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Tamil Nadu Social Service Society is an official organisation of the Tamil Nadu Catholic Bishops Conference

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration of a Christian organisation — Tamil Nadu Social Service Society (TASOSS).

The non-governmental organisation (NGO) is the second Tamil Nadu-based Christian association whose FCRA registration has been cancelled 2024.

Tamil Nadu Social Service Society is an official organisation of the Tamil Nadu Catholic Bishops Conference

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration of a Christian organisation — Tamil Nadu Social Service Society (TASOSS).

The non-governmental organisation (NGO) is the second Tamil Nadu-based Christian association whose FCRA registration has been cancelled 2024.

ANNEXE I : Reconnaissance légale, politique ou pratique du droit d’accès aux origines et conditions d’exercice de ce droit (Questions 1 et 2 de la Circulaire)

The third episode of journalist Igor Traboni's investigation on the magazine Orwell.it is dedicated to national adoptions

“Italy is not a country for adoptive families ”. Thus begins the third episode of journalist Igor Traboni's investigation into the world of adoption for Orwell.it. An episode which, unlike the previous two , in which the topic of international adoption was explored, focuses on national adoptions.

“For every potentially adoptable Italian child – explains Traboni – there are around 10 copies available to do so. Yet, every year, there are fewer adoption decisions." Furthermore, the journalist continues, “Italy (...) in 1998 ratified the Hague Convention, an almost global point of reference for the protection of minors and international cooperation. Yet Italian children cannot be adopted by a foreign couple! And here it borders on the absurd, because: either you are part of certain rules and, therefore, you apply them all, or you are in breach of these”.

Traboni interviewed the president of Ai.Bi on this topic. – Friends of Children, Marco Griffini . Who explained: “Let's say straight away that, as authorized bodies, we have no jurisdiction over national adoptions, the matter of which falls under the jurisdiction of the juvenile courts. However, there is this problem of Italian children who, in fact, cannot be adopted by citizens of other nations. It has happened to us several times that from abroad, for example by Italian-American couples, we are asked to be able to adopt in Italy, but... it's not possible. Like Ai.Bi. we have been carrying on this battle for many years, but our requests have always been rejected by the CAI, the Adoption Commission, with the reasoning that, in practice, until there is a database of national adoptions, it is not possible to apply the principle of reciprocity".

ISS - Adoption THE SEARCH OF ORIGINS 

ANNEX “SEARCH FOR ORIGINS” COLOMBIA ACCESS TO ORIGINS IN COLOMBIA Historical context of adoption in the country Adoption was initially defined in the Civil Code Arts. 269 to 287, and the grounds for withdrawing the adoption were the same as those that served as grounds to disinherit a legitimate beneficiary. With the entry into force of Law 140 of 1960, the notion of adoption changed into a protection measure for children, acceding to the fact that, those who had no offspring could have it with the purpose of making the child a beneficiary of the adopter’s parental care and affection, but it denied the possibility of extramarital children being adopted by their father. This changed with Law 75 of 1968. Law 5 of 1975 proposed the irrevocability of adoption in two ways: full and simple. In addition, it provided that only the ICBF and institutions duly authorised by the ICBF may carry out the Adoption Programme. Decree 2737 of 1989 (Juvenile Code) eliminated simple adoption, focusing on the express concept of a protection measure. It also established that all documents and proceedings relating to the adoption process would be kept for a term of 30 years. From this moment on, adoption records began to be preserved and kept in the different archives of the ICBF and IAPAS. Subsequently, Law 1098 of 2006 aligned adoption with the requirements of the CRC and the 1993 Hague Convention on Adoption, structuring the entire rights reinstatement protocol, leaving adoption as the last resort to provide a protection measure for a child. In addition, the legal reserve was reduced to 20 years. The only people who would have access to them are those established by law. For the purpose of a more careful and rigorous approach regarding confidentiality and safekeeping of documents, some years later, all documents pertaining to adoption processes are centralised, either in the Central Archives of the Regional Offices or in the Central Archive at the Headquarters of the Directorate General of the ICBF, where they remain to this day. Source: Miryam Alejandra Toro Mesa. Adopción en Colombia: concepto, evolución legislativa frente al consentimiento y trámite como medida de protección dentro del proceso de restablecimiento de derechos, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2019; Questionnaire on the practical operation of the 1993 Adoption Convention Prel. Doc. No. 3 of February 2020 for the Special Commission meeting for 2021, Question 1.

In recent years, more and more intercountry adoptees have had questions about their adoption history and the adoption procedure.

These questions came to the surface both through stories in the press and through direct reporting to the Flemish Center for Adoption. In order to respond to the various questions and concerns of adoptees, the then Flemish Minister for Welfare, Public Health and the Family, Jo Vandeurzen, decided in 2019 to appoint an independent research panel of experts . The expert panel was commissioned to conduct a study into intercountry adoption practice in the past with the aim of revising the current procedure and thus providing adopted children with more guarantees.

In August and September 2021, the expert panel shared its final findings and recommendations with the competent Minister of Welfare, Family, Public Health and Poverty Reduction, Wouter Beke, and with the Flemish Government.

You can also view the reports yourself.

Final report

In recent years, more and more intercountry adoptees have had questions about their adoption history and the adoption procedure.

These questions came to the surface both through stories in the press and through direct reporting to the Flemish Center for Adoption. In order to respond to the various questions and concerns of adoptees, the then Flemish Minister for Welfare, Public Health and the Family, Jo Vandeurzen, decided in 2019 to appoint an independent research panel of experts . The expert panel was commissioned to conduct a study into intercountry adoption practice in the past with the aim of revising the current procedure and thus providing adopted children with more guarantees.

In August and September 2021, the expert panel shared its final findings and recommendations with the competent Minister of Welfare, Family, Public Health and Poverty Reduction, Wouter Beke, and with the Flemish Government.

You can also view the reports yourself.

Final report

Mia Dambach, Co-Founder and Executive Director for Child Identity Protection, on her work as a children’s solicitor in Australia, why ensuring children’s identity protection worldwide is important and the role of her many backgrounds in her daily life.

Dear Mia, you have studied at University of Sydney were you did a Bachelor in Law and a Bachelor in Commerce with a triple major in accounting, marketing and economics before doing your Master of Laws (LL.M.). How did you end up volunteering at a local children’s court during your studies?

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While I was studying law at the University of Sydney, I wanted to gain some work experience to confirm my desire to work with children. I contacted the local children's court closest to the University to see if they needed any administrative help, which would give me the opportunity to watch the closed proceedings. They offered me work, archiving and writing letters to the children following a decision by the children's court magistrate. This allowed me to get a first-hand look at the cases and types of sentences children were given for different offences. Eventually, they allowed me to be a children's court monitor/officer, which is the person who runs the court in terms of saying "silence, please, all stand" when the children's magistrate enters and leaves the court and also records the different proceedings. After a few months, one of the paid staff went on maternity leave and the Children's Court offered me a part time paid position that I could carry out whilst finishing my law degree. This experience confirmed my desire to work as a children's lawyer as well as to learn the different ways that children could be defended well in court.

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