ACT had decided to support the idea of an independent Expertisecentrum. We still believe that something like this is needed. Therefore we participated in the meetings regarding the design process as far as practically possible as digital attendence was often not allowed. We insisted that organisations which assist adoptees get sufficent funding to assist with… Read more »
Category: The Netherlands
Success: Dutch Minister of Justice finally acknowledges the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
ACT has over the years tirelessly advocated for the correct implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the child in the context of adoption and against the adoption system. – Adoption is not a child protection measure. – All alternative care forms are come before intercountry adoptions (Subsidiarity Principle) Now during the… Read more »
Arun was adopted and now fights against adoption: ‘authorities refused to provide information all these years’
Source:https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/arun-werd-geadopteerd-en-strijdt-nu-tegen-adoptie-instanties-weigerden-al-die-jaren-informatie-te-geven~a8a91701/(google translation) There are about 30 million abandoned or orphaned children in India, Indian newspaper The Hindu recently reported . And of these, only about 3,000 are placed with Indian parents every year. Nevertheless, the Netherlands still has an adoption ban. And that’s a good thing, according to activist Arun Dohle of the organization Against Child Trafficking. “There is almost never real voluntary… Read more »
Tough report on adoptions from abroad: cabinet urged to stop
Source: https://www.ad.nl The adoption of children from abroad must be stopped completely for the time being. A committee led by former top civil servant Tjibbe Joustra draws this conclusion in a report to be published, sources around the cabinet report. The outgoing government team is very upset with the recommendations. Jan Hoedeman 05-02-21, 03:00 In… Read more »
Court: case of Sri Lankan woman on adoption is time-barred
Source: NOS The court in The Hague will not deal with the substance of the case of a 28-year-old woman about her adoption in Sri Lanka. The case was brought by Dilani Butink, who was adopted by Dutch parents in 1992. Butink says that serious mistakes were made in the adoption by the State and… Read more »
Lawyer about Sri Lankan adoption fraud: ‘Not a child in need, but business’
Source: https://www.nu.nl May 18, 2020 The adoption of the now 28-year-old Dilani Butink from Sri Lanka was not a matter of a child in need. “It was just business,” said the woman’s lawyer in a civil case that was brought to blame the State and the Kind en Toekomst (Child and Future) adoption agency for… Read more »
Interview with Chairman Joustra of the Committee Investigating Intercountry Adoption:
Source: committeeinvestigatingintercountryadoption.nl Come clean and prevent problems in the future (By Henri Kruithof) In April of this year, Minister Sander Dekker (Legal Protection) set up the Committee Investigating Intercountry Adoption in the past. According to the institutional decision, that committee must, among other things, investigate the existence of abuses in intercountry adoption and the role… Read more »
Viewers ‘Traceless’ [Spoorloos] in tears through the story of Somna (21)
Source: Libelle The Romanian Somna (21) was less than 3 years old when she was adopted. In the Spoorloos program, she goes to search her biological mother together with presenter Derek Bolt. The 21-year-old Somna was a toddler of almost 3 years old when she was adopted from Romania by her Dutch parents Hans and Ritam. Happy childhood… Read more »
Illegal adoptions remain possible by authorities looking away
Source: https://adoptie.nl June 27, 2019 Text Hélène van Beek Cum laude. That’s how lawyer Elvira Loibl obtained her PhD at Maastricht University on 15 May with the thesis ‘The transnational illegal adoption market: A criminological study of the German and Dutch intercountry adoption systems’. Journalist Hélène van Beek looked at the 518-page dissertation and read… Read more »
Crime: 20 yrs later, Chennai court convicts orphanage that kidnapped kids and gave for adoption overseas
Source: https://www.thenewsminute.com For around 300 families that lost their children, there is however little to celebrate. Geetika Mantri Wednesday, June 19, 2019 – 08:05 Fathima holding up a photo up her daughter, Jabin “Have you heard from my daughter? What did she say? It makes me happy to hear from… Read more »
