'Children without family care be brought into adoption system'

News'Children without family care be brought into adoption system' Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath PTI Centre today asked the states to take steps to ensure that all children bereft of family care are brought into the adoption system.“On the one hand more and more couples in India are now coming forth to adopt children, and on the other hand children legally free for adoption are very few,” Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said, highlighing the need for streamlining policies on this issue.Addressing an international meet on adoption here, she admitted that at present prospective parents from both India as well as other foreign countries have to wait for long periods for a child and emphasised that more children should be brought into adoption system for giving them permanent family-based care.“I would request the state governments to ensure that all children who are without family care are brought into adoption system, irrespective of their age or special needs, if any,” she said.Recognising the role of the NGOs and social workers on child adoption, Tirath also asked them to ensure that the children who are looked after by them are united either with their biological parents or with “loving adoptive families”.“While the government is ready to provide necessary support by way of policies, guidance and financial support, it is the Non-Government sector which necessarily plays a far greater role at the ground level,” the minister said.Noting that they are the first point of contact for the children, the biological parents and the adoptive parents, she said, “What is advised by these organisations goes a long way in influencing decisions of the prospective parents.”Tirath also advocated “very high of ethics and moral values” in the process of adoption.“I would like to reiterate that the timeline and adoption placement protocol provided in adoption guidelines and Juvenile Justice Act should be strictly followed,” she said.

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‘Ban inter-country adoptions’

Bangalore:  Feb 19, 2013 DHNS

Activists urge overhaul of laws in bid to curb child trafficking

Child rights activists demanded an overhauling of adoption laws and a ban on inter country adoptions citing instances of child trafficking. Around 10 parents from various states came to talk about their experiences of child trafficking related to adoptions abroad on Tuesday at a press conference.

The activists said many adoption agencies are involved in inter-country adoption scandals and despite written complaints to CARA (Central Adoption Resource Agency) they are still running.

Russian children's rights ombudsman wants to end foreign adoption

Russian children's rights ombudsman speaks candidly about his mission to abolish foreign adoption and end Russia’s role as an international “donor of orphans.”

Anna Nemtsova, special to RBTH

February 19, 2013

Russian children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov, 47, is a man with a controversial mission: to end once and for all the American adoption of Russian children. In an interview with Anna Nemtsova, he said he wants to end foreign adoption entirely. Three years ago, when he was appointed ombudsman for children’s rights, he declared that foreign adoption was “shameful” for Russia. In early February, Astakhov was appointed adviser to the president.

18/02/2013 - Italian vice foreign minister on EU-Central Asia water conference in Kyrgyzstan

Category: Politics, Analyses & Opinions

Published on Monday, 18 February 2013

Written by Giorgio Fiacconi, TCA publisher

BISHKEK, February 18 (TCA) — During the 4th EU-Central Asia High Level Conference on Environment and Water organized in Bishkek last week by the European Union within the framework of the Platform for Environment and Water Cooperation of the EU-Central Asia Strategy, The Times of Central Asia had the opportunity to speak with Marta Dassu, vice minister of foreign affairs of Italy and co-chair of the conference together with Patricia Flor, EU special representative for Central Asia.

3-year-old Russian boy killed by American adoptive mother in Texas

Published: 18 February, 2013, 17:57

Edited: 18 February, 2013, 22:24

After being brutally beaten by his American adoptive mother, who gave him psychotropic medication for an extended period of time, a 3-year-old Russian boy named Maksim has died in Texas, Russian diplomats have said.

Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched a probe into the death of Maksim Kuzmin at the hands of his adoptive American family.

Algeria postpones trial of suspected child traffickers

The criminal court in Algiers on Sunday postponed the trial of 13 people, including French-Algerians, suspected of trafficking an unknown number of Algerian children.

The case involves the alleged kidnapping of Algerian children, who were taken to Saint Etienne in France and given up for adoption in return for money.

Judge Omar Ben Kherchi postponed the trial because six defendants, including French citizens of Algerian origin, did not appear in court. Seven defendants did appear.

Algerian security services busted the alleged child-trafficking ring in 2009.

ALGÉRIE / FRANCE - Article publié le : dimanche 17 février 2013 - Dernière modification le : dimanche 17 février 2013

Algérie : treize personnes jugées pour trafic d'enfants vers la France

Les auteurs d'un trafic d'enfants algériens vendus à des familles françaises devant la justice algérienne, le 17 février 2013.

REUTERS/Pawan Kumar

Par RFI

Plight of Missing Children

Seeking Justice

City based NGO will bring to notice tragic tales about the lives of a large number of missing children at an international conference on adoption from February 19

CSt. Correspondent

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Spain offers Rabat change their adoption law to recognize Islamic guardianship

The Minister of Justice, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, so is that 58 Spanish families with orphans Moroccan allocated for months to get them out of the country

Morocco international adoptions closes

Six Moroccan NGOs demand that the Spanish can again take

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