Diplomats urge Nepal to strengthen adoption rules (AFP) KATHMANDU (AFP) – Diplomats in Nepal on Wednesday urged the government to tighten controls on international adoptions after the parents of a child put up for adoption said they had not given their permission. In a statement issued by the US embassy, diplomats from 14 countries urged the government “to act swiftly” …
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Activities of Child Homes Suspicious (Gorkhapatra)
Activities of Child Homes Suspicious (Gorkhapatra) The government newspaper — translated from Nepali. Activities of Child Homes Suspicious Gorkhapatra — 23 Feb. 2010 Kathmandu – The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare has taken action against one orphan home for presenting fake documents. Only last week the Hague Convention submitted a report saying that the Nepalese orphan homes are …
Nepal’s Adoption System Unreliable: US (Republica)
Nepal’s Adoption System Unreliable: US KIRAN CHAPAGAIN KATHMANDU, Feb 23: The United States has accused Nepal´s inter-country adoption of being unreliable and cautioned prospective adoptive US parents to find out orphan status of the minors before taking any decision on adoption from Nepal. “We caution prospective adoptive parents who have yet to choose a country that the inter-country adoption system …
Announcing Ethica’s Ethiopia Transparency Survey
In the interest of advancing transparency in adoptions in Ethiopia, Ethica has invited all U.S. agencies with Ethiopia international adoption programs to provide information about their Ethiopia program by taking part in a brief survey. Agency responses will be posted and participating Adoption Service Providers will be acknowledged on Ethica’s website. All agencies known by Ethica to have licensed Ethiopia …
“Choose a different country” — Dawn Davenport
“Choose a different country” — Dawn Davenport I urge potential adoptive parents to be extremely cautious before choosing Nepal as a country from which to adopt. Adoptions from Nepal are highly unstable now. The Nepali government has said each agency may only process 10 adoptions per year. Children that have already been referred but not adopted are not grandfathered in …
Two articles in the Nepali Times
Two viewpoints on suspending adoptions from Nepal: Looking for a home A suspension on inter-country adoption will give the government time to work on strict adoption legislation MALLIKA ARYAL FROM ISSUE #490 (19 FEB 2010 – 25 FEB 2010) The Nepal Government suspended inter-country adoption in 2007 following evidence that Nepali ‘orphanages’ were selling children for thousands of dollars to …
Nepal Adoption Notice — U.S. State Department
Nepal Adoption Notice — U.S. State Department http://adoption.state.gov/news/nepal.html U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues ________________________________ February 17, 2010 The Hague Conference on Private International Law has recently released a report on its Intercountry Adoption Technical Assistance Program, based on a visit by the Hague delegate to Nepal in November 2010(http://www.hcch.net/upload/wop/nepal_rpt09.pdf). This report is based on an …
MEDIA: Ethiopia Adoption in Spotlight Again
Last night CBS ran a story on an adoption from Ethiopia through CWA entitled: Child: US Adoption Agency Bought Me – CBS News Investigates Serious Questions about the Legitimacy of Some Ethiopian AdoptionsThe video can be seen here:http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/15/cbsnews_investigates/main6210911.shtml CWA’s statement concerning CBS February 15 broadcast can be read here:http://www.cwa.org/cbsnews-response.htm PEAR understands that CBS is formulating a rebuttal to the CWA …
Nepalese Child Trafficking Abuses Adoption Process (LexisNexis)
Rule of Law 2/9/2010 8:32:35 AM EST Nepalese Child Trafficking Abuses Adoption Process: http://law.lexisnexis.com/webcenters/RuleofLawResourceCenter/Issues-Spotlight/Rule-of-Law/Nepalese-Child-Trafficking-Abuses-Adoption-Process Posted by Rule of Law Resource Center Staff Three years ago, Nepal temporarily suspended international adoptions because children were fraudulently identified as orphans and placed for adoption abroad without parental consent. Although adoptions resumed under new rules, The Hague Conference on Private International Law has recommended …
Nepal — the Hague report
Nepal — the Hague report Intercountry Adoption Technical Assistance Programme – Report of Hague Conference Mission to Nepal (23-27 November 2009): http://www.hcch.net/upload/wop/nepal_rpt09.pdf Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All Adoptions Deserve.http://www.pear-now.org/