Category: 1993 Hague Convention

Korea’s Revised Adoption Process

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Jayme Hansen applauds South Korea's revised adoption process more aligned with Hague Convention guidelines, creating more oversight of vulnerable children.

Lifelong Impacts of Identity Loss

On By lynellelongIn 1993 Hague Convention, Adoptee vulnerability, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Professionals, adoption reform, Citizenship in Adoption, Compensation to Victims in Adoption, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Family Preservation, Forced separation, Generational trauma, Hague Special Commission, Illicit Adoption, Importance of Connections to Origins, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Multiple Identities, Not Knowing in Adoption, Origins Search, Politics of Adoption, Rights in Adoption, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Sense of Belonging, Survival mechanisms, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

Lynelle shares about the impact of identity loss in intercountry adoption, including the views of other adoptees to help build a more in-depth understanding.

Lived Experience Suggestions for Responses to Illicit Adoptions

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ICAVs newest Perspective Paper: How Authorities and Bodies could Respond to Illicit Adoptions

Adoptee Activism in America

On By lynellelongIn 1993 Hague Convention, Adoptee Activism, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Agencies, Adoption Education for Professionals, adoption reform, Birth Country, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Diversity in Adoption, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Politics of Adoption, Rights in Adoption, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, USA2 Comments

Lynelle shares about the importance of including adoptee lived experience at the Adoption Symposium for the US Department of State in 2020.

Degrees of Being Trafficked in Intercountry Adoption

On By lynellelongIn 1993 Hague Convention, Adoptee vulnerability, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Adoptive Parents, Adoption Education for Professionals, adoption reform, Adoptive Country, Australia, Birth Country, Compensation to Victims in Adoption, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Illegal Adoption, Illicit Adoption, Impacts to Biological Families, Importance of Connections to Origins, India, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Politics of Adoption, Return to Birth Country, Rights in Adoption, Therapy, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, What is an Illegal and Illicit Adoption?2 Comments

Lynelle writes critically about the lack of formal support for adoptees who have been trafficked via intercountry adoption.

Citizenship should be guaranteed in Intercountry Adoption

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Citizenship in America is not granted to all intercountry adoptees. This paper explores the topic critically from those with lived experience.