Lynelle starts the conversation on illegal and illicit adoptions that adoptive parents must have with their adopted children, highlighting the lack of supports.
Tag: illicit practices in international adoption
Adoptees at the Hague Special Commission
Lynelle shares the history of adoptee led organisation involvement at the Hague Special Commission meetings and the importance of adoptee voices being included.
Voices Against Illegal Adoptions Speak at the United Nations
Lynelle represents Voices Against Illegal Adoption (VAIA) to the United Nations Committees who drafted a joint statement about illegal intercountry adoptions.
Does Justice or Accountability Happen in Illicit Adoptions?
American adoptive mum Jessica Davis shares her thoughts since the guilty plea from adoption agency staffer, Debra Parris, who facilitated the illicit adoption.
Governments Finally Recognising Illicit and Illegal Intercountry Adoption Practices
This is one common scenario, it doesn't cover children overtly stolen from hospitals and many other ways I'm an adoptee remaining hopeful I’m very excited and feeling hopeful after hearing Belgium’s recent news, that their Minister has announced his intention to ask Parliament to suspend all adoptions for the next 2 years as a result …
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The Lie We Love
Jessica Davis writes critically about the lie we love and how our actions can perpetuate a system that separates families, instead of preserving them.