ISS Pioneer Advocacy related to adoption and, in particular, intercountry adoption.

• 27 MAY 2024   

WRITTEN BY: ISS INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE CENTER FOR THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF THEIR FAMILY

• PIONEER ADVOCACY

Involved in the drafting of the 1993 Hague Convention on the ‘Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption‘ (HCCH 1993 Adoption Convention), ISS remains committed to ensuring that adoptions and, in particular, intercountry adoptions, are truly a child protection measure as set out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Sale and adoption: AP child rights commission issues instructions

 

Action has been initiated by the police and 16 children have been identified out of 60 children rescued from illegal adoption and selling, and they have been sent to Shishuvihar, Hyderabad.

 

Vijayawada: The AP child rights commission has ordered immediate steps against illegal sale and adoption of children in the state. Its chairperson Kesali Appa Rao issued the guidelines to the director of women development and Child Welfare Department, Guntur, and also sought an inquiry in the matter. Action has been initiated by the police and 16 children have been identified out of 60 children rescued from illegal adoption and selling, and they have been sent to Shishuvihar, Hyderabad. Appa Rao said it was important to ensure the safety of the children through strict vigilance against their possible sale and purchase transactions across the state.
 

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With the Child Protection Week campaign in full swing, the Department of Social Development (DSD) has encouraged South Africans to seek alternative care for their children if they are unable to care for them.

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70 years of Korean adoption: Untold struggles of returning overseas adoptees

Simone Eun-mi (left) and Lee Chang-woo (alias), who were adopted to the Netherlands and returned. /Park Eun-joo© Provided by THE CHOSUNILBO

South Korea, in its impoverished state, sent children abroad for adoption, starting with four mixed-race infants to the United States in 1953. Officially estimated at 170,000 (equivalent to the population of Seogwipo City), unofficially at 250,000 (Geoje City), advanced countries believed it to be the “best alternative,” valuing children highly. However, an unexpected situation is unfolding. The babies sent away are returning to South Korea in middle age, asking, “Do I have the right to live as a Korean?”

Graphics by Lee Jin-young© Provided by THE CHOSUNILBO

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By NIC WHITE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 01:49 BST, 24 June 2024 | UPDATED: 22:06 BST, 25 June 2024

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