Adoption Issues

 

Multiethnic Placement Act Enforcement Decisions, click here.

International Adoption Policy Positions

International Adoption Policy Statement and Supporting Report:

       Endorsed by 7 organizations to date:             

• The American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, May 2008 http://www.adoptionattorneys.org
  
• Harvard Law School Child Advocacy Program, May 2008
  
• The Center for Adoption Policy, June 2008
  
• National Council For Adoption, April 2009
  NCFA Endorsement and Related Article
  
• University of San Diego Children's Advocacy Institute, May 2009
• University of San Francisco - School of Law Child Advocacy Clinic, May 2009
• Both Ends Burning, May 2010
  

Endorsed by 132 faculty members and related legal professionals to date:

• Click here to view the full list of individual endorsements.

To Join the Campaign to Endorse the Policy Statement :

• For more about the Campaign, click here.
• If you are a faculty member of a law school (domestic or abroad) or if you represent a law school clinic, program, or independent organization and you would like to endorse the Policy Statement, click here.
  

American Bar Association Recommendation on International Adoption, adopted by House of Delegates August 11, 2008, and Supporting Report

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearing on Unparented Children and Related International Adoption Policies, Nov. 6, 2009, Presentation by HLS CAP and Center for Adoption Policy, click here.

The Way Forward Project Report, Nov. 8, 2011, click here.

• Separate Statement (Report p.85) by Elizabeth Bartholet, Dana E. Johnson, Tendai Masiriri, and Elizabeth Styffe, click here.
  
  
• Oral Statement by Elizabeth Bartholet, Washington, DC, Nov. 8, 2011, click here. PowerPoint Presentation, click here.

International Adoption Statistics, 1994-2011, click here.

Adoption News: Interview, Editorials, Press Releases

Ellizabeth Bartholet's writings on International Adoption referenced in TDH Ontario’s July 2011 quarterly newsletter. Click here to read the newsletter.

Elizabeth Bartholet “Left in limbo: Nepalese adoptions halted,” An Interview with Habiba Nosheen and Lisa Desai, Need to Know on PBS, May 6, 2011 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/video/video-left-in-limbo-nepalese-adoptions-halted/9158/

Elizabeth Bartholet "Should the U.S. Ratify the CRC? A Look at the Pros and Cons," An Interview with Stephanie Marudas, February 23, 2011

Elizabeth Bartholet "How to Prevent Adoption Disasters," NYTimes Room for Debate blog, April 15, 2010

Elizabeth Bartholet "Haiti's Children and the Adoption Question," NYTimes Room for Debate blog, February 1, 2010

Elizabeth Bartholet and Paulo Barrozo "Amid Disaster, Haitian Orphans Find Homes," NPR-online, January 21, 2010

Elizabeth Bartholet "Celebrity Adoptions and the Real World," NYTimes Room for Debate blog, May 10, 2009

"Save the Children from Save the Children," Joint Press Release on Madonna's Second Adoption and Related International Adoption Issues, April 2009

Documentary Films

Paul Feine, "Abandoned in Guatemala: The Failure of International Adoption Policies," October 2011. Click here to view. See also Andrea Poe, “Drew Carey's Reason -- TV program casts spotlight on UNICEF's role in decreased numbers of adoption in Guatemala,” The Washington Times Communities, 10/18/2011.