The investigation speaks clearly: Swedish authorities and organizations have accepted procedures and acted in ways that have made it difficult and in some cases impossible to assess whether an adoption is in the best interests of the child, writes Agnes Arpi.
So there she finally stood on June 2, Anna Singer, professor of civil law and special investigator for the Adoption Commission, who has been investigating international adoptions to Sweden for more than three years. An investigation that has been characterized by several extended investigation periods, criticism of the expert group and leaks from the same .
Her conclusions were difficult for some to digest, especially the one that the placement of children for adoption in Sweden should be discontinued. For others, it is a long-awaited victory.
Anna Kim Riley, who was born in Daejeon in 1984 and adopted to the United States in 1985, is seen in this photo taken around the time of her adoption. In 2023, she was connected with a woman listed as her birth mother through Korea’s Adoption Central Management System, but a DNA test later confirmed they were not biologically related. Courtesy of Anna Kim Riley
Serious crimes have been committed in international adoptions, an investigation published on June 2nd concludes. The Adoption Commission proposes that international adoptions be stopped and that adoptees receive an apology and a sum of money. But for Susanna Johansson, it is too late, she writes in a post in poetic form.
Susanna Johansson, adoptee, sociologist, poet and author of the poetry collection Heliumballoon
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Many of us want an apology and a confirmation. Many of us want a public apology as a reparation for all that we have endured.
During his stay in Brussels, Minister Krasniqi was welcomed by Mr. Simon MORDUE, Head of Foreign Policy and Mrs. Simona Gueorguieva, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Cabinet of Mr. Charles MICHEL, President of the European Council.
In the meeting they discussed about the recent progress made by the institutions of the Republic of Kosovo, in particular the ongoing reforms in the field of local government. Additionally, they also discussed about the commitment of the Government of Kosovo in the fight against corruption and organized crime.
Minister Krasniqi thanked Mr. Mordue and Mrs. Gueorguieva for supporting the people of Kosovo in their European aspirations and the support of Kosovo institutions over the years.
At the Odesa Orphanage-Boarding School four months after Russia invaded Ukraine, an air raid alarm sent nurses in white coats hurrying residents into a basement beneath the kitchen.
Among them was Tanya, a slight 12-year-old who favours a pink sun hat.
On June 15, Tanya, who has autism and is non-verbal, was moved from the institution, her home of four years, following an order from the local government in March to evacuate.
Tanya, like most children in Ukraine's vast orphanage system, has parents but they were unable to care for her properly so the state took over, the orphanage director said.
Last week I was delighted to represent the International Social Service (ISS) GS during the transnational roundtable on hashtag#kafalah in Paris in the framework of the Project FAMIMOVE. Together with Sandrine PEPIT - director of Droit d'Enfance (ISS France)- and Wiem Guedira - legal officer at Droit d'Enfance - FondationMéquignon (ISS France) – we joined the discussions on the challenges regarding the reception of hashtag#kafalah in legal systems that do not foresee this protection measure. Important insights on the Dutch system have been shared by Jolien Janse part of the FAMIMOVE Advisory Board, and the Dutch Central authority, as well as by Cécile Corso on the preparation of hashtag#kafils by the Femmes Informations Juridiques Internationales (FIJI).
This meeting has represented a great opportunity for the International Social Service (ISS) to recall the findings of its 2020 publication 'Kafalah - Preliminary analysis of national and cross-border practices' (available in French and English) and to propose possible avenues to ensure that hashtag#kafalah is indeed a child protection measure respectful of children’s rights, both domestically and across borders.
