Roelie Post

8 Apr

to Catherine.Day, Simon.MORDUE

Dear Catherine, Simon,

Recently there is an increased push from the US side to impose their views and policies onto the EU. Just heard there is a Round Table at the EP this afternoon about the US Children in Adversity Initiative.

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Adoption law must improve to protect children Vietnam’s laws on child adoption have been improved and brought closer in line with international standards, especially in the case of foreign adopting parents, but further improvement is needed. The information was heard at a conference in Hanoi on April 4. The discussion was co-organised by the Ministry of Justice and the United Nations Children’s Fund to review three years of implementing the Law on Adoption and two years of executing The Hague Convention of Child Protection and International Cooperation in Child Protection. Participants pointed out several difficulties in adopting children at home and abroad, such as defining suitable parents, profiling orphans and conducting the necessary procedures for adoption. They agreed that the Vietnamese Government should continue perfecting its regulations on adoption, and strengthen coordination between ministries and sectors in order to effectively implement the Law on Adoption and The Hague Convention. They also stressed the need to publicise guidance on the law to raise the public’s awareness, and invest in technology application to serve the State management in child adoption.

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Italian envoy arrested for child trafficking

Italian ambassador to Turkmenistan was on holiday in the Philippines when he was arrested.

Ted Regencia Last updated: 07 Apr 2014 08:53

Members of a local child rights group alerted authorities leading to the detention of Daniele Bosio. [EPA]

Police in the Philippines have filed a complaint for child trafficking and child abuse against a holidaying Italian diplomat arrested at a resort south of the capital Manila in the company of three boys.

Philippines: Italian Diplomat Daniele Bosio Arrested for Alleged Child Trafficking

Ludovica IaccinoBy Ludovica Iaccino

April 7, 2014 12:03 GMT

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Italian envoy to Turkmenistan Daniele Bosio

Today, Heidi's triplets forcibly placed: 'We fight to the end'

By Mads Nielsen Korsager Monday 7 April 2014, 12:26

The municipality will remove Heidi Rasmussen's triplets. (Photo: Claus Bech)

The triplets will be removed today, but Heidi Rasmussen is hoping for a miracle from the Appeals Board

The plan will be that Heidi Rasmussen's triplets will today be removed and placed in three different foster homes.

Sunday 06 April 2014

CHRISTOPHER BOOKER

MEPs must investigate this child-snatching scandal

Social workers who take away children is one of the most disturbing human rights scandals of our time

Family

Treaty’s tighter adoption rules kick in for Haiti

By Associated Press, Saturday, April 5, 12:23 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Foreigners seeking to adopt a child from Haiti will now have better assurances the new family member wasn’t trafficked.

The Hague Adoption Convention took effect in Haiti this week after Haitian officials demonstrated their country has adopted legislation to follow the treaty’s provisions.

TOPSHOTS

Plan to give adopted children new identities to stop birth parents finding them

Social services ask High Court to give two young children new names and even cut links with other siblings to protect them from abusive parents

The Royal Courts of Justice

Judge questions plan to give adopted children new identities to stop birth parents finding them Photo: ALAMY

By John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor2:32PM BST 03 Apr 2014