Conclusions Ethiopia 2010 Wivina Demeester

Conclusions my report April 10, 2010:

During these intense contacts and after thorough research together with the consul of the Belgian embassy, ??there appears to be no reason to adopt Ethiopia's adoption policy to review and I could not determine that serious mistakes were made. It is clear that in Ethiopia it is important that the principles of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child.

This does not mean that a number of aspects cannot be prepared more closely and that number of elements can be refined.

Proposals and areas for improvement:

1. It is necessary to go through the procedures more strictly and double-check all elements; better fewer adoptions than a risky adoption

2. In principle, I do not propose to propose children over 7 years old for adoption, unless the adoptive parents have explicitly asked for it, or unless it concerns siblings. To the parents must therefore be explicitly informed that such adoptions are not obvious because the children have already gone through a often difficult history.

3. The doctor must re-estimate the age without changing the documents, and if necessary for this purpose perform an additional medical examination. VCA and FCA are asked which modalities can be proposed.

4. Bruk and the orphanages are asked for the most exact background possible, without it

is fantasized about this. Parents ask stories too much. A foundling is one foundling, not much can be said about that. And there are still many foundlings.

5. The social reports must be truthful and carefully prepared, good knowing that they often know very little about the children and that nothing can be done about a foundling

be told.

6. An adjustment to the new expected procedure will require discipline from all services involved in adoption. This should certainly be discussed with VCA and FCA.

Conclusion from the Nl report to the second chamber, 16/2/2010: In view of the findings that have been found, I conclude that there is no reason to

reconsider existing adoption relationship between Ethiopia and the Netherlands. The license holders Stichting Afrika and Vereniging Wereldkinderen will be theirs today continue work. It is important that the World Children Association and the Africa Foundation continue to apply the additional safeguards built into the adoption procedures based on the findings. In addition, it is important to closely follow national developments in Ethiopia when building a child protection program where the best interests of the child are paramount.