PEAR’s Statement on Russia’s Potential Ban of Intercountry Adoption by United States Citizens On December 21, 2012, Russia’s legislature overwhelming supported the proposed Federal Law No 186614-6, also known as the Dima Yakovlev Law, which includes dissolving the current Bi-lateral Agreement on Adoption and bans the adoption of Russian children by US Citizens. The proposed Russian law contains other provisions …
Category: Petitions
Advocacy Alert: Adoptive Parent Petition to the Joint Council on International Child Services
An adoptive mother of a child from Ethiopia has started a petition to the JCICS to reconsider their “Emergency Campaign” to the slowdown in adoption processing in Ethiopia. The preamble for the petition states: This is a response of adoptive parents, prospective adoptive parents, adoptees, and others with an interest and concern in the international adoption programs with Ethiopia to …