Out of the way - and delivered to the state

For four years researchers have worked up the administrative supplies. Now the final report is available. The content is disturbing.

There were tens of thousands. Tens of thousands who were locked up in Switzerland without being guilty. In educational homes, in prisons, in psychiatric hospitals. "Administrative Supplies": What sounds like an official act is a disturbing aspect of the Swiss rule of law in the 20th century. It is the story of arbitrariness, compulsion and injustice.

Gabriela Merlini was first treated at the age of 18 months. This because she was illegitimate. A child of a couple who was not married in the mid-1960s. "We were not only torn from our social environment, but have experienced torture-like abuses," Merlini told the media yesterday.

At least 60 000 people affected

After our Dracula interlude, our tour continues towards Bucharest. But you don't just get there. Then you first have to cross a mountain. The Fagaras. If I'm right, that's part of the Carpathians. There is a short way and a nice way. That choice is not difficult. It will be the beautiful.

And this is not just any pretty road. Connoisseurs have proclaimed it the most beautiful road in Europe. Of course we won't let that pass us by.

This road - the Transfagarasan, 90 km long, and labeled "the road to the clouds" - was once built on the initiative of Nicolas Ceausescu, the communist ruler. The last communist leader before the populace fought themselves free and stormed his palace in a revolutionary uproar and summarily killed him, in December 1989.

Many stories circulate about Ceausescu. For example, about how he came to power. A power struggle had broken out at the top of the communist party in Romania. A few strong leaders held each other tight, preventing the battle from coming to an end.

In the end, Ceaucescu was put forward as a compromise candidate and accepted by all the belligerents, because he had no education, and everyone was convinced that he was too stupid to become dangerous to anyone.

NEW DELHI: A broad consensus over doing away with the discriminatory reference to a child as “legitimate” or “illegitimate”

and ensuring that mother is considered a natural guardian just as the father, emerged at the consultation on “guardianship

rights of the mother” organised by the National Commission for Women in the capital.

This consultation was part of a review by NCW of certain provisions of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Law

(https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Hindu-Minority-and-Guardianship-Law) 1956 and Guardianship and Wards Act

Birth parents and adoptees may search for each other after the adoptee reaches the age of 18. Because Holt’s headquarters are in Oregon, Oregon law governs all of Holt’s post adoption services. Oregon Statutes 109.425 & 109.455 require an adoptee to be 18 or older to initiate a search themselves.

Our partner agencies in India are happy to hear from adoptees, and are willing to forward letters and photos to foster parents or other caregivers from the adoptee’s past. However, due to the current climate surrounding relinquishment in India, especially in cases of an unwed mother, these agencies typically will not conduct a search for birth parents, nor will they release any identifying information. Although some of the stigmas against unwed mothers are changing, contact from an adoption agency could have serious repercussions for the birth mother. The agencies may be willing to search for extended family members or married birth parents in a few rare cases. If you would like to discuss this further, we would be happy to talk with you. There is always the possibility that Holt can connect you with someone from your past who remembers you, has a story about you, or can provide insight into your history.

If you would like to discuss your background with a Holt staff person, we must first confirm that your adoption was indeed facilitated by Holt International. Once this has been verified you’ll receive an email with additional information.

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Over the course of the last six years, the minors in children’s homes under the care of the Child Welfare Society of Kenya (CWSK) around the country have suffered congestion, lack of proper medical care and experimental treatment procedures that sometimes leave them worse-off.

Investigations by the Sunday Standard and interviews paint a picture of neglect and an abdication of duty by the state agencyobligated to look after the less fortunate minors.

Children in the care of these state sponsored homes also suffer mistreatment, poor living conditions and in some instances, periodic abandonment of their education. The Sunday Standard brings you the story of the mess at CWSK and the devastating consequences the mess has had on lives of thousands of children under its care.

“After doing my orientation of one month at Mama Ngina Children’s Home, I was transferred to Waithaka,” a nurse at the CWSK told the Sunday Standard.

Waithaka is where children with special needs are sheltered. The physically challenged, some with bipolar disorders, as well as minors living with HIV. All these in constant need of proper medical care.

A Texas woman who headed an international program at an Ohio-based

adoption agency has pleaded guilty for her role in a scheme to corruptly

facilitate adoptions of Ugandan children through bribing Ugandan officials

and defrauding U.S. adoptive parents and the U.S. Department of State.

Longoria, who was released on a $20,000 bond will be sentenced on January

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Just over a week ago, the Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs with the support of the U.S. Domestic Policy Council hosted a Symposium on Intercountry Adoption (ICA) in Washington DC. The purpose of the Symposium was to bring together a diverse group of ICA stakeholders in order to strengthen the future practice of intercountry adoption. Such stakeholders included professional adoption practitioners; attorneys; government officials from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of State; and Legislators as well as a number of others. Interested adoptive parents also attended, and historically, the Department invited adult adoptees as well as birth parents for the first time, as the Department’s aim was to “create a deeper understanding of the respective views and interests of each stakeholder group.” The Symposium gave a clearer comprehension of the roles of the many different governmental offices in intercountry adoption, and yet there is still much to learn about each entity and their direct roles. It became clear to me that our present system of intercountry adoption and the policies and regulations governing it are far more intricate than I imagined.

All of us care for the safety of children. All of us recognize their vulnerability. All of us want to protect them from those who would do them harm. Bringing all of us together, as this Symposium does, provides us with an opportunity to meet those goals in cooperation rather than in competition.

Carl Rische, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs

For more than a decade, Dutch gay couples have been able to adopt children from abroad. Before that, it was only possible through a so-called one-parent procedure. Nevertheless, adoption by gay couples is complex. How did that happen?

Limited possibilities

Foreign adoption by gay couples is legal in only three countries: South Africa, Portugal and the United States. Many countries only allow adoption to heterosexual couples from a religious or cultural perspective. In the United States, biological parents have the option of choosing the adoptive parents themselves; the so-called open adoption : "The mother of our son has made an adoption plan herself with the social workers in America. She has determined who the parents of her child can be and fortunately we maintain a lot of contact with each other. We saw each other last year Hopefully our son will look back on encounters like these later with a good feeling. "

Arnoud and his friend adopted their son from the United States five years ago. The adoption process took more than five years. He and his partner had to arrange a lot to meet all the conditions. "It was a long process, but with the help of our permit holder A New Way, it worked."

Arnoud thinks it is unjustified that so few countries today put children up for adoption to homosexual couples. Although he is happy that the legislation in the Netherlands does offer gay couples the opportunity to adopt, he does not agree with the legislation of many other countries. Arnoud: "The attitude of many countries that exclude homosexuals is indeed discriminatory."