The association, one of the largest French organizations for the adoption of children internationally, had its authorizations withdrawn in December 2022. For several years, its probity had been called into question.

The news is "a beginning of relief" , after years spent alerting public opinion to the alleged excesses operated by the French adoption organization Rayon de soleil de l'enfant etranger (RDSEE) in several countries. At the end of January, Marie Marre, founder of the collective of French Adoptees from Mali and herself adopted through RDSEE in Bamako, discovers what she has been calling for since her discovery, in 2018, of many areas of he shadow surrounding its adoption: the Quai d'Orsay has repealed all of the authorizations issued to the organization.

Rayon de soleil, which could until now still carry out adoptions in five countries (Bulgaria, Chile, China, South Korea and India) on behalf of French couples, is now prohibited from acting as an intermediary. The ministerial decree confirming this , dated December 21, 2022, had gone under the radar. The reasons for this global arrest – a rare sanction – are not specified.

"The ministry, in taking this decision, considered that the repeated attacks against RDSEE in certain media did not allow the OAA [authorized adoption body] to fully carry out its mission" , specified, for its part, the association on its website. On November 23, 2022, Le Monde published the results of five years of investigation into alleged irregular adoptions carried out by this association, one of the largest French organizations responsible for the adoption of more than 7,000 children across the country. world since the late 1970s.

In Mali but also in the Central African Republic, Madagascar, Haiti, Peru and Romania, multiple sources ranging from the diplomatic archives of the State to French adoptees, biological parents and adoptive parents, including former officials of the association, questioned the probity of Rayon de soleil. All accused the association of having lied to adopt children who should not have been adopted. Contacted before the publication of the article, the Quai d'Orsay had then confirmed that there had "certainly been illicit practices" within the organization, before specifying that it now considered it as a " reliable interlocutor in the way he works today".

A shocking report compiled by two historians questions the 'systemic' nature of the irregularities that have persisted in some 20 countries for over 30 years.

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Thane, Feb 13 (PTI) Three persons, including the mother of a newborn girl, have been arrested for allegedly cheating and extorting money from a man through a child adoption fraud in Maharashtra’s Thane district, a police official said on Monday.

The complainant has said he had two sons and wanted a daughter, and had spread the word about anyone seeking to give up their girl child for adoption, Zone I Deputy Commissioner of Police Jayant Bajbale told PTI.

“The complainant was approached this December by a friend who said an acquittance wanted to have his infant daughter adopted as his wife had left him after the child’s birth,” he said.

“The complainant gave his friend Rs 20,000 as maternity hospital expenses and waited for adoption documents. The child was soon taken back by the father. A man then called the complainant on January 5 saying he would have to pay Rs 2.5 lakh for completion of adoption documentation,” the DCP said.

Despite paying this amount, the accused continued to demand more money but were delaying completion of legal formalities connected to the adoption, which aroused the suspicion of the complainant, who approached police.

It will be impossible to adopt a child from Vietnam from Flanders. Flanders is stopping cooperation with that country because there are insufficient guarantees that the rights of children eligible for adoption and those of their families are guaranteed.

Flemish Minister of Welfare, Hilde Crevits (CD&V), has confirmed this in the Welfare Committee. The decision comes after a first round of screening of countries of origin for adoption, in which adoptees and adoption services were able to participate. Among the adoptees was Mai Linh Verdonck (27) from Bruges, who was adopted as a baby in Vietnam by a Belgian couple. 'I had to go through a lot of information, it was a complex matter: procedures, financing, legislation. For example, I noticed that Vietnam is not transparent about how they prepare adoptions. They also think that children should only be allowed to have a say from the age of nine. Plus: it is actually illegal to give up your child. Adoptes can ask the government for help if they want to find their origin, but the only answer I got,

To be clear: Verdonck did not have to decide on the final verdict. This was done by the Growing Up agency, in collaboration with the minister. "I had not anticipated that the decision would be so concrete," says the Bruges-Vietnamese. 'It is positive that the interest of the child prevails. Personally, I also found it positive that I was involved for the first time in my life and was allowed to contribute.'

No central database

In the Welfare committee, Bruno Vanobbergen, CEO of the Growing Up Agency, explained how the screening was done in consultation with European organizations, Unicef, the intercountry adoption services and adoptees from the country in question. He said that Vietnam does not have a central database on adopted children: there is insufficient insight into which and how many children have left. There is also no insight into the informed consent that parents can give or the financial transactions.

NEW DELHI: New adoption regulations issued by the women and child development ministry lay out the process for district magistrates to issue adoption orders which earlier fell in the domain of the courts till the amended Juvenile Justice Model (Amendment) Rule 2022 came into force on September 1.

With the district magistrates (DM) getting a maximum of two months to pass adoption orders, adoption agencies have to file an application for an order from the DM through the District Child Protection Unit within 10 days of matching the child with prospective adoptive parents.

The regulations stipulate a three-day period for the Child Welfare Committees to declare an abandoned or orphan child as legally free for adoption after expiry of two months from the date of the child's appearance before the CWC in case of kids upto two years. For those above two, four months have to pass.

Foster care for 'hard to place' kids in new adoption guidelines

The adoption regulations 2022 elaborate on rehab options for "hard to place" children who are not being adopted after being declared legally free for adoption. This category of children will be eligible for foster care by suitable foster parents.

The Bombay High Court recently granted bail to a woman accused of buying a one-year-old child from the biological mother, who needed money as her husband was in jail. [Ashwini Babar v. State of Maharashtra & Ors]

Justice SM Modak expressed “great pains” that even in the 21st century, there were incidents where girls were being treated as commodities for financial benefits.

“We are in the 21st century, still there are incidents wherein the girls are treated as commodity and they have been used as a medium for financial benefits. It is highly objectionable to the principles of morality and human rights that a girl of one year is being sold by the natural mother,” the Bench observed.

However, the judge noted that the ‘sale’ took place because the biological mother’s husband was behind bars and they were in need of money.

After the sale, the biological mother had managed to repay the loan to the applicant, and sought the return her child. The applicant woman and her husband, however, refused to return the child, after which a complaint was lodged against them.

A seven-year-old girl was allegedly burnt with tongs and beaten up by her adoptive mother and her son in Delhi's RK Puram, police said on Wednesday. The 50-year-accused woman works as a nurse at a central government hospital and is absconding. Her son was arrested and sent to judicial custody, police said.

The girl's biological parents are relatives of the accused, police said. RK Puram police station received information on February 9 regarding a minor being physically abused by her adoptive mother. There were scars and injuries on her body, a senior police officer said.

The girl was medically examined and a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, Juvenile Justice Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act Act was registered, the officer said. The girl has been sent to a child welfare facility, police said.

The government has started to accept foster family applications for temporary homes for little quake survivors, with over 283,000 families already applying to the Ministry of Family and Social Services via the e-Government platform to open their doors to the homeless youngsters

The government Wednesday announced the opening of foster family applications in which over 283,000 families applied to the Ministry of Family and Social Services via the e-Government platform to become foster families for quake-survivor children following the deadly disaster.

Türkiye's recent twin earthquakes affected over 14 million people, nearly 16% of the national population, and occurred in southeastern Türkiye – mainly in Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbak?r, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and ?anl?urfa – also resulted in strong tremors in several countries in the region, including Syria and Lebanon.

It's the 10th day of the deadly quakes, and the death toll has reached over 35,000, according to the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).

Although the number of children who have lost parents or caregivers in these devastating earthquakes has not been specified, it is critical to find these children appropriate care and support in the short term. Displaced children, especially those who are unaccompanied or separated from families, are vulnerable to violence, exploitation and abuse, including the risk of trafficking or gender-based violence.

When it comes to law there is one very important term that has comes up that is public interest litigation. The name behind introducing this concept is Justice P.N Bhagwat i.e. Prafulla Chandra Natwarlal Bhagwat. Honorable justice was the 17th chief justice of India whispered our country from 12th July 1885 until his retirement on 20th December 1986. As I have mentioned above, he has come up with 2 concept that is public interest legislation & absolute liability in India he was the 1st person to introduce us with this concept when we speak about public interest litigations on it means that through law or with the help of court of law there would be protection that would be given to public in a great extend such as pollutions, terrorism and road safety and when it comes to second concept that’s justice P.N Bhagwat introduce it was absolute liability it means if a person is made liable without any excuse or considering the nature of ondol that is called absolute liability. He is also one of the longest second supreme court judges including the chief justice to the tenure in our country India.

When we came to Justice P.N Bhagwat’s personal and early life we came to know that honorable Justice was born in Gujarat and his father named Justice Natwarlal H. Bhagwat was also a Supreme Court Judge and when we came to his sibling, he had an elder brother named Jagdish Bhagwat who was an economist and also the neurosurgeon in Mumbai. Honorable justice studied in one of the named collages that is Elphinstone collage by pursuing mathematics(honors). Honorable justice took his degree from Bombay university in 1941. In 1942, he was being arrested for participating in UP gang Indian independence MDUT and he also went underground for 4months.

He later received a law degree from law university after completed his law degree in government law collage Bombay. After his education was done, he was married to Prabhavati and he had 3 daughters namely Pallavi, Parul and Sonali. At present Pallavi Bhagwat is managing partner of leading Indian law firm. Justice Bhagwat was a devotee of the popular Indian guru Sathya Sai baba and he was also the member of their community or trust which was known as Sathya Sai Baba trust and justice Bhagwat was the member of that trust until he was dead. When we come towards one of the very important things of every person that is the carrier and even, he was one of the named judges of Gujarat and also gave many important judgements when it comes to his law carrier.

Justice Bhagwat has begun practicing in Bombay high court as an advocate. When it comes to 1960 Justice Bhagwat was appointed as the judge Gujarat high court. In September 1967 in justice P.N Bhagwat was appointed as the chief justice of Gujarat high court and even on the very important position of a state was handled by him it may be for temporary duration and that to he got this opportunity of becoming governor for occasion that is from 7th December 1967 to 25th December 1973 and the 2nd time duration started from 17 march 1973 to 3rd April 1973 even by July 1973 justice was appointed as a judge of supreme court of India and august 1985 he was chief justice of India justice was appointed by Giani Zali Singh and on 12th July 1983 honorable justice joined as 17th chief justice of India and honorable justice was proceeded by Y.V Chandra Chand and succeeded by R.S Pathak . India’s second highest civilian award that is Padma Vibhushan for his public affair honorable justice was awarded with Padma Vibhushan in 2007. Some of the important judgement that was being heard or honorable justice P.N Bhagwat was a part were Harbor campus case controversy.

One of the controversial judgements given by honorable justice Bhagwat was In ADM sulab pur V. shivkant case which was popularly refined as ADM Jabalpur case or habeas campus case in this case it was stated that during emergency the fundaments rights which are provided to us they would be suspended and this judgement receive a lot of criticism because it has reduced all the important attached to fundamental rights which are mention through Indian constitution. the bench who gave the decision even honorable justice Bhagwat was a part of it and they concluded the decision in favor of Indira Gandhi government but when Janta party came up again honorable justice Bhagwat change the decision and when Indira Gandhi in 1980 came they gave decision in their favor Bhagwat was criticized for his change of standards and favoring the change of stands

Data: 08-04-15

Congo. Si intensifica l’attività diplomatica per risolvere il blocco delle adozioni. Le missioni dell’Autorità Centrale francese e del Parlamento Europeo

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Due missioni diplomatiche si sono svolte nei primi giorni di aprile 2015 con l’obiettivo di accelerare la soluzione del caso relativo al blocco delle adozioni nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo. La prima ha visto il presidente del gruppo dei Socialisti e Democratici del Parlamento Europeo, Gianni Pittella, e il vicepresidente della Commissione parlamentare a Bruxelles Ue/Africa-Caraibi-Pacifico, Cecile Kyenge, recarsi a Kinshasa per affrontare l’argomento con il premier e il ministro della Giustizia congolesi. La seconda è stata invece portata avanti dall’Autorità Centrale francese per le adozioni internazionali che ha immediatamente comunicato l’avvenuta riunione tra i suoi rappresentanti e quelli dei ministeri congolesi interessati presso il Ministero degli Affari esteri e della Cooperazione internazionale di Kinshasa.

“Le adozioni in Congo potrebbero presto ripartire. Il premier Augustin Matata Ponyo e il ministro della Giustizia congolese, Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, ci hanno rassicurato circa la volontà del governo di sbloccare e facilitare il processo di adozioni fermo ormai dal 2013”. Lo dichiarano in una nota congiunta il presidente del gruppo dei Socialisti e Democratici al Parlamento europeo, Gianni Pittella, e il vice presidente della commissione parlamentare a Bruxelles Ue/Africa-Caraibi-Pacifico, Cecile Kyenge, al termine di un incontro a Kinshasa, nella Repubblica democratica del Congo, con il premier e il ministro della Giustizia congolesi.