby belonging to a family living on a footpath in Mumbai. The case related to an incident of August 2021 when a child was kidnapped from the footpath near a traffic police booth in the suburban Bandra area of Mumbai while the family was asleep.

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In alignment with our mission of advocating for children in need of permanency and in response to current international trends and member requests, Joint Council is embarking on an aggressive initiative designed to develop relationships, resolve issues, create collaborations and expand opportunities all with a goal of advancing the cause of permanency for children in need. The JCICS International Relations Initiative takes a proactive approach to the myriad of issues facing our member organizations, our colleagues around the world, and--most importantly--the children we all serve.

By year-end, JCICS hopes to travel to six countries, participate in the UNICEF NGO Committee, collaborate with other NGOs, and establish a leadership position on issues most directly impeding permanent stable solutions. As part of this initiative, JCICS has appointed Mr. Tom DiFilipo to represent the organization.

As part of the JCICS International Relations Initiative, we will work closely with our country caucuses, individual member agencies, and key officials to ensure effective representation and positive outcomes. Joint Council will continue to utilize its effective relationships with key legislators, the Department of State, and US CIS to further expand our advocacy efforts.

Nigeria's Anti-Human Trafficking Agency, NAPTIP Conducts DNA Tests To Determine Biological Parents Of 20-Year-Old Woman Allegedly Stolen At Birth

Nigeria's anti-human trafficking, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has conducted Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) paternity and maternity tests to determine the biological parents of a 20-year-old woman identified as Juliet, allegedly stolen from her parents at birth in Enugu.

SaharaReporters had reported that NAPTIP arrested one Mrs Mariatha Chidinma Agulanna for allegedly stealing the 20-year-old woman from her biological parents – Professor Michael and Gloria Okwudili – shortly after she was born.

It earlier reported how a twist of fate and sheer providence brought the woman to her suspected biological parents after 20 years.

Mrs Agulanna had ignored several invitations by the anti-human trafficking agency, which summoned her following a petition against her for her role in the alleged theft of the baby in a hospital in Enugu, Southeast Nigeria, two decades ago.

Vienna (OTS) -In an open letter, 180 adoptive parents call on lawyer Eric Agstner to end his campaign to criminalize international adoption. In the letter initiated by Bärbel Klepp together with other adoptive parents, lawyer Agstner (lawyer of trust at the Ethiopian embassy and representative of the adoptive family whose girl was adopted under unclear circumstances) is accused of not only defaming all 70 adopted children with his allegations, which he carried in the media, who came to Austria from Ethiopia via "Family For You", but also to put all adoptive parents in a bad light as "accomplices" by making sweeping statements. Quote from the letter: "We and our children will now be associated with exactly this one case by our environment.

Family of former BJP MLA Rajesh Mishra, who helped rescue the child, has claimed nodal adoption agency flouted rules to favour a couple from Malta. Case is now in Supreme Court.

New Delhi: An ‘unwanted’ baby girl who was buried alive shortly after her birth and left for dead three years ago in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, now has two families fighting a hotly contested legal battle over her. One is a former local BJP MLA’s family, and the other is a couple from Malta.

New Delhi, Feb 13 (PTI) Apex child rights body NCPCR has hit out at central adoption agency CARA over its “casual approach” towards the plight of three Indian children abandoned in Malta after being adopted.

In a letter to the Central Adoption Resources Authority (CARA) director, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said it was bound to take strict action keeping in mind the welfare of the children.

“The commission has requested your good offices to furnish the details of the children who have been abandoned by adoptive parents in Malta. The commission is in receipt of a reply from your end, wherein it has been mentioned that the government department of Malta has been approached to provide the information about the children if they had been adopted from India,” it said.

“It is stated that in some news reports, a government official of Malta has himself revealed that the children who have been abandoned in Malta were adopted from India,” the NCPCR said.

The commission said it has found that CARA has adopted a “casual approach in the matter.

MUMBAI: The "adoptive parents" of a child "rescued" in an illegal adoption racket in 2019 moved civil court on Friday, withdrawing the plea seeking his custody after submitting that the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) had informed that after finishing due procedure, they would hand over the child to them.

In 2019, the police busted an illegal adoption racket and took away six children from the adoptive parents. Last year, one set of parents moved court seeking return of the child's custody and to be declared his "guardians".

The parents, aged 50 and 44, said they had raised the child for eight years before his custody was taken from them on July 7, 2019. Appearing for the parents, advocate Siddharth Jagushte moved court seeking permission to withdraw the petition. The court granted permission.

The parents, in their plea for custody submitted last year, had said they have been visiting the child regularly. "It is submitted that the petitioners had taken care of the welfare of the child for eight years and ensured the child will get all love, care and affection as required....(the child) recognizes the petitioners as his father and mother," the plea said.

In their plea, the parents told the court that they married in 1997 and have four daughters. They said that after yearning to have another child, they came across a woman with six children unable to take care of them due to weak financial condition. Their plea said that the woman approached them and the biological mother assured them she would comply with adoption procedures.

SINGAPORE – The foster parents of an eight-year-old girl, who was placed in their care shortly after her birth as both her biological parents were in prison, were allowed to adopt the child despite her natural father’s objections.

A Family Court judge decided to dispense with the biological father’s consent and grant the adoption to the foster parents after the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) assessed that the adoption would be in the child’s welfare.

The girl’s biological father, who was incarcerated for a drug-related offence at the time, had contested the adoption application.

In written grounds for his decision published on Saturday, District Judge Jason Gabriel Chiang said: “It was not an easy decision. I could clearly see the dedication of the applicants to the child and the earnestness of their application.

“At the same time, I also had great sympathy for the natural father’s position, and I further commend him on the strides he has already made for his recovery and his commitment to staying drug-free.

Marco Antonio Garavito on the trade in Guatemalan war offspring

The civil war in Guatemala ( 1960-1996 ) not only massacred the indigenous population, but also launched a human trafficking network in which small children were sold to wealthy Western European families. What psychological problems do those affected show who are supported by your organization Liga Guatemalteca de Higiene Mental?

ND ImClub_Stephan Hermlin. Along the poet

There are basically two syndromes: abandonment and guilt. Guilt prevails in biological families. In society, it is prescribed as a cultural concept that parents have to protect their children. In a rural area, we were able to document a case: in the midst of a military shootout in a village community, a family fled and left their child behind. Later they said to themselves: If only we had gone back, even if they had killed us. They assumed it was their fault - not the war, not the military, no, themselves. The adoptees suffer from a complicated abandonment syndrome. Ever since they were little, they have asked themselves: Why am I here in Europe? Didn't my parents want me? Why did they leave me? This feeling of being abandoned often manifests itself in anxiety, depression, social isolation, and the consumption of alcohol and other drugs.

INTERVIEW

Childless couples often wait years in vain before they can adopt a child. Those who don't want to wait seek help in the gray market. Child for money, especially in poor countries, doctors and commercial intermediaries find ways to help couples. But can humans be traded as commodities?

If you want to adopt a child in Germany, you sometimes have to wait many years. Because the demand is great. Frightening consequence: many couples are looking for a child on the gray market. Numerous commercial or private intermediaries offer children from poorer countries like any other commodity. Nevertheless, it is hard to believe: trafficking in children is punishable under German law - but not in every case. Lisa Wandt met a young woman who tells us her harrowing story.

For a long time, Sabrina was unaware of the truth about her origins. It's a truth that makes her life a lie.

Sabrina Kirsten

"I found out when I was 16 that my mother wasn't my birth mother, and then when I was 21 I found out that she bought me in Turkey in 1988 for 2,500 Deutschmarks." Sabrina has been searching for her roots ever since