Visite du Vice Premier Ministre et Ministre de la Justice de Roumanie au Bureau Permanent de la Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé

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Le 17 novembre 1999, le Vice Premier Ministre et Ministre de la Justice de la Roumanie, Son Excellence M. Valeriu Stoica, a rendu visite au Bureau Permanent de la Conférence. M. Stoica était accompagné, entre autres, par Son Excellence M. Mihnea Motoc, Ambassadeur de Roumanie aux Pays-Bas, ainsi que par Mme Cristina Luzescu, Directrice des Relations internationales au Ministère de la Justice de Roumanie. Le Ministère de la Justice des Pays-Bas a été représenté par M. Lukács, Conseiller.
A notamment été évoquée la possibilité pour la Roumanie d'adhérer à un certain nombre de Conventions de La Haye. De plus, le Ministère de la Justice de la Roumanie souhaite renforcer la collaboration entre les Autorités roumaines et le Bureau Permanent en vue d'examiner le fonctionnement pratique de certaines Conventions déjà en vigueur pour la Roumanie.

It is a story about international adoptions, which in the 90s were made in impressive numbers and which also left their mark on Romania's image. At the time of the accession negotiations, from the beginning of the 2000s, Romania had to amend its legislation and close the endless series of sending orphaned children or children without opportunities across the borders. One of the most difficult conditions to fulfill was the stopping of international adoptions, and the rapporteur for Romania, Baroness Emma Nicholson, then invoked the "rule of law" that must be respected also regarding adoptions. Romania changed its vision, but the era of the 90s also left 404 international adoption files in the dark, which disappeared. Entirely.

On February 20, 1997, the leadership of the Bucharest Court, led by Judge Viorel Roș, notified the Police about the disappearance from the court archive of 248 civil files concerning international adoptions.

The then Minister of Justice ordered an extensive check at the Bucharest Court and the judicial inspectors of the higher court, the Bucharest Court of Appeal, found that 404 civil adoption files had disappeared: 173 from the period 1990-1993 and 231 files from the period 1994-1995 . Along with the files, several minutes of meetings from 1994-1995, meeting folders and record books disappeared.

"I asked for a check to be made and a report on the situation created. The report was made and after that I think a criminal complaint was also made. Unfortunately, as far as I can remember, the criminal investigation did not lead to any results, that is, it did not discover the perpetrators", Valeriu Stoica, former Minister of Justice, told us.

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Girl who went to school after mom’s death, dad who kept quiet, boyfriend who helped in shradh

KOLKATA: The 14-year-old girl who, along with her 17-year old boyfriend, allegedly killed her mother in Behala on June 6, might have been triggered by the knowledge that she was adopted, which also sparked several behavioural changes in her, cops probing the murder said on Tuesday.

The two accused were produced before the juvenile justice board on Tuesday, which advised tests to gauge the boy’s IQ and maturity, to assess whether he could be treated as an adult. Charged with murder, criminal intimidation and common intent, they were sent to 14 days’ juvenile custody.

The cops said the girl found out only last year that she was adopted, after which people around her started to notice changes in behaviour. Her father said she found out in March 2023 from “someone in the neighbourhood”. Suddenly, the loving daughter changed, he said, adding, “She confronted us and then started misbehaving with us, especially her mother.” She started neglecting her studies and skipping school, spending long hours locked up in her room. There was also friction between her and her mother over the boyfriend, the father said. She had even fled with the boy to Digha after stealing Rs 50,000 from home. Neighbours, too, noticed this stark change.

Although police had said on Monday that the two teenagers had “confessed” to their crime, a senior officer said on Tuesday establishing murder in court would be challenging, as the prosecution only had circumstantial evidence. First, the body is not available, as the accused had reportedly cremated it; second, no postmortem was conducted, as the accused had allegedly obtained a “natural death” certificate from a doctor.

“We are collating as much circumstantial evidence as possible,” said a senior Kolkata Police officer. The cops are also trying to understand the behaviour of the girl’s father and her boyfriend. The boy helped the family arrange everything for the cremation and then even attended to guests during the shradh ceremony, all while staying unruffled.

Over 5000 case files stored in the basement of the old district court building in Sector 17 were damaged due to flooding

Around 5,000 to 6,000 High Court case files stored in the basement of the old district court building in Sector 17 were damaged due to flooding caused by heavy rainfall on Sunday. The downpour led to sewage backflow, resulting in extensive flooding in the basement.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court maintains two record rooms in this basement, which houses approximately 20 lakh files of decided cases. After the heavy rain, security guards inspected the basement, which also houses Chandigarh’s Arbitration Centre, and discovered that about a foot of water had accumulated, damaging thousands of files.

The flooding left stacks of case files, some decades old, soaked and susceptible to further damage. The waterlogged area was reportedly caused by an overflow of sewage and toilets in the basement.

Upon being informed, the security staff alerted High Court officials. Following this, Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Sheel Nagu, along with Justice Deepak Sibal, who is also the Chairman of the Building Committee, and other High Court officials, personally visited the record room to assess the damage.

Trafic de bébés roumains via la Belgique

Gilbert Dupont

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Les policiers belges sont avertis. Les enfants seraient trafiqués pour leurs organes
BRUXELLES Où s'arrêtera l'abject? C'est ce que nos policiers se demandent depuis qu'ils ont appris, il y a trois semaines, qu'une enquête était menée en Roumanie sur des enlèvements de bébés.
 

404 files of international adoptions disappeared without trace

It is a story about international adoptions, which in the 90s were made in an impressive number and that made their mark on the image of Romania. At the time of the accession negotiations, from the beginning of the 2000s, it was necessary for Romania to amend its legislation and close the series without staving off the sending of orphaned children or without possibilities across borders. One of the most difficult conditions to meet was the stopping of international adoptions, and the rapporteur for Romania, Baroness Emma Nicholson, invoked then the "rule of law" which must be respected also regarding adoptions. Romania changed its vision, but the era of the 90s left 404 international adoption files that disappeared. Entirely.

On February 20, 1997, the management of the Bucharest Tribunal, provided by Judge Viorel Ro?, notified the Police about the disappearance from the court archive of 248 civil files regarding international adoptions.

The Minister of Justice has since ordered an extensive control at the Bucharest Court and the court inspectors of the superior court, the Bucharest Court of Appeal, finds that 404 civil adoption files have disappeared: 173 from 1990 to 1993 and 231 from 1994 to 1995 . With the files, several meeting conditions from 1994-1995, meeting maps and records of records disappeared.

"We asked for a verification and a report on the situation created. The report was made and afterwards I think a criminal complaint was made. Unfortunately, as far as I can remember, the criminal investigation did not lead to any result, that is, it did not find the perpetrators ”, declared Valeriu Stoica, former Minister of Justice.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following article contains names and possibly images of people who have died. Readers are warned this story discusses issues that might be traumatic.

Harry Mills was taken from his family twice.

As a boy, he was removed from his parents on Yindjibarndi country in Western Australia's Pilbara region and placed in the Carnarvon Mission more than 700 kilometres away.

In the mid-1970s, as a young man with a wife and three children, he was working in the Gascoyne region when a senior elder connected to the Yindjibarndi mob told him he must return to the north to be with family and learn their culture.

Mr Mills refused, and says he cried for his wife and kids as he was bundled into the back of a Bedford truck.

Olivia Atkocaitis, 20, says she survived 14 years of abuse and servitude at the hands of her adoptive parents before escaping at 15

A New Hampshire couple convicted on criminal charges after allegedly keeping their adopted daughter in a locked basement and subjecting her to years of torture and "servitude" are now facing a lawsuit for allegedly violating her 13th Amendment rights. 

Chinese native Olivia Atkocaitis, now 20, allegedly dug her way out of a filthy "dungeon room" in 2018 at the age of 15 using a bottle cap, according to a lawsuit obtained by Fox News Digital.

"This lawsuit is potentially one of the scariest and gut wrenching experiences of my life," Atkocaitis said. "Day after day, I watched the people who claimed to be responsible for my safety and protection still not own up the fact that they failed me. I was a child, and I was not protected. I was left in the house by the same people who claim it’s not their fault."