Expert Meeting on “Sale of Children and Illegal Adoption”

22 September 2016

On 19-20 September, Leiden University Child Law Department and Terre de Hommes co-organized an expert meeting on ‘’Sale of Children and Illegal Adoption’’ at Leiden University.

The expert meeting was held in preparation for a future thematic report to be published on illegal adoption by Ms. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, the UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. It aimed to discuss and provide further input to a draft research report by Mr. Nigel Cantwell.

The event was chaired by Ms. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio and Mr. Nigel Cantwell, and included experts from across the globe, among them representatives of central authorities, the Hague Conference on Private International Law, and prominent academic experts from Europe and the U.S. Prof. Ton Liefaard, Claire Achmad LLM and Daniella Zlotnik, LLM participated on behalf of Leiden Law School. The expert meeting was opened by Prof. Rick Lawson.

On September 20th, Leiden University Child Law Department hosted a public lecture and Q&A session with Ms. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Mr. Nigel Cantwell, international expert consultant, and Prof. David Smolin on the sale of children and Illegal adoption. The public lecture was chaired by Prof. Ton Liefaard.

The discussion addressed the mandate of the special rapporteur in relation to illegal adoption, and focused on the systemic problems surrounding intercountry adoption, the responsibilities of ‘’receiving’’ and ‘’sending’’ states, and the need to combat illicit adoption practices that violate children’s rights.

The lecture was attended by students from Leiden’s International Children’s Rights advanced master, the Dutch Child law master program, as well as by representatives of leading children’s rights NGO’s committed to the cause of combatting illegal adoption practices, including Terre de Hommes, Defence for Children and PLAN International.

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"We do not have to run around to help missing persons. What anyone can do is, if you come across any missing person, is to contact the nearest police station and a hospital, if required. For seniors who are suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's, they always have an identification card with them. Also, they make it a habit to keep a mobile with them with numbers that can be contacted when required by someone who is helping them," says Prabhat Kumar, Special IG of Police for Law & Order in Maharashtra. He was speaking at the tenth session under the "Police & You" series.

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Alert: Peru Temporarily Suspends Adoptions

September 20, 2016

The Peruvian government announced a suspension of all adoptions (domestic and international) pending an internal review of adoption procedures and cases over the past five years.

Peruvian officials said this review stems, at least in part, from concerns related to post-adoption reporting compliance. We are working with the Peruvian Central Authority to seek more information on the terms of the suspension and to address concerns involving adoptions to the United States.

Please continue to monitor adoption.state.gov for updated information on intercountry adoption in Peru.

Nu ook problemen met tientallen Vlaamse adoptiedossiers in Ethiopië

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Na eerdere problemen met adoptiedossiers in Oeganda, duiken er nu ook problemen op met interlandelijke adopties met Ethiopië. Door een herstructurering bij de betrokken administratie in Ethiopië zitten tientallen lopende dossiers uit Vlaanderen geblokkeerd.

Het Vlaams Centrum voor Adoptie (VCA) probeert de zaak te deblokkeren, maar kan aan de betrokken kandidaat-adoptieouders voorlopig "geen enkel perspectief bieden qua timing". Zo blijkt uit een brief die Belga kon inkijken. Het nieuws is ook bevestigd bij Kind & Gezin. "Voor de betrokkenen is de situatie onmenselijk", zegt Vlaams parlementslid Lorin Parys (N-VA).

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14-09-2016:

Opschorting interlandelijke adopties vanuit de DR Congo

Gisteren maakte de Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie, de heer K. Dijkhoff, bekend dat er besloten is de adopties vanuit Congo op te schorten.

Ongetwijfeld zal dit bij veel adoptiefouders en vooral bij de nog wachtende aspirant adoptiefouders emoties veroorzaken.

Spanish pair forced to return 'adopted son' to birth mother

Joan with the parents who believed they were adopting him. Photo: Screenshot / TVE

Spanish pair forced to return 'adopted son' to birth mother

Published: 13 Sep 2016

A couple have vowed to take their fight to the European court of human rights after they were forced to give up custody of a boy who had been in their care for three years.

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