Roelie Post kept a diary on her work for the European Commission that aimed to help Romania reform its child protection. She soon found out that the intercountry adoption system in place was nothing short of a market for children, riddled by corruption. After international criticism this practice was halted temporarily.When redrafting laws, it became clear that in Romania’s reformed child protection there was neither place nor need for intercountry adoptions.A ferocious lobby that wanted to maintain intercountry adoptions stepped out.Worldwide, a nexus of adoption agencies, adoptive parents and politicians are use their powers to ensure that intercountry adoptions continue. Often they are successful. However, in Romania they were not.
The Romanian government, with support of the European Union, stood firm and took the decision to no longer export their children. A decision the adoption industry continues to challenge since 10 years.
The reader is taken along on an eight-year-travel, from 1999 to end 2006, and will be shown the story of the Romanian ‘orphans’ from a different light, where global politics and private interests compete with the rights of the child.
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Whistleblower Paul van Buitenen:
As a former European Commission official, I know that it is not obvious to write such a book. It is courageous and necessary to put this story on paper, as many misconceptions about the Romanian children’s adoption issue float around and have even caused the European Parliament to adopt a misguided written declaration on this issue. Well done Roelie
Press release FPPF: ‘reads like an exciting tale of mystery and espionage’
Vivid Magazine Romania: ‘a blow by blow account of the main lobbyists ‘
David Hayworth (journalist): ‘a shocking and forensic case history’
Marian van Teefelen (Kinderpostzegels) : ‘what is the EU about? About the Rights of the Child, or the pressure of a doubtful Western lobby?’
Mirah Riben (author): ‘A MUST READ’
Member of European Parliament Victor Bostinaru: ‘A DRAMATIC, AND AT TIMES INCONVENIENT TRUTH’