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Illegal baby sale, abortion ring dismantled in Colombia

Illegal baby sale, abortion ring dismantled in Colombia

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May 28, 2015 4:11 PM

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Colombian police officers in Cucuta, on the border with Venezuela

In Morocco, strict adoption rules leave many orphans without hope

In Morocco, strict adoption rules leave many orphans without hope

May 27, 2015 at 6:15 PM EDT

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GWEN IFILL: We turn now to Morocco and a story about a government ruling that has left many children without families.

Special correspondent Kira Kay reports. Her story is produced in partnership with the Bureau for International Reporting.

Government bans child adoption

Government bans child adoption

- Pratichya Dulal

KATHMANDU, MAY 27 - In order to curb child trafficking in the aftermath of the April 25 earthquake, the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) has banned child adoption. The ban implies to both international and local child adoption.

“Children are at high risk of becoming trafficking victims during disaster as they can be lured by traffickers with the prospect of comfortable life and better education. So we have banned child adoption for now,” said Radhika Aryal, joint secretary at the ministry.

According to Aryal, 59 children were rescued from traffickers in the last 30 days. Out of them, 19 children are from Dolakha, 45 from Dhading and 22 from Rukum. “These children are now in child welfare shelters and cases have been filed against the perpetrators,” said Aryal.

Your child is missing. Would you want their adoption to be easier?

Your child is missing. Would you want their adoption to be easier?

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By Patricia Fronek

Posted 26 May 2015, 3:40am

A child lies sleeping

25 May 2015, 2.28am BST Your child is missing. Would you want their adoption to be easier? AUTHOR Patricia Fronek Senior Lect

25 May 2015, 2.28am BST

Your child is missing. Would you want their adoption to be easier?

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Patricia Fronek

Senior Lecturer, School of Human Services and Social Work at Griffith University

L’ancien juge lyonnais Broaly condamné pour « abus sexuels d’enfants »

L’ancien juge lyonnais Broaly condamné pour « abus sexuels d’enfants »

25 mai 2015 Source : Lyon Mag Réagir (9)

L’ancien juge lyonnais Broaly condamné pour « abus sexuels d’enfants »

Philippe Broaly a été condamné au Cambodge pour des « comportement indécent sur des garçons ».

Âgé de 50 ans, cet ancien juge du tribunal de commerce de Lyon, directeur bénévole d’une ONG œuvrant pour les enfants au Cambodge a été condamnée pour avoir commis des faits extrêmement graves. En effet, il a exploité sexuellement cinq garçons vivant au sein de l’organisation. L’homme a été condamné par la cour cambodgienne, à 14 mois de prison.

Portuguese gov't approves draft bill on child adoption

Portuguese gov't approves draft bill on child adoption

LISBON, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The Portuguese government on Thursday approved a draft bill on the adoption of children, setting a 12-month deadline to expedite the procedure.

Minister of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security Pedro Mota Soares said at a press conference after the cabinet meeting that the deadline will have to be 12 months at most to guarantee that the adjustment can be made more quickly to ensure that a family can really adopt a child.

Mota Soares said that the center of this bill is for the protection of children as well as shortening waiting time, reducing bureaucracy, supporting and simplifying the lives of families.

He said that the bill also aims at speeding up the process of securing consent from the biological family. The consent has to be made before a judge to ensure it is done correctly and in only one single step.

Ghana: Social News Cabinet approves ratification of Convention on Protection of Children By

Social News | 21 May 2015 22:00 CET

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Cabinet approves ratification of Convention on Protection of Children

Expert sees need for reforms in law on child adoption in Armenia

18-5-2015 Expert sees need for reforms in law on child adoption in Armenia | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency

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Expert sees need for reforms in law on child adoption in Armenia

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YEREVAN, 18 MAY, ARMENPRESS. The process of child adoption is

Meeting Katja with Paquet - and Axel (husband Katja) - comment Social Media

HR was there with him although he didn't seemingly know her either and she was not introduced although we all needed to wait in the Secretariat for 5 minutes or so.

JEP handled the situation well although Axel says that Il avait l'air embêté. He summarized my situation from his point of view and asked then me to complete. I mentioned also you. He said indeed the situation was not satisfactory neither for the DG nor for me especially since he had heard I was someone with an excellent reputation. He said he had counted on my transfer to DG EMPL and therefore had not reacted earlier. According to him my medical part-time plays against my transfer to another DG and therefore the solution needs to come from inside (his Directorate). (Do not know why only his Directorate.) He also said medical part-time does not allow checks by the Medical service (this is not true); I said I didn't have any checks during the first two months of sick leave either.

He said in his Directorate what was left apart from geo units were D5 and D6. The latter (your unit) he didn't even suggest. D5, Morten's unit on Regional programmes, could be an option, especially civil society. I said in that case I would prefer the regional cooperation part, because I would detect too many problems for example with the contract with UNICEF they are about to sign. I flagged my preferred option, Marta. Not sure he entirely liked that, it came as a sort of surprise. He even asked how I had thought about that and expressed somewhat a concern that this would also be linked to DI. He was a priori fine with that but said would need to check with Danielsson.

He said they would decide next week and my transfer would be effective from 1 June.

I also referred to the issue. He said he had read the note on Lessons learnt from RO. I gave it to him, too, along with my CV and CDR. On the other hand he interestingly said that he saw some opening for ICA, although he remembered very well Verheugen's decision to put on hold accession negotiations until these issues were solved. He also had this myth of orphans. (I think in your note one sub-title should be about the myth of orphans, because people don't understand.) At the same time he was less amused (he said he was not aware) when I said we were financing IPA projects in ME which contributed to children leaving the country through ICA. In the end he asked me about UNCRC and why JUST thinks the situation has evolved.