PEAR Statement on Nepal Adoptions The country of Nepal reopened its intercountry adoption program in January of 2009 after closing in 2007 due to allegations of trafficking and corruption. At the time it reopened, PEAR was cautiously optimistic that Nepal would be able to follow this new program and adoptions would be transparent, ethical and in the best interests of …
Month: February 2010
MEDIA: Kazakhstan – Senate passes ratification of convention on protection of children and foreign adoption
Parliament ratified convention on protection of children and foreign adoption Astana. February 25. Kazakhstan Today – The deputies of the Senate of Parliament of Kazakhstan at the plenary session today passed the Law on Ratification of Convention on Protection of Children and Foreign Adoption, the agency reports. According to the conclusion of the Senate Committee for Welfare Development, “the convention …
Dalit Couple Foils Adoption Of Offspring (Republica)
Dalit Couple Foils Adoption Of Offspring OM ASTHA RAI KATHMANDU, Feb 24: After desperate searches, a downtrodden Dalit family from Nuwakot district has retrieved its lost children, who were nearly adopted by an American couple. Rajan Nepali, 27, who works as a manual laborer in Kathmandu to feed his family, had sent his children–son Kaushal, 7, and daughter Karuna, 3, …
Observations of Nepal’s Troubled Adoption System from a Past Perspective
By Barbara McArtneyAttorney at LawDirector, Graham’s Gift Children’s FoundationBoard Member, PEAR The Government of Nepal suspended international adoptions in 2007 in order to reform its process, then widely criticized as being corrupt and rife with irregularities. Under new terms and conditions written in 2008 that accredited orphanages and licensed foreign agencies, Nepal reopened to US adoptions in 2009. At the …
Statement by International Adoption Working Group
Embassy of the United StatesPublic Affairs OfficeKathmandu, Nepal Tel: 400-7200 February 24, 2010 Statement by International Adoption Working Group The ad hoc International Adoption Working Group strongly encourages the Government of Nepal to act swiftly to strengthen the adoption process by implementing all 1993 Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoption regulations, including implementing measures aimed at ensuring authenticity and accuracy of …
UPDATE: Haiti February 24 Teleconference
Haiti Teleconference-February 24, 2010 PEAR was in attendance for the first hour of the teleconference. The first 30 minutes were updates on • This past weekend’s delay of 6 children• Establishment of commercial flights to Haiti• US Embassy hours of operation in Port Au Prince• Information on the next steps for regularizing immigration status of children who were granted Humanitarian …
UPDATE: Poland – PEAR’s Cautionary Statement on Adoption from Poland
PEAR’s Cautionary Statement on Adoptions from Poland Over the past four months PEAR has received numerous complaints and requests for assistance from families who are in the process of adopting from Poland or who have completed a recent adoption from Poland. The majority of these situations involved inaccurate, incomplete, or falsified medical and psychosocial histories of the children to be …
Diplomats urge Nepal to strengthen adoption rules (AFP)
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” …
UPDATE: Haiti – Next Steps to Citzenship for Children Brought to US Post-Earthquake
February 23, 2010:Information for Adoptive Parents of Paroled Haitian Orphans Obtaining Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) Status and U.S. Citizenship Introduction: Under normal circumstances, a child immigrating to the United States from Haiti as the adopted orphan child of a U.S. citizen is adopted before leaving Haiti, and is then admitted to the United States with an immigrant visa for Lawful …
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 …