U.S. Department of State to delay resuming adoptions in Vietnam

Kyrgyzstan grants US Christian organization adoption services permit

By Associated Press, Published: January 23

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — The Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan is allowing foreign adoptions to resume, issuing the first permit to a U.S.-based Christian organization.

The Social Development Ministry said Monday it chose Christian World Adoption after a rigorous selection process.

Christian World Adoption says the move would allow it to resume adoptions from Kyrgyzstan. International adoptions were suspended in Kyrgyzstan in 2009 as authorities sought to improve regulations and root out corruption in the process.

Uruguay approves $513,000 settlement for disappearance, illegal adoption during dictatorship

By Associated Press, Published: January 24

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay’s president has approved a $513,000 payment to Macarena Gelman, who was illegally adopted during the dictatorship after her mother was tortured and disappeared.

The payment complies with an Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling that accuses Uruguay of delaying justice for crimes committed by its dictatorship in the 1970s, according to a brief statement posted Tuesday on the presidency’s website.

Gelman’s parents were kidnapped in Argentina and taken to a torture center notorious for being a nexus of Operation Condor, the effort by South America’s U.S.-supported dictatorships to combine forces and eliminate opponents in each other’s countries.

Mexican adoptions not affected

CAROL COULTER, Legal Affairs Editor

Mon, Jan 30, 2012

THERE IS as yet no evidence that uncompleted adoptions from Mexico will be affected by recent events in the country in which 11 Irish couples have been questioned in connection with illegal adoptions, according to the chairman of the Adoption Authority.

Geoffrey Shannon told The Irish Times there was ongoing contact with Mexican authorities in relation to 18 adoptions currently in train from Mexico, but stressed this was routine under the Hague Convention on intercountry adoption, to which both Ireland and Mexico are signatories.

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Great news from Bulgaria!

JANUARY 18, 2012 BY ROBIN SIZEMORE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HOPSCOTCH ADOPTIONS, INC LEAVE A COMMENT

Today our foundation partner, Vesta, met with the new Ministry, Mrs. Velina Todorova, and she acknowledged the need for a speedier process for registering waiting children and matching for international adoption. Mrs. Todorova has pledged to work harder in making the process for waiting children faster. Hooray for kids!!!!

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French care leavers overcoming the odds

13 January 2012

A long-term follow-up study of adults raised in a particular type of foster care known as SOS children’s villages reveals some interesting trends in typical pathways for young people after leaving care in the largest country in Western Europe - France.

SOS children’s villages operate internationally and currently serve 600 children and adolescents in France alone. Children’s villages comprise a community of caregivers known as ‘SOS mothers’ who foster children and sibling groups. They provide long-term placements in family units and work closely with family helpers, case workers and psychologists. SOS also provide a host of other care services including job training, informal housing and job support, transitional apartments and residential accomodation.

The research study, involving 123 adults who had spent at least three years in a children’s village placement, revealed that the majority transitioned out of care and into independence without major difficulties, many of them by their mid-twenties.

12 January 2012 Last updated at 13:46 ET

Duchess of York faces charges over Turkish orphan film

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The Duchess made the ITV documentary in 2008

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Now Fergie is sued for £20k over bid to ban orphans book

By DANIEL BOFFEY

Last updated at 10:01 PM on 8th May 2010

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A television presenter has launched a legal claim against the Duchess of York for nearly £20,000 over her failed attempt to ban a book they worked on together.

Turkish court charges Duchess of York over undercover film footage shot in state-run orphanage

They say she 'violated' childrens' privacy

Authorities wait three years to bring case

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Last updated at 4:37 PM on 12th January 2012