Russian Ombudsman Calls for Halt in Intercountry Adoptions until Bilateral Agreements to Regulate Adoptions are Signed

By on 1-26-2011 in Abuse in adoption, Adoption, Russia

Russian Ombudsman Calls for Halt in Intercountry Adoptions until Bilateral Agreements to Regulate Adoptions are Signed

In an interview with Rossiiskaya Gazeta daily on Wednesday, Russia’s children’s rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov declared that adoptions should be halted until bilateral agreements are signed. In addition to the latest abuse case of Christoph Bigley, the 17 children who have died from abuse in the US as well as the case of Justin Hansen who was sent back on a plane to Russia last year were mentioned.

http://en.rian.ru/society/20110126/162307907.html
[RIA Novosti 1/26/11 by Grigoriy Sysoev]

The latest on the bilateral agreement talks is mentioned on the December 15th Adoption Notice http://adoption.state.gov/news/russia.html

“December 15, 2010

Delegations from the United States and Russia met December 1-3, 2010 in Washington, D.C. for the fifth round of talks on a bilateral agreement regarding intercountry adoptions.  The talks were fruitful, and further progress was made.  Several key issues remain under discussion; however, both sides remain committed to reaching an agreement.  A decision on scheduling future talks will be taken once both sides complete respective interagency reviews of the draft text”

Updates on the Christoph Bigley case can be found here: http://reformtalk.net/2011/01/russian-ombudsman-investigates-another.html

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