June 2011 Notice: Update of status of adoptions in Cambodia The Office of Children’s Issues wishes to provide a further update for American Citizens interested in intercountry adoptions with Cambodia. Although Cambodia is a party to the Hague Adoption Convention, they are still working to establish the necessary internal child welfare structures to function as a Hague partner. The Cambodian …
UNICEF Concern Prompts Cambodian Investigation of Orphanages Robert Carmichael March 23, 2011 Phnom Penh The Cambodian government has begun investigating the country’s orphanages; just days after the United Nations Children’s Fund expressed its concerns that nearly three out of four children in the country’s orphanages have at least one living parent. Earlier this week, UNICEF said most of the 12,000 …
The following stories were published today concerning the visit by US Department of State officials to Cambodia Voice of America: US Maintains Ban on Cambodian Adoptions Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh Friday, 18 March 2011 A US envoy for children’s issues declined to lift a ban on US adoptions from Cambodia Friday, despite the 2009 passage of an …
Media Note Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC March 14, 2011 Special Advisor for Children’s Issues Ambassador Susan Jacobs will visit Cambodia and Vietnam March 16 – 23 for meetings on intercountry adoptions. In Cambodia, she will meet with government officials and non-governmental adoption stakeholders to discuss how the United States can work together with the Cambodian government to further …
The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism asked a number of experts, practitioners, and advocates in international adoption to respond to “The Baby Business,” Democracy Journal, Summer 2010 by E. J. Graff. You may read all the responses . This is PEAR’s response: It is an unfortunate truth that international adoption is plagued by corruption. We appreciate E.J. Graff’s coverage of …
This posting was on the Yahoo group Global_Adoption_Triad, and PEAR has been given permission by the author, Judi Mosley, to post it here. Members of PEAR’s board have known Judi for many years and consider her one of our major inspirations. Her daughter Camryn, adopted from Cambodia, was trafficked by Lauryn Galindo, and Camryn’s victim statement can be found here: …
The following article was reported at http://khmernz.blogspot.com/2010/03/foreign-adoptions-by-2011.html via CAAI News Media Tuesday, 30 March 2010 15:05Mom Kunthear and Irwin Loy CAMBODIA plans to reopen the door to foreign adoptions by the end of March 2011, officials said Monday, meaning the Kingdom has one year to meet strict international guidelines put in place to prevent child trafficking. The announcement comes after …
Camryn Mosely recently completed an interview with Guam Family Magazine. The resulting article was published in November 2009 and is now available online at: http://issuu.com/guamfamilymagazine/docs/nov09issuehires Camryn was adopted from Cambodia in December 1999. Her adoption adoption story was highlighted in the Washington Post and People magazine after it was discovered and reported that her history and documents had been falsified. …
Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues March 2010 On December 3, 2009, new legislation on intercountry adoption was signed into law in Cambodia. The new law seeks to create a country-wide comprehensive child welfare system and an intercountry adoption process in compliance with the Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention (the Convention) to which Cambodia is …
Adoption Notice: Cambodia The following email Alert was sent out by the DOS this morning: December 24, 2009 On December 3, 2009, a new law on intercountry adoption was signed by the King of the Government of Cambodia. The new law seeks to create a country-wide comprehensive child welfare system and an intercountry adoption process in compliance with the Hague …