The Australian Central Authority under the Hague has published the following information on its intercountry adoption web pages. Please note that despite the fact that the Australian government states this information was made available to all Central Authorities in September 2012, the US DOS has not published any updated information concerning the Philippine program since the winter of 2011. For …
Category: Bans/Suspensions/ Moratoriums
DOS Adoption Alert: Kazakhstan Suspends Intercountry Adoptions
Kazakhstan August 21, 2012 Alert: Kazakhstan Suspends Intercountry Adoptions The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan informed the U.S. Embassy in Astana on August 9 that Kazakhstan is suspending intercountry adoptions to the United States, effective immediately. Ambassador Susan Jacobs, Special Advisor for Children’s Issues, met with government officials in Kazakhstan on August 16 to address the Ministry’s concerns. The …
DOS Adoption Alert: Suspension of Adoptions Lifted in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone April 30, 2012 Alert: Suspension of Adoptions Lifted in Sierra Leone On April 13, 2012, the Government of Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs lifted the suspension on intercountry adoptions that it enacted on May 21, 2009. Official information states at this time that any new intercountry adoptions will take place under the …
Lithuania Limits Foreign Applications for Adoption
The Central Authority will no longer accept any applications from non-citizen single persons, and will only accept applications from non-citizen couples for the adoption of special needs children. Married couples where one spouse is a citizen of Lithuania will continue to be able to adopt under the previous rules. Families currently registered with the Lithuanian Central Authority will not be …
Govt extends deadline for inter-country adoptions (The Himalayan Times)
Govt extends deadline for inter-country adoptionsThe Himalayan Times 2012-02-25KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare has extended the deadline for applications from foreigners to adopt Nepali children after it received only a handful of requests.Foreign parents who want to adopt Nepali children now have two more months to file their application, which was due by mid-February for this …
Sri-Lanka: Media Updates and Information Concerning Orphanage Raid and Ban on Adoptions
Various media outlets are reporting on the recent raid of an orphanage in Sri Lanka and the subsequent arrest of a nun on suspicion of her involvement in child-trafficking for adoption. The orphanage involved is ‘Prem Nivesa’ at Rawatawatte, Moratuwa. According to the media sources, the Sri Lankan authorities have placed a ban on adoption of children from this orphanage …
Nepal — Paper Orphans documentary posted on the web
Nepal — Paper Orphans documentary posted on the web: Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B5QiFFxAu4 Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0adJdVBPvtoPart 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsUWaToRWuQPart 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Fyy3UY_U0 It would be useful if the FBI and Interpol took a good look at the Western organizations that worked with these homes. Some background to the TDH/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans. The Terre des hommes/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans was a …
Paper Orphans documentary posted on the web
Nepal — Paper Orphans documentary posted on the web: Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B5QiFFxAu4 Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0adJdVBPvtoPart 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsUWaToRWuQPart 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Fyy3UY_U0 It would be useful if the FBI and Interpol took a good look at the Western organizations that worked with these homes. Some background to the TDH/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans. The Terre des hommes/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans was a …
Swiss National Radio on Nepali adoptions (English translation)
Swiss National Radio on Nepali adoptions (English translation): Soundbite Music Kamala Tamang lives in a mountain village far off Katmandu. She is the mother of two sons and one girl. After divorce, she went to the city where she found work in a hotel. She gave her children to an orphanage because she believed that they would get good education …
Disabled kids to get priority in adoption (The Himalayan Times)
Disabled kids to get priority in adoption (The Himalayan Times) 2011-09-10 HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: The government is to give priority to ‘children with special needs’ –– those who have some kind of disability –– for inter-country adoption, said a committee established to monitor inter-country adoptions. To pave way for the new provision, the government in January amended the Inter-Country …