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Lou Novick (Chair) lou@novickgroup.com

This subsidiarity rule has provoked debate
about its implications for the best interests
of the child. Some middle ground in that
debate is expressed in the Hague’s Guide
to Good Practice:

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The child's right to know their origins

Vietnamese girl ripped from family for US adopter

Last updated: Monday, December 30, 2013 13:45

Phung Thi Thanh (left) and her daughter Tran Thi Bay have been demanding that her granddaughter be returned by an orphanage that let the girl be adopted by Americans without their consent in 2007. Photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre

A family in the central province of Quang Nam has been demanding that their child be returned after officials persuaded them to put her in an orphanage that then allowed her to be adopted by a family in the US in 2007.

Phung Thi Thanh has sold all her valuables -- a total of three cows -- to travel many times to central and local government offices with her complaint, but the law has not been on her side, according to a Tuoi Tre newspaper report Sunday.

PESTE 2.200 DE PROCEDURI DE ADOPTIE AU FOST DESCHISE IN 2013. CEI MAI MULTI COPII ADOPTATI, IN DAMBOVITA SI VRANCEA

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Peste 2.200 de proceduri de adoptie au fost deschise in 2013. Cei mai multi copii adoptati, in Dambovita si Vrancea

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Peste 2.200 de proceduri de adoptie au fost deschise in anul 2013, insa pana in 23 decembrie au fost comunicate de catre instante 580 de adoptii finalizate, cele mai multe fiind in Dambovita, Bucuresti si Vrancea, potrivit reprezentantilor Oficiului Roman pentru Adoptii.

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Ethiopia: Stakeholders, Public Has to End Foreign Adoption

BY ZERYHUN KASSA, 26 DECEMBER 2013

The House of Peoples' Representatives and the Ministry of Women, Children and Youth urged stakeholders and the public to undertake integrated work to totally stop adoption of Ethiopian children by foreign families.

In a press conference, House Speaker Abadula Gemeda and the Minister Zenebu Tadesse told journalists that stakeholders should work closely to end foreign adoption.