Children regarded as "racially pure" and abducted by the SS are not entitled to compensation, a German court has ruled. Up to 200,000 children were kidnapped and forcibly Germanized during the Nazi occupation of Poland.

As a child in 1942, Hermann Lüdeking was abducted from Nazi-occupied Poland, robbed of his identity and forcibly Germanized. He grew up in Lemgo, never knowing anything about his true roots.

"I still suffer from not knowing who my parents are," said Hermann Lüdeking, now a retired engineer from Bad Dürrheim in the Black Forest.

Although thousands of victims may have similar stories, few have the courage to talk about it the way Lüdeking has. In his lawsuit, he applied for "a one-time grant of state aid" for the kidnapping. But he said money is not the main issue. Instead, it's about "Germany recognizing us as victims."

Lüdeking said he was bitterly disappointed at the beginning of July when the Cologne administrative court's decision was finally handed down.

Translated from Dutch

Demonstration for subsidy of searches for biological parents

Politics & Economy T5 July 2018

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Dozens of adoptees from, among others, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Colombia and India today demonstrate in The Hague for financial support in the search for their biological parents. Recently, it emerged that many children from these countries were illegally adopted in the 1970s and 80s and that the Dutch government was looking away.

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Traffickers on the loose: How children are sold to highest bidder in name of adoption

SUNDAY JULY 1 2018

Children playing in school. Weak adoption laws could have also exposed hundreds of Kenyan children to abuse and exploitation both locally and internationally. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

In Summary

In Kenya, illegal adoption agencies have used technocrats, political offices and even tried to use diplomatic offices to advance their “saviours to Kenyan child initiative”.

Kenya: Changes to Law Seek to Beat Child Traffickers At Their Own Game

Children

1 JULY 2018

By Gakuu Mathenge

A raft of legal amendments in the National Assembly seeks to tighten laws and confront child trafficking involving wealthy and well-connected criminals.

High Court reunites child with prospective parents

CARA had rejected adoption application after parents got US citizenship

The High Court of Karnataka has directed the Central Adoption and Resources Agency (CARA) to treat a couple who sought to adopt a girl child as ‘In Country’ (Indian) parents rather than ‘Intra Country’ parents. They had obtained US citizenship after applying for adoption and CARA subsequently rejected the couple’s application. The HC has, however, said that this case due to its “peculiar circumstances” will not be a precedent for similar cases.

The husband is an IIT graduate while the wife is a graduate from an IIM. They have worked in many MNCs and had worked in the USA for a while. Married in 2006, they have been residents of Bengaluru since 2016. They made an application for adoption in 2016.

They applied for adoption through the Central Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System (CARINGS) and were registered a Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) in 2016. They were eligible for ‘in-country’ adoption at the time. But the husband obtained US citizenship shortly and it was intimated to CARA through a declaration. As per CARA’s direction, a new application was filed in 2017.

Papalal Ravi (extreme left) who was attacked. (Photo: DC)

Papalal Ravi (extreme left) who was attacked. (Photo: DC)

HYDERABAD: A man who adopted a Muslim girl after she lost her parents in the twin blasts that rocked the city in 2007 has claimed that he was repeatedly stabbed by another person earlier this month. The incident came to light on Friday. Mr Papalal Ravikanth, a resident of Shahinyathgunj, is recovering at the Osmania General Hospital.

“On June 1, while I was in my house, one Bal Kishan and others stabbed me on my legs, stomach and chest. “The doctors put 60 sutures on my body and saved me. I feared I would die. There are several persons who do not want me to live and are trying to kill me,” he said. He claimed that a few persons owing allegiance to some right wing organisations were behind the attack. Asked why he had to stay in the hospital for nearly a month, Mr Ravikanth said he had undergone three skin transplants as he had suffered deep wounds.

Mr Ravikanth, who makes idols of deities at Narsing Mandir in Sultan Bazaar, told this newspaper that people of the were harassing him for keeping a Muslim girl at his home. “We allow her to follow her religion. She brought happiness to our house and leads the other children in studies,” he said. The police has denied this version. When contacted, Shahinyathgunj inspector M. Ravindar Reddy said Mr Ravikanth was stabbed by Bal Kishan, who was involved in a murder case in the police station area a few months ago.

App to track, reunite missing children

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BENIN SIGNS AND RATIFIES THE 1993 HAGUE INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION CONVENTIONHome News Archive

Benin signs and ratifies the 1993 Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention

On 28 June 2018, Benin signed and deposited its instrument of ratification to?the?Hague?Convention of 29?May 1993 on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. With the signature and ratification of Benin, the 1993 Hague Convention now has 99 Contracting Parties. The Convention will enter into force for Benin on 1 October 2018.?

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At the ceremony, which took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (i.e., the Depositary of?the Hague?Conventions), the Embassy of Benin was represented by H.E. Zacharie Richard Akplogan, Ambassador, accompanied by Mr Robbert Blij, Honorary Consul of Benin in the Netherlands. On behalf of the Depositary, the Head of the Treaties Division, Ms Coos ‘t?Hoen, and Senior Legal Officer, Mr?Mark Groen, attended the ceremony. Secretary General Christophe Bernasconi and Principal Legal Officer Laura Martínez-Mora represented the Permanent Bureau of?the Hague?Conference on Private International Law.??