TRICHY: Lack of understanding of adoption (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/adoption) procedures has been

prompting prospective adoptive parents (PAP) to go for illegal means to adopt a child, according to the Tamil Nadu

(https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tamil-nadu) state commission for protection of child rights (TNSCPCR). The recent

exposure of two babies being illegally given for adoption by their parents in Thiruverumbur and Kuvalakudi was a matter of

serious concern, said commission member S P Mohan.

The Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, has commenced probe on the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, the National Judicial Institute, the Delta State Judiciary and others over an alleged child trafficking and illegal adoption of children in Delta State.

The investigation on a petition dated 26/11/19 borders on abuse of powers in the illegal adoption of children/child trafficking by public officers of the Delta State Judiciary, Delta State Ministry of Women Affairs and the National Judicial Council, NJC.

The petition was written by the Committee for the Defense of Human Right, CDHR, Delta State branch on behalf of a child right activist, Comrade Ighorhiohwunu Aghogho.

This was contained in a letter signed by one Mr. Aliyu Abdullahi on behalf of the Chairman of CCB.

The letter dated 20/12/19 with file number CCB/HQ/ II&M/007/1980 was addressed to the Delta State Chairman of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights,CDHR, Comrade Prince Kehinde-Taiga, now National Vice President of CDHR.

Examination of Witnesses (Questions 220 - 235)

THURSDAY 3 MARCH 2005

Mr Nigel Cantwell, Ms Gill Haworth and Ms Naomi Angell

Q220 Chairman: Is there, or could there be, a set of criteria which would find general agreement? In a way you are both saying these are the sorts of things which would make us worry about the country. Is there a set of criteria? Could there be a set of criteria which would lead you to conclude that a particular country was not one in which adoption should be considered outside special cases?

Ms Angell: I think they would have to be reasonably general, because it is a huge range of concerns that have been raised. I would add to that I feel there should be a dialogue with countries where there is concern about their procedures. If there is a failure to respond in a reasonable way to those concerns over a period of time, that would cause concern. Different countries raise very different issues. As an illustration of that, for instance, in Guatemala the concern was on the provenance of relinquished children, that the people giving the children up for adoption may not be the mothers but were saying that they were, and what was put in place there was DNA testing by the British Embassy to provide those sorts of safeguards. In Cambodia children are not relinquished on the whole; it is mainly that they are abandoned, and it is very difficult then. DNA testing would not work, so one is having to look at very different solutions. I think any criteria would have to be broad and general.

Madurai: A casual enquiry by a villager to the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) in Madurai resulted in the rescue of two babies

who were illegally adopted by childless couples at Kuppalnatham village, about 50km from Madurai city. The couple had

adopted the babies from Hyderabad.

The babies aged 21 months and 3 months were rescued amidst high drama, with the illegal parents pleading with police not to

take away the children.

Flemish Government definitively approves establishment of descent center and DNA database

The Flemish government has today given the definitive green light for the establishment of a parentage center and a DNA database. They must assist people who are looking for their biological parents or children with the necessary information and support. Minister of Welfare Wouter Beke (CD&V) hopes to be able to help the first people in the middle of this year.

The plans have been in the air for years, but now the bullet is finally through the church. Those looking for information about their biological parents or children will be able to do so at two new institutions. Firstly, there will be a Flemish parentage center, where anyone with questions about his or her origin - just think of adopted children - can go. This goes hand in hand with the necessary psychosocial support for those who want it.

In addition, there will be a DNA database, where DNA profiles will be stored that can be matched afterwards. Important: the matching only happens for people who want to and who have voluntarily donated their DNA. In addition, it remains limited to the first degree: this avoids situations in which a donor who wants to remain anonymous is still "exposed" through other relatives.

People left with unresolved questions about who their parents or children are can suffer for a lifetime

Couples allegedly gave away their infants in exchange for cash

In separate cases, the Tiruverumbur police on Tuesday arrested eight persons, including two couples, on the charge of adopting babies illegally.

The rescued infants were sent to a recognised adoption centre in neighbouring Ariyalur district, after being produced before the Child Welfare Committee in Tiruchi.

Acting on inputs, a police team from the Tiruverumbur station, along with personnel from the Anti Human Trafficking Unit and the District Child Protection Unit, found that 29-year-old Ashwini of Tiruverumbur, a mother of two girl children, had wanted to adopt a male child. She had allegedly paid ?1 lakh to N. Velammal, who works as a sweeper at the Mahatma Gandhi Government Hospital in Tiruchi, through her neighbour Lourdumary, who is said to have been the go-between.

The baby was born to K. Bhuvaneswari, 42, a labourer, at the government hospital, and Velammal had arranged the sale of the infant.

Miek de Langen (1930-2019), founder of the very first Kinderrechtswinkel

Miek de Langen was a professor and pioneer in youth law. Still, she felt that children should actually be under normal law.

She was a professor of youth law in Amsterdam for many years, but she would never have children or get married. "Maybe that's why she chose that direction," says her sister Hettie Paans-de Langen (91), herself a mother of four who lost her husband at a young age.

Hettie has lived together with Miek de Langen in a house on the Brouwersgracht in Amsterdam for the past 38 years. In 1985, in a building next to this house, Miek de Langen opened the Kinderrechtswinkel, the very first in the world. Children could go there without questions from adults (the building was forbidden territory) for questions from students of the UvA, who could link theory to practice.

Italian delights

ECLI: NL: Stainless steel: 2002: AE1597

Date of judgment

April 17, 2002

Content indication

On February 23, 2001, the Secretary of State for Justice (hereinafter: the Secretary of State) announced in a press release that, among other things, it had decided to suspend new applications for the adoption of children from Guatemala with immediate effect.

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