See here submission by Sabine Kujro McNeill of the Association of McKenzie Friends to the European Union Petitions Committee on forced adoption …
Author: suranya
International Adoptee Rights Organisation, ACT Against Child Trafficking Supports Case of Laila Brice – 7 April 2014
See here for letter from international adoptee rights organisation, ‘ACT Against Child Trafficking’ to the Latvian Ambassador in the United …
UK court demands return of four Latvian children – report by LSM.LV dated 8 December 2015
See here report of UK courts asking for forced return of Latvian families fleeing to Latvia with their children to escape …
Latvian Ministry of Justice Issues Guidelines on Harsh Foreign Child Protection Rules for Families Travelling Abroad – 25 February 16
This is a translation of the guidelines issued by the Latvian Ministry of Justice to build public awareness among immigrating …
Latvian Prime Minister Establishes High Level Working Group for Latvian Minors Facing Child Protection Proceedings Abroad (September 2015)
English translation of Latvian Prime Minister’s order of 22 September 2015 establishing a Working Group on children facing child protection …
Declaration on the Protection of the Rights of Minor Latvian Nationals in Foreign Countries
Declaration on the Protection of the Rights of Minor Latvian Nationals in Foreign Countries This is to announce that the …
Latvian Parliamentary Debate on Minors Confiscated by Child Protection Agencies Abroad
English translation Latvian Parliamentary debate of 28 January 2016 on the Declaration on the Protection of the Rights of Minor Latvian Nationals in Foreign Countries.
Scores of Latvian Children Deprived of their Families in Foreign Countries (Part I) by Julija Stepanenko
Latvian Member of Parliament Julia Stepanenko describes how large numbers of Latvian children abroad are unjustifiably removed from their families by foreign child protection services.
Part 3: Indian NGOs and Child Welfare Committees traumatise Nat children in the name of “child protection” by Madhu Kishwar
Social welfare laws are oppressing the very children they were meant to protect.
India Should Not Adopt A Western-Style Child Protection System by Joe Burns
Joe Burns is a prominent international activist and critic of Western Child Protection Services (CPS) from the Republic of Ireland. Over the last decade he has helped numerous innocent families, including many Indian ones, facing persecution by European child protection agencies. Read on for why Joe Burns warns India to develop her own child protection system and not adopt the Western one which is, in fact, abusing children in the name of child protection.