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Universal
Periodic Review
In
October of this year, Ireland will be examined by other UN countries on
our human rights record, otherwise known as the Universal Periodic
Review (UPR). This is the first time that this will happen.
In anticipation of this review, Adoption Rights Alliance has made
submissions to both the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Irish
Council of Civil Liberties' "Rights Now" campaign. On
Monday 21st March 2011 we submitted our main report directly to the
United Nations.
Click
here to view the submissions.
2010 Adoption Bill
Despite extensive lobbying and valiant efforts by opposition TDs,
the 2010 Adoption Bill passed without a single provision for Irish
adopted people who have been subjected to a closed secret adoption
system since 1952.
We urge everyone affected by adoption in Ireland, along with
family and friends, to demand an end to Ireland's closed secret adoption
system, by contacting their local TD's. Contact details are
available here.
If
you agree that adopted people's rights should be enshrined in legislation:
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Click
here to email Frances Fitzgerald, the Minister for Children
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Visit
your local TD's & Senator's clinics
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Write
to your local TD's & Senators
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Sample
Letters are being updated at the moment, check back soon
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Dail
List
of TD's by Constituency
Email
Addresses of all TD's
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Seanad
Will
be updated when the new Seanad is elected.
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We
believe the following changes should be made:
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Access
to Birth Certificates
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Access
to Adoption Files
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Statutory
based information and tracing services
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Strict
regulations for adoption agency practice and procedure
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The
deregistration of all church based adoption agencies
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Safeguarding
of all adoption files
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The
right to know you are adopted
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Inquiry
into illegal adoptions
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Inquiry
into vaccine trials
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Adoption
Authority operations under Freedom of Information &
Ombudsman’s Acts
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Stricter
regulations for intercountry adoptions & the abolition of
bilateral agreements
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Inquiry
into the treatment
of women in Mother and Baby Homes
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Information
rights for those conceived by assisted human
reproduction/embryo adoption
Submissions
Adoption
Rights Alliance has made a number of submissions regarding
legislative proposals and adoption in a human rights
context. Click
here to view.
Can You Help?
Do you
have unwanted Thom's Directories (any year)? Do you have old
phonebooks you are no longer using? If so we would be
happy to take them off your hands. If you have these or any materials that
you feel might be of help to us in assisting adopted people to research
their natural families contact
us. Thank you!
Adoption
Rights Alliance is a voluntary, unfunded group. If
you would like to make a donation to help cover our expenses you
can send a cheque to:
Adoption
Rights Alliance
The Mill House,
Millview Road,
Malahide,
Co. Dublin
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