REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI

FAMILY AND PROBATE DIVISION

ADOPTION CAUSE NO. 153 OF 2019

IN THE MATTER OF THE CHILDREN ACT

In August, US imposed sanctions against High Court Judge Wilson Masalu Musene and a retired judge, Moses Mukiibi on allegations of illegal child adoption.

2 judges under probe over child adoption

Masalu, the Resident Judge of Soroti High Court, earlier last month denied the allegations. He said the sanctions and visa restrictions are malicious and unfair.

CHILD ADOPTION|JUDGES|COURT|CRIME

Two High Court judges are being investigated by the Judicial Service Commission over allegations of irregular child adoption.

Le professeur Griscelli se défend d’avoir voulu réduire l’impact négatif du Mediator

Il est soupçonné d’avoir tenté d’influencer la rédaction d’un rapport d’information sénatorial sur le médicament alors qu’il était depuis plus de dix ans un consultant rémunéré par le laboratoire.

Par Simon Piel

Publié le 16 septembre 2020 à 00h42 - Mis à jour le 16 septembre 2020 à 08h31

Temps deLecture 3 min.

Journalist Michel Joseph, known in particular for his reports on adoption, has just launched "Voie d'espoir", through which he intends to continue to facilitate the reunification of families divided by adoption.

New stage in the life of journalist Michel Joseph, passionate about reporting. After years of producing journalistic works on the phenomenon of adoption in Haiti and after having allowed several separated parents and children to reunite, he decides to launch his own structure: Voie d'espoir.

"After more than 5 years of helping adoptees reconnect with their families in Haiti, today it is time to transform this passion into a mission: to create a larger space for exchange, listening, support, accompaniment and mutual aid for all adoptees born in Haiti and who seek to reconnect with their origins," Joseph wrote in a social media post on September 15.

After helping more than 20 families reconnect, it's a passion that turns into a mission. That of creating a space for exchange, listening and support for all adoptees born in Haiti and who are looking to reconnect with their origins. https://t.co/rT1PSFzRIq pic.twitter.com/6TnA5K1Dfh

— Michel Joseph (@lemichelht) September 16, 2020

According to the announcement presenting the association to the general public, "Voie d'espoir" will be the meeting point between adoptees, biological parents and adoptive parents. The new non-profit structure already has its points of contact on Facebook, Instagram and via its website .

Claude Griscelli and his lawyer at the opening of the Mediator trial at the Paris court in September 2019 (Photo Luc Nobout. IP3)

by Eric Favereau

published on September 15, 2020 at 6:21 p.m.

In the Mediator file, there is of course the central aspect of "industrial crime" , as Dr Irène Frachon called it at the origin of her revelation, but there are also other aspects, in particular that around the intensive lobbying that Servier was doing to impose its anorectic drugs, fighting against obesity. At the Paris Criminal Court, this week, it is a small extension of the great trial (which formally ended at the beginning of July, deliberation expected at the end of March) which is being played out, with a judgment on the “influence peddling” aspect. folder.

And since Monday, we are witnessing a marvel of human comedy. Because this story is a jewel, a textbook case, with all that is necessary of small arrangements between powerful. There is a great doctor there, a renowned ex-senator and, of course, a senior official in the pharmaceutical industry. All three are accused of having j ...

Simandou: Rio Tinto riposts to Beny Steinmetz's attack on the Polge de Combret affair

Rio Tinto, which is in dispute with Beny Steinmetz over the loss of its mining rights on blocks 1 and 2 on the Simandou iron ore project, has been stung by an attempt by the Israeli businessman to bring up another affair involving alleged bribery on its part for mining rights on blocks 3 and 4 at Simandou.

Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz.

Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz. ©Avimagen777/CC BY-SA 4.0

On 12 August, lawyers from law firm Kobre & Kim representing Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz, wrote to judges at a New York Southern District court about an article published in the Financial Times on 28 July. Steinmetz has started discovery proceedings at the court in an attempt to obtain documents held by Australian mining group Rio Tinto and Brazil's Vale.

Today the court ruled in the case of Dilani Butink, born in Sri Lanka and adopted in the Netherlands. Butink found out during a trip to Sri Lanka in 2015 that her birth papers are incorrect. Butink sued because she believes the state and adoption agency that brokered her adoption made serious mistakes. Today the judge ruled that she has been late. The case is barred after twenty years. According to Defense for Children, this is a disappointing statement with major consequences for other adoptees and also for children who are still internationally adopted.

Limitation period

According to the judge, the limitation period started when, among other things, Butink's papers in Sri Lanka were forged. That means that within twenty years after that, she should have held the state and the adoption agency liable. According to Defense for Children, this is unreasonable. A baby or young child cannot claim to have been unlawfully adopted and often cannot go to court themselves. In addition, in cases of potentially faulty intercountry adoptions that are reported to the Children's Rights Helpdesk of Defense for Children, we see that adoptees are now twenty, thirty or forty years old if they find out that the adoption file is incorrect, or if they have their biological parents found and it turns out that they never wanted to give them up. According to Defense for Children, the statute of limitations should not start from the moment of improper adoption, but from the moment an adoptee finds out that there have been irregularities.

Immediately go to court

The judge also indicated that Butink could have held the state and the adoption organization liable earlier, now that she found out in 2015 that her papers were incorrect. Reports of irregularities had also appeared in the media before. In practice, Defense for Children sees that an adoptee does not immediately go to court. First, an attempt is made to obtain information from the country of origin, from the adoption organization in the Netherlands and from the Ministry of Justice, the central adoption authority. Here, adoptees often get no action after many referrals. It takes some time. It often also takes some time for an adoptee to investigate the full extent of the wrongful adoption. In addition, it is often emotionally difficult for adoptees, because their identity seems to be incorrect and the adoption story is faltering. Time is also needed for the full meaning of the wrongful adoption to become known. It is therefore very understandable that Butink only later gathered sufficient information and courage to go to court for these reasons. It is not reasonable to say that she should have done this earlier.

According to the National Institutes of Health, in 2013, five doctors conducted a study at the University of Minnesota on the suicide rate of adopted children versus non-adopted children. The study showed that adoptees were almost four times more likely to commit suicide.

And the number of suicides by adopted Korean children is four times the national average, says Manchester resident Moses Farrow, a licensed marriage and family therapist who practices in Glastonbury.

Farrow, a Korean American who was adopted in 1980 at the age of 2, recently joined the Gide Foundation as leader of its mental health task force. The Gide Foundation is a nonprofit organization started in May that focuses on adoptee education and the mental health of Korean American adoptees. Gide’s founders are Derek Fisher of Durham, North Carolina, and Jodi Gill of Oregon City, Oregon

The Gide’s first project is a mental health guide for people who will reunite with their birth families. For future mental health projects, Farrow will lead the mental health task force.

Farrow received his master’s degree in human development and family studies at the University of Connecticut with a concentration in marriage and family therapy.

Adoption Justice: Issues of Records and Identity

Corruption has many shapes and the higher one gets, the more blatant and at the same time subtle it becomes.

No one would really accept if tobacco companies make public health policies.

In the area of child adoption, however, society accepts this.

Let´s have a closer look.

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