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Corruption in international adoptions
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Orphaned or Stolen?
The U.S. State Dept.
investigates adoption
from Nepal, 2006-2008
"Anatomy of an Adoption Crisis," ForeignPolicy.com, September 12, 2010
- Map: Geography of an Adoption Crisis
- Experts respond
to "Anatomy of an
Adoption Crisis"
- Primary sources: U.S. government documents, 2007-2008 (obtained via Freedom of Information Act)
- Startling quotes from released documents
- By province: References to adoption problems
- Denying an orphan visa: USCIS appeals
- Visa denied: The story of one family
- U.S.-VN Memorandum of Agreement, 2005
- U.S. Department of State: Vietnam adoption notices
- Licensed adoption agencies listed by province, 2006-2008
- Adoption agencies licensed to work in Vietnam, 2006-2008
"The Baby Business," Democracy Journal, Summer 2010
- "The Baby Business"
with footnotes - Experts respond
to "The Baby Business" - Policy proposals for
fairer international
adoption practice - Key documents:
Hague regulation - Specific regulation changes
- Cash required: Bad practice
"The Lie We Love," Foreign Policy magazine, Nov./Dec. 2008
- “Where do babies come from?”: country-by-country map of reported adoption irregularities
- "The Orphan Trade: A look at families affected by corrupt international adoptions," Slate.com,
May 8, 2009 - "The Adoption Underworld," The Washington Post,
Jan. 11, 2009- "The orphan manufacturing chain," The Washington Post, Jan. 11, 2009
- "Out of Cambodia," The Washington Post, Jan. 11, 2009
- Awards for "The Lie We Love"
Commentary:
- "Adopting new standards on adoption," "Comment is Free," Guardian.co.uk, Sept. 10, 2010.
- "Preventing Adoption Disasters," The Boston Globe, April 17, 2010.
- The New York Times "Room for Debate": "Haiti's Children and the Adoption Question," with commentary by E.J. Graff and other prominent experts, Feb. 1, 2010.
- "The Seamier Side of International Adoption,"
The New York Times Opinion Blog, May 10, 2009. - "The problem with saving the world's 'orphans'," The Boston Globe,
Dec. 11, 2008.
- “Where do babies come from?”: country-by-country map of reported adoption irregularities
- Map: Geography of an Adoption Crisis
- Experts respond to
"Anatomy of an Adoption Crisis"
- Experts respond
to "The Baby Business" - Reader responses
to "The Baby Business" - Reader responses to
"The Lie We Love" - The orphan myth:
Responses to criticisms
Country by country: adoption corruption reports from around the world:
- ALBANIA
- ARMENIA
- BELARUS
- CAMBODIA
- CAMEROON
- CHAD
- CHINA
- COLOMBIA
- CONGO<
- EL SALVADOR
- ETHIOPIA
- GUATEMALA
- HAITI
- HONDURAS
- INDIA
- INDONESIA
- KENYA
- KYRGYZSTAN
- LIBERIA
- MARSHALL ISLANDS
- MEXICO
- MOLDOVA
- MOZAMBIQUE
- NEPAL
- NIGERIA
- PARAGUAY
- PERU
- PHILIPPINES
- POLAND
- ROMANIA
- RUSSIA
- SAMOA
- SIERRA LEONE
- SWAZILAND
- UGANDA
- UKRAINE
- VIETNAM
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News reports of adoption
irregularities in the
Republic of the Congo
Below are some news articles compiled by the Schuster Institute about adoptions from the Republic of the Congo.
“Congo-Brazzaville; Government Lifts Ban On Foreign Adoptions,” March 5, 2008, allAfrica.com.
Article reports that the Republic of Congo lifted the ban on the international adoption of children that had been imposed four months earlier. The suspension took place following the arrest of members of a French NGO in Chad who were charged with abducting children for families in Europe.
“Chad Arrests Prompt Suspension of International Child Adoption,” November 1, 2007, allAfrica.com.
The Congo temporarily suspended international adoptions in the wake of the Zoe’s Ark incident in Chad. The article cites the Congolese minister in charge of justice and human rights, saying that adoption processes are often not followed. Article reports that a 2006 joint study by the Congo government, the Justice and Peace Commission, and the UN Children's Fund revealed that there were about 2,000 child victims of cross-border trafficking in Congo during that year. Most of those children came from West African countries, including Benin, Mali, Senégal and Togo. Others were from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon.”
NOTE: This page from the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism website offers documentation of and background about serious irregularities in international adoption. For the systemic analysis of corruption in international adoption, please read “The Lie We Love,” Foreign Policy magazine, Nov./Dec. 2008, and visit our webpages dedicated to international adoption. For ideas about fairer policy solutions, please read “The Baby Business,” Democracy Journal, Summer 2010.
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