THIS PETITION IS SUSPENDED FOR THE MOMENT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING MOBILIZED.

WE HOPE TO USE YOUR MOBILIZATION AT A MORE OPPORTUNITY. YOUR SIGNATURES ARE NOT LOST.

To the attention of Mr. Didier Reynders, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

We are a collective of adoptive parents in Congo (DRC) and we ask for your help so that our adoptive children, stuck in Congo, can finally join us.

A dozen Belgian families are legally the parents of children born in the DRC.

Didier Reynders: ‘Congolese adoptiekinderen onder hoede Belgische ambassade’

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Didier Reynders: ‘Congolese adoptiekinderen onder hoede Belgische ambassade’

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An exclusive first look at Fusion's newest investigative series, 'The Traffickers'By Fusion | November 3, 2016

From Asia to Africa and beyond, journalist Nelufar Hedayat goes under the radar tracking down black markets in Fusion’s newest series, The Traffickers, to learn how guns, babies, even human organs are bought, moved, and sold to the highest bidder.In this exclusive look at the first episode, Nelufar begins her journey in America, which adopts more children from overseas than all other countries in the world put together. But ominous forces lurk beneath many of these joyful unions.The Traffickers airs Sundays at 10 PM on Fusion.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reiterated that the consent of the adopter’s legitimate children aged at least 10 years old is required in adoptions.

In a 10-page decision, the SC Third Division denied the petition for review on certiorari filed by Nena Bagcat-Gullas challenging the ruling of the Court of Appeals (CA), which in turn affirmed a decision of a regional trial court (RTC) that set aside an adoption decree granted to her.

The adoption decree was for a child who used to live with her biological mother at the house of Bagcat-Gullas and her husband, Jose.

According to the SC, after the child was abandoned by her mother, Bagcat-Gullas and Jose provided for the child's needs.

In May 2016, Bagcat-Gullas and Jose filed a petition for the child's adoption and correction of entries in the child's birth record before an RTC.

International foster care means that a child living abroad and for whom child protection measures have been taken, is placed in a foster family or an institution in the Netherlands or vice versa. To arrange this carefully, there is a procedure that must be followed. The conditions that this procedure must meet are laid down in Article 82 of the Brussels II-ter Regulation or Article 33 of the Hague Child Protection Convention (1996).

The Ministry of Justice and Security has drawn up the International Foster Care protocol in collaboration with the VNG (Association of Dutch Municipalities) and Youth Care Netherlands. This contains the procedure, the legal framework, the responsibilities of the parties involved and the working method for international placements from abroad to the Netherlands. The protocol uses a clear step-by-step plan to explain what needs to be arranged and whose turn it is at what point in the procedure. One of the conditions for an international placement is that the Central Authority of the requesting and receiving countries must give prior approval for the placement. See the protocol below for the other conditions and more information:

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KOCHI: Things seem to be looking up for the Punjabi girl who faced abandonment by her adoptive parents in Kerala. The elderly couple had moved the court to annul the adoption of the 18-year-old, who is now dreaming of a career in fashion design. Following intervention by the Kerala High Court, the state government has facilitated her admission to the fashion design course at Thiruvananthapuram Government Polytechnic. She will also join a Hindi language course offered by Hindi Prachar Sabha to explore opportunities in her home state.  

The couple from Thiruvananthapuram had adopted her as a 12-year-old, on an order issued by the Guardian Judge, Ludhiana, Punjab in 2018. They sought to repeal the adoption on the basis that she was unable to integrate herself into the family. According to the couple, they tried their best to rehabilitate and assimilate the child into the family, but to no avail.

They had adopted her in a difficult phase in their life when they had lost their only son in a car accident on January 14, 2017. TNIE broke the news of the couple approaching the HC to void the adoption last November. The court expressed hope that “there will be a change in the perception and attitude of the parents in time, because, after all, as they say, time is the greatest healer. Perhaps, reconciliation between them and the child could then be a possibility.”

When the petition filed by the couple came up for hearing, amicus curiae Parvathi Menon submitted that the girl had been shifted to Sree Chitra Home, an institution under the state government more suited for adults and that arrangements had been made for her to attend a fashion design course at the Thiruvananthapuram Government Polytechnic. She added that if the girl wants Hindi as the medium of education, then it can also be decided – depending upon the progress that she makes as of now – to shift her to one of the courses to be offered by the Hindi Prachar Sabha. 

The amicus curiae also said that she is trying to obtain support from the government of Punjab and Haryana through the advocate general there, as also the Legal Service Authority, to alternatively explore whether the girl can be accommodated in her home state if that is what she wants in due course. That can be done only with the assistance of Jayachithra S, superintendent of Sudharma Home, where the girl resided before being moved to Sree Chitra Home, and Shaniba Begum, chairperson of the Child Welfare Committee, Thiruvananthapuram, the amicus curiae added.

Adoptions to Norway from the Philippines, Thailand and Taiwan are stopped.

If Bufdir gets their way, no children will be adopted from abroad to Norway in the next two years. But the Minister for Children wants more information before she decides.