DOS Adoption Notice Romania: Agency Authorization Required by Romanian Law

Romania June 28, 2012 Notice: Agency Authorization Required by Romanian Law The Romanian Office for Adoptions (the Office) reported to the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest that it will allow private non-profit organizations accredited in the foreign receiving country to transmit documents in intercountry adoption procedures provided that they are also authorized by the Office. U.S. accredited agencies that would like …

DOS Adoption Notice Romania: New Adoption Law in Effect

Romania April 10, 2012Notice: Romania New Adoption Law in Effect The Romanian Office for Adoptions announced that its new adoption law went into effect on April 7, 2012. The new law allows for intercountry adoptions of Romanian children by relatives of the fourth degree of kinship, the spouse of the child’s natural parent, and Romanian citizens who are habitually resident …

MEDIA: Romanian Adoptees Reunite with Firsta Families, Friends

This series was broadcast in Romania in the Fall of 2009 on Antena 1 TV and is now available on Youtube. They are extremely powerful and touching videos. Part 1:http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=yPOetgu-xfA Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=gEATguSprmY& feature=related Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=V5ZIwZfl44& feature=relatedPart 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=c6ZR-9Y2vd4& feature=related Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ATKKPjVGijs& feature=related Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=1MYMvnS8dwY& feature=related Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All …

UN Recommends that Romania Lift Adoption Moritorium

UN Press Release: 12 June 2009Original: EnglishADVANCE UNEDITED VERSIONCOMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILDFifty-first sessionCONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 44 OF THE CONVENTIONConcluding observations: ROMANIA Paragraph 55 55. The Committee recommends that the State party, taking into account the new adoption laws and guarantees of legal procedures for inter-country adoption in conformity with the Hague …