Category: ethics
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Paraguay’s Lost Children #1: The International Adoptions In The Stroessner Era
by Sol Orrabalis Link to story For decades, thousands of Paraguayan children were adopted by families abroad. Often described as Paraguay’s “lost children” or “Stroessner babies”, many adult adoptees are now searching for their origins. At the same time, questions remain about the systems, vulnerabilities, and unanswered stories behind their departures. In the final years…
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Stolen Identities: Thousands of Sri Lankan Adoptees Still Searching for the Families They Lost
Thousands of Sri Lankan Adoptees Still Searching for the Families They Lost Link to story Decades after thousands of Sri Lankan children were adopted overseas, growing efforts to reconnect them with their biological families are revealing personal stories, disputed records, and the lasting legacy of a little-examined chapter in the country’s adoption history. For more…
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Costa Rica Adoption Review Deepens After Norway Final Report
Link to story Norway’s final report on international adoptions has turned Costa Rica’s recent file review into a sharper official finding: Norwegian authorities did not do enough to understand how some Costa Rican children were declared abandoned before being sent abroad for adoption. The finding follows PANI’s May decision to review 101 adoption files involving Costa Rican…
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Korea’s child rights agency data mishandling draws ire from overseas adoptees
By Jung Da-hyun Published May 11, 2026 Link to story Data breach seen not just as security failure, but threat to identity, dignity This image shows the main page of the National Center for the Rights of the Child (NCRC) website / Captured from NCRC website A recent data breach at the National Center for the Rights…
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Korean adoptees submit new round of investigation requests to Truth and Reconciliation Commission
BY KIM CHANG-YONG Link to story Overseas adoptees submit a petition to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in central Seoul seeking an investigation into forced overseas adoption of mixed-race children and abuse at child care facilities on March 30. [NEWS1] Korean adoptees who were sent abroad between the 1970s and 1990s filed a new round…
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[Column] The Korean government has a duty to overseas adoptees
Posted on : 2026-05-10 With the third term of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission now in full swing, I hope that adoptees are able to learn the truth about where they come from and how they came to be sent abroad Link to story Illustration by Jaewoogy_ma@naver.com By Lee Suk-tae, former Constitutional Court justice On Aug.…
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Birth Mothers Harmed by Overseas Adoption Speak Out: “Government Negligence Must Be Thoroughly Investigated”
by Bae Kyunghwan Link to story Birth Mothers Harmed by Overseas Adoption File Petition with TRCCall for Dedicated Investigative Body on Forged Documents and Human Rights Violations The Coalition for the Truth and Accountability on Overseas Adoption and Children’s Rights (hereinafter TRACE) submitted a petition for truth-finding on behalf of five birth mothers who suffered…
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8 Korean adoptees sue Danish state over human rights
March 26, 2025. AP-Yonhap Link to story COPENHAGEN — Eight people adopted by Danish citizens from South Korea in the 1970s and 1980s are suing Denmark for allegedly denying them the right to their identity, origin and family life, their lawyer said Monday. In the lawsuit, the eight, who were all adopted when they were…
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South Korean minister commits to enhancing legal remedies for adoptees and victims of state abuses
Link to story south korean minister commits to enhancing legal remedies for adoptees and victims of state abuses GWACHEON, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s justice minister has pledged to expand access to judicial remedies for victims of state-led abuses, including foreign adoptees whose adoptions were marred by widespread fraud under previous military governments. Using…
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Swedish Adoptee Discovers She Was Kidnapped From Colombia at 1 Year Old
By Emma Tiger Link to story Paula Dahlberg from Vittaryd, Sweden, was born in Colombia and adopted as a child by a couple in Härnösand, where she grew up. In the adoption papers, she was given a new name: Paola Andrea became Paula, with Andrea as a middle name. As a teenager, she began to…
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