ADOPTION LAW IN ROMANIA DOESN'T RESPECT INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

Article from Mediafax Nov. 10, 2006

DECOMBRET--ADOPTION LAW IN ROMANIA DOESN'T RESPECT INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

Brussels, Nov. 10, 2006

"The law from 2004 regarding adoptions in Romania includes an article which is against the United Nations Convention and the Hague Convention, because it forbids international adoptions," declared the president of the foundation SERA France, Francois DeCombret, in an attempt to force Romanian authorities to review the legislation in this area.

He explained that the international adoption of a Romanian child is not possible today except in the case where the one who wants to adopt the child is his grandparents.

"It is about a disguised ban on international adoptions. This article (nr. 39 from law 273/2004--n.r.) doesn't respect the international conventions ratified by Romania. The authors of these laws are not Romanian, but pretend to be international experts sent from the European Union," declared Parliamentarian DeCombret Thursday, on the occasion of the conference "European Policy of Adoption".