Article 21: Adoption

USA: Supreme Court wrestles with notion of child's best interest in adoption case
18/Apr/2013 News
Summary: The Supreme Court in America is trying to sort out a wrenching adoption case involving a Native American child, a...
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ARGENTINA: Pope Francis and Argentina's 'disappeared' pregnant women and children
11/Apr/2013 News
Summary: The election of Pope Francis has thrown a spotlight on his conduct as a priest under Argentina's military...
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RUSSIA: Are efforts to help thousands of 'abandoned' children being resisted?
3/Apr/2013 News
Summary: Ambitious plans to reduce the number of orphans in Russia are running into strong institutional resistance, child...
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AUSTRALIA: Prime Minister apologises for forced adoptions
22/Mar/2013 News
Summary: The Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a historic national apology in Parliament on 21 March to...
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LIBERIA: Persistent violations of children's rights
31/Jan/2013 Publication
Summary: The violations highlighted are those issues raised with the State by more than one international human rights...
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RUSSIA: Russia Demands Reconsideration of Adoptive Father's Reprieve
24/Jan/2013 News
Summary: Russia's Foreign Ministry is to demand a review of the acquittal of a man charged with manslaughter, following...
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RUSSIA: Another adopted Russian boy beaten to death in US
24/Jan/2013 News
Summary: Seven-year-old Ivan Skorobogatov, adopted by an American family from Russia's Chelyabinsk region, was allegedly...
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LITHUANIA: Persistent violations of children's rights
24/Jan/2013 Publication
Summary: The violations highlighted are those issues raised with the State by more than one international human rights...
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RUSSIA: Adoption agencies shut after Russian child dies in U.S
24/Jan/2013 News
Summary: Moscow has banned three international adoption agencies after a young Russian boy died in the U.S. ...
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RUSSIA: Russia Seeks Ways to Keep Its Children
23/Jan/2013 News
Summary: MOSCOW — Russia would like to stop giving away its babies. Within days or weeks, it will probably lift the...
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