The South Korean government has decided not to appeal any of the 71 cases concerning state liability for human rights abuse victims who were subjected to forced labor at two internment facilities, Brothers' Home in Busan and Seongam Academy in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, effectively acknowledging responsibility.

The long-awaited move is likely to expedite compensation for 647 victims of the two privately-owned facilities for "vagrants," which in reality operated as internment camps for people taken off the streets, including the homeless, children, people with disabilities and student protesters, under South Korea's authoritarian regimes of the 1980s.

According to the Ministry of Justice on Sunday, the government dropped all 52 appeals to either high courts or the Supreme Court and waived its rights to appeal the 19 court decisions, regarding the state's compensation payment to the victims.

Of all 71 cases, 49 cases revolved around state compensation to 417 victims of Brothers' Home, while 22 cases were related to 230 victims of Seongam Academy.

The decision "is a testament to the state's recognition of the human rights violations (that occurred) due to state violence in the authoritarian era," Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho said in a statement Sunday.

Doris Grünwald and Jessica Baumgartner were accidentally given to the parents of the other family

Two Austrian women, who were accidentally swapped at birth in the hospital in Graz in October 1990 have finally met each other for the first time after 35 years.

Doris Grünwald and Jessica Baumgartner were both born premature and were accidentally swapped at the hospital and each baby was taken home by the other parents.

As per BBC, in 2012, Doris discovered she was not her parents’ biological child when she donated blood and noticed that her blood type did not match her mother’s.

"Austrian public broadcaster ORF reported on the case in 2016 but back then the other family could not be found," reported BBC.

The Madras High Court has closed the plea filed by Transgender Sub Inspector Priyanka Yashini against an order of the Central Adoption Resource Authority, rejecting her prospective adoptive parent application. While disposing of the plea, Justice M Dhandapani noted that unless amendments were made to the Adoption Regulations, a direction could not be issued to CARA to...

Tirupati: The state govt has suspended district women and child welfare officer M Nagamani following the recent death of a two month-old baby Niroop in Anantapur. 

The infant allegedly died due to the negligence of the staff working at the govt-managed specialised adoption agency. Following public outrage, chief minister Chandrababu Naidu had ordered a detailed probe into the incident. 

Taking a serious note of the negligence, the govt issued suspension orders with immediate effect to Nagamani on Tuesday. 

While memos were already issued to the staff at the agency, a detailed probe into the incident is also underway.

Kochi: A single mother from Thrissur, who adopted a nine-year-old girl from Delhi in 2021, has approached the Kerala high court seeking to annul the adoption and surrender the child to the child welfare committee (CWC), citing the child's abnormal behaviour and frequent fits of rage over trivial matters.

The petitioner, an unmarried woman, stated in her plea that the child is studying in Class 7. 

She said the girl started showing behavioural issues soon after she was brought home upon completing the adoption process.Over time, the petitioner said, the child's abnormal behaviour and anger intensified. 

She allegedly began stealing money from the petitioner's purse and others, using abusive language and behaving aggressively.

The petitioner further stated that in 2023, she received an email from the district child protection unit in Delhi directing her to produce the child before the court, as the girl was a rape victim. 

Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday refused any relief to a transwoman who wanted to legally adopt a child. The court held that Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 does not provide for legal adoption by a transgender person.For a transgender person to legally adopt a child, the regulation must be amended to include such persons as eligible for adoption, Justice M Dhandapani said. "Unless a writ of mandamus is moved against Union govt seeking to make an appropriate amendment in the Act, the relief sought cannot be granted," the court said.

The court then granted liberty to transwoman K Prithika Yashini, the first transperson appointed sub-inspector of police in TN, to approach Centre seeking an appropriate amendment to the Act enabling a transperson to adopt a child. According to the petitioner, in 2016, she moved the HC since her application for the post of sub-inspector was rejected. With a favourable order from the HC, she was appointed as a sub-inspector and is presently working as an assistant immigration officer.

In 2021, she decided to adopt a child and approached Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA). On Sept 22, 2022, the authority rejected her application on the grounds that she cannot legally adopt a child since she is a transgender person. Aggrieved, she moved the present petition challenging the order of CARA. She contended that the rejection of her application amounts to discrimination and infringement of her rights as a transgender person.tnn

The Victim Rights Centre (VRC) of the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KeLSA) has submitted comprehensive suggestions before the Kerala High Court for the betterment of adoption and foster care system.The report was submitted by Adv. Parvathi Menon A., Project Co-ordinator of VRC after she was suo motu impleaded by Justice Sobha Annamma Eapen in a writ petition filed by an adoptive...

The Andhra Pradesh government has suspended Anantapur District Women and Child Welfare and Empowerment Officer, M. Nagamani, for negligence resulting in the death of an infant at the Specialised Adoption Agency (SAA).

The Andhra Pradesh government has suspended Anantapur District Women and Child Welfare and Empowerment Officer, M. Nagamani, for negligence resulting in the death of an infant at the Specialised Adoption Agency (SAA).

The Department for Women and Children on Tuesday issued an order, suspending Nagamani and ordering disciplinary action against her.

The Government Order (GO) said that two-month-old Niroop died on October 3 but there was no immediate intimation on the hospitalisation and death of the child by District Women and Child Welfare and Empowerment Officer.

The death was reported lately after newspapers published the news.

Synopsis

The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has constituted a medical grievance committee to address recurring complaints about the health status of children given for adoption. This three-member panel will review grievances from adoptive parents and stakeholders, study data, and propose policy interventions to streamline the system within its one-month tenure, submitting recommendations to the CARA CEO.

The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has constituted a medical grievance committee to examine recurring complaints related to the health status of children given for adoption and suggest policy interventions.

The committee, approved by the member secretary and CEO of CARA, will review medical grievances raised by adoptive and prospective adoptive parents as well as other stakeholders and recommend measures to streamline the system, according to an official memorandum.

The three-member panel will include the deputy director (policy division), deputy director (grievance), and deputy director (in-country division).The assistant director concerned, either from the in-country or inter-country division, will assist the committee during its meetings.

The tenure of the committee will be one month, during which it will examine categories of medical grievances and propose next steps, the memorandum said.

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