Here we go. Again. In the middle of the dramatic adoption of Sorina, French TV channel ARTE launches yet another campaign to re-open intercountry adoption from Romania. Let’s not forget that there are 314.000 children in the French child protection system. And that in the Dutch child protection still many older children are put in… Read more »
Category: Latest attempts
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 »
MEPs demand easing of adoption restrictions
Source: http://www.offalyexpress.ie MEPs demand easing of adoption restrictions International adoptions should be encouraged in order to give a family life to children who are abandoned or at risk of becoming institutionalised in orphanages, the European Parliament said this week. In a resolution agreed by a majority of MEPs in Strasbourg, members urged all EU institutions… Read more »
Romania and the International Adoptions Issue
Source: http://www.protectiecopii.ro Posted on 26 January 2011 by Stefan Derabus For many years, international adoptions have been blocked by a moratorium in Romania. At that time (back in 2002) this was the only way to stop the trade with children which was booming in the country. It was the best kind of “business”: little investment,… Read more »
Romania: a new step towards the release of international adoptions
Source: http://www.aibi.it Romania: a new step towards the release of international adoptions The legislative proposal of the Association Catharsis Romania to resume international adoptions has made another step forward: the members of the Commission on Human Rights, Cults and National Minorities Issues with the Chamber of Deputies assigned to the task deputy Sergiu Andon to… Read more »
International Adoptions: Coordinating by the EU of the Rules
Date: 2011-01-19 Source: http://www.aibi.it It ‘s the first significant step towards adopting European Adoptions. With the approval of the Resolution on International Adoption by the European Parliament today international adoption enter fully the responsibility of coordination by the ‘European Union.
From the trenches of JCICS
PoundPupLegacy today found the doors to the Joint Council on International Children’s Services’ membership area wide open. For those who don’t know, JCICS is the umbrella organisation of the US adoption agencies and other members of the adoption industry. With the downgoing number of intercountry adoptions, it is a trade organisation that is fighting for… Read more »
Battle of international adoptions reaches peak
Source: http://www.jurnalul.ro The European Commission Forges Official Report Autor: MIRCEA OPRIS 3 decembrie 2010 The European Commission has falsified an official report, released only partially exactly one year ago, during the Conference on Challenges in Adoption Procedures in Europe, in Strasbourg from 30 November to 1 December 2009. Exclusively for Jurnalul National several experts testified… Read more »
Raport oficial falsificat de Comisia Europeană
Source: http://www.jurnalul.ro Bătălia adopţiilor internaţionale a ajuns la apogeu Autor: MIRCEA OPRIS 3 decembrie 2010 Comisia Europeană a falsificat un ra port oficial, prezentat parţial exact cu un an în urmă, la Congresul despre Drep turile Copilului de la 30 noiembrie-1 decembrie 2009, la Strasbourg. În exclusivitate pentru Jurnalul Na ţional, câţiva experţi care au întocmit… Read more »
WikiLeaks runs first confidential cable wire from Romania on adoption cases
Source: http://www.romania-insider.com FEATURED | ROMANIA-INSIDER.COM | DECEMBER 1, 2010 AT 1:09 PM WikiLeaks has published the first confidential document sent from the US Embassy in Bucharest to the US. The document, sent in 2006 by the then US Ambassador to Bucharest Nicholas Taubman refers to adoption cases. “On April 5, Embassy received by mail a letter from Theodora… Read more »