When in 1999, Roelie Post started working for the European Commission on the “Romanian Orphan” dossier she could not have forseen the consequences of accepting that job. In 1990, soon after the Ceausescu regime had been overturned, the world could witness ABC’s 20/20 documentary on Romanian Orphans. The shocking TV images gave rise to many initiatives to “save… Read more »
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AntiAdopt said:
This book unravels not only the mechanism behind adoption, but also how the interests of rich parties dominate politics. The Dutch version of the book might be easier to read than the English one. Much recommended. Applause for Ms. Post and her colleagues who stood up for what is morally right, against aggressive and powerful… Read more »
Adoptie of kinderhandel? De Risico’s.
2 aug 07 – Nova TV – Door Jan Eikelboom en Silvia Pilger Roelie Post, Nederlands ambtenaar bij de Europese Commissie in Brussel van 1999 tot medio 2005 verantwoordelijk voor het ‘dossier Roemeense kinderen’, geeft commentaar in de studio. Roelie Post schreef onlangs het boek: Romania, for export only. Haar onderzoeken in Roemeense kinderhuizen, pleeggezinnen… Read more »
Baby’s te koop TE KOOP
Volkskrant – Door Margreet Vermeulen − 02/07/07, 00:00 Interlandelijke adoptie wordt omgeven door schandalen. Deze maand haalden drie incidenten de media. Ze staan niet op zichzelf. Kinderen zijn handelswaar…. Kangoeroemoeders worden ze in Guatemala genoemd. Vrouwen die kinderen baren voor de export. Ze ontvangen 600 tot 1.600 dollar per kind. De adoptieouders, veelal Noord-Amerikanen, betalen… Read more »
For export only? Ina Hut, David Smolin, Roelie Post
Transmission date: Sunday 8 July 2007 Sarah Johnson 05-07-2007 It’s estimated that at least 40,000 children are adopted internationally every year. The aim of the system is to give abandoned children in developing countries a home, and childless couples in the West a family. It would seem an ideal solution. “…Every child has the right… Read more »
Volkskrant: Baby’s te koop TE KOOP
Source: Volkskrant 2 juli 2007 (pagina 09) Door Margreet Vermeulen Interlandelijke adoptie wordt omgeven door schandalen. Deze maand haalden drie incidenten de media. Ze staan niet op zichzelf. Kinderen zijn handelswaar.
EenVandaag: Adoptiestop in zicht?/Adoption stop in sight?
19 juni 2007 Source: Eenvandaag
Marian van Teeffelen, Coördinator Roemenië Kinderpostzegels:
When will the interest of the child be finally at the centre? The book of Roelie Post makes clear how easy this principle of the Convention on the Right of the Child is put aside. And replaced by the wishes of a few doubtful Western organisations. With this the de-institutionalisation process in Romania was frustrated… Read more »
Kapot, Kapot door de ‘adoptiemaffia’
De Telegraaf, juni 2007 EC-ambtenaar Roelie Post doet een boekje open over kinderhandel. „Het is in Brussel not done, maar ik wil niet langer zwijgen.” Adoptie vanuit Roemenië is volgens Roelie Post allang niet meer nodig. „Er zijn onderhand prima mogelijkheden in het land zelf.” FOTO: ROEL DIJKSTRA Het schandaal rond vijftig illegaal geadopteerde Indiase… Read more »
International adoptions equal ‘child trafficking’
by Nina Eikens and RNW Internet Desk 11-06-2007 Author and former EU official Roelie Post Thousands of Romanian children adopted by foreigners in the 1990s were not orphans, but had been sold to agencies by their parents, according to a former European Commission official. Dutchwoman Roelie Post was the EU official who investigated adoption practices… Read more »