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Dutch Parliament Round Table Discussion: ‘Reflection on Intercountry Adoption’
17 May 2017 The Dutch Parliament’s Permanent Committee on Safety and Justice organises a round table discussion about the RSJ report “Reflection on Intercountry Adoption”. The Hague (open to the public) 24 mei 2017 | 14:00 – 18:00 Dutch version of my position paper Gespreksnotitie Tweede Kamer Commissie mei 2017 R Post English translation of… Read more »
Whistleblowing Conference Serbia
28 October 2016 Dutch whistleblower Roelie Post from the European Commission speaks at Pištaljka’s conference “For Every Truth There is a Source: Protection of Whistleblower and Journalistic Sources” in Belgrade.
Re-opening Romania’s intercountry adoptions: THE “LOBBY” FAILED!
18 March 2014 The Romanian Members of the Committee for Labour and Social Protection of the Chamber of Deputies unanimously decided in its meeting of March 11, 2014 , not to endorse the legislative proposal on adoption prepared by the Adoption Lobby. It is soon 10 years after the Romanian government ruled that adoption by… Read more »
Human Trafficking – The Stakeholders’ Perspective
I feel honored that I was asked to contribute to this important book. For orders: SAGE PUBLICATIONS Human Trafficking The Stakeholders’ Perspective
Romania re-opens the export of children?
According to the Romanian newspaper Jurnalul National Romania is ready to re-open the export of its children. On Wednesday the Romanian Parliament voted for changing the adoption law. I have not yet been able to finish reading all the amendments, but it is clear that this would be a start in opening the doors. It… Read more »
Wikileaks: Netherlands: Pending Adoption Cases in Romania
Source: http://www.scoop.co.nz Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 3:58 pm Cable: Wikileaks Ref: 06THEHAGUE617 VZCZCXRO8264 RR RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ DE RUEHTC #0617 0811558 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 221558Z MAR 06 FM AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5172 INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE RUEHBM/AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST 1111 RUEHSF/AMEMBASSY SOFIA 0418 RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 2840 RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS 0270… Read more »
Wikileaks on US promotion of export of children
Now that all Wikileaks’ cables are out in the open, I was able to find more cables about the Romanian adoption battle. In the coming days I will blog more about this, so stay tuned… In my book Romania for Export Only I mentioned the letter sent by then US Deputy Secetary of State Richard… Read more »
Reader’s reaction – Romania for Export Only
Tonight I got a phonecall from someone who had just finnished reading my book. ‘Reads like a thriller’, she said. And she was curious about the follow-up. Will there be a happy ending? That remains to be seen… A bit of follow-up can already be seen at Search a Chil, Pay Cash, the Adoption Lobby… Read more »
US pressure on Romania to re-open intercountry adoption
Date:2011-05-06 Source:http://english.hotnews.ro Romania is pressured to reopen adoptions for foreign citizens, Romania libera reads following a decision of Romanian authorities in 2005 to block the process. President Basescu gave plenty of assurances that the situation will not change in his mandate. Meanwhile, Romania is under a lot of pressure from US and EU officials to… Read more »