Brazil Baby Affair
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Coverup of State Facilitated Illegal Intercountry Adoptions
The Netherlands continue to coverup State facilitated illegal intercountry adoption. Dutch Lawmakers should hold their Justice Minister accountable for a deceitful adoption inquiry, commissioned by the State Committee investigating illegal intercountry adoption and the role of the State…. Read More
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INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION AND THE RIGHT TO IDENTITY: THE APPLICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARITY PRINCIPLE IN BRAZIL
10 August 2019 – LLM Thesis defended by Patrick Noordoven for the School of Law, University of Brasília, as per prerequisite to obtain the Masters in Law title. «This Thesis is dedicated to all persons who are deprived… Read More
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Dutch government to investigate the role of the State in respect to illegal intercountry adoptions
6 December 2018 – After years of demanding information from the Dutch State about illegal intercountry adoption practices from Brazil, the Justice Minister sent a letter to parliament in which the government announces to instigate an external committee… Read More
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Conférence: Dérives dans l’adoption 2017
On Saturday 18 November 2017 our founder Patrick Noordoven gave a presentation at the Conférence: Dérives dans l’adoption, hosted by La Voix des Adoptés and Born in Lebanon in Paris, France. His presentation was titled “La recherche des… Read More
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Adoption Initiative Conference 2016
On Friday 10 June our founder Patrick Noordoven gave a presentation at the 9th Biennial Adoption Conference “Myth and Reality in Adoption: Transforming Practice Through Lessons Learned” at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. He contributed… Read More
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Radio report: Illegally adopted Brazilians search for their roots
Since the 1970’s, many children from developing countries have been adopted by people from abroad, some of them illegally. In Brazil, foreign adoptions peaked in the 1980s. Those babies are now adults, and many are trying to find… Read More
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State involvement, intermediaries and financial gain
Dutch TV report “Achter het Nieuws” 22 February 1982 – Cathia Seeder provides an insight in the illegal adoption procedure and denounces the involvement of the Dutch State in the illegal adoption cases. Seeder later confessed to being… Read More
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NGO Event – ‘Right to Identity: Worldwide problems – Solutions in Brazil’
On Tuesday evening 24 March the NGO hosted a free event in São Paulo, Brazil. Read more about the event here.
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Defending the Rights of the Child
Dutch TV report “Achter het Nieuws” 22 February 1982 – Human Rights lawyer Lia Junqueira, from the Movement for the Defense for Children, defended the rights of the Brazilian babies who were trafficked for Illegal Intercountry adoption. Including… Read More
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NGO Event ‘Right to Identity’
On 10 February, a Swiss lawyer, a Brazilian Human Rights advocate and a Documentary Filmmaker from the US shared their experiences about the Right to Identity. Read more about the event here.
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Illegal Adoption Procedure
Dutch TV report “Achter het Nieuws” 22 February 1982 – Scene explains illegal adoption procedure. You can watch the video here.
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Bilingual website
We are proud to present our website in Brazilian Portuguese to you!
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Brazil Baby Affair in the News
“Child trafficking with help of State” – ‘Dutch civil servants knew about baby smuggling’ and ‘were involved in illegal adoptions’. Read the articles in Dutch in De Telegraaf or in English.
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Hague Talks
On 19 September 2014 our founder Patrick Noordoven spoke at the Hague Talks. We are sharing his talk and the video recording of the event.
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Press Release
With the public launch of the NGO a press release was sent out on 19 September 2014.
History
The phenomenon of Intercountry Adoption was established in the 1970s, and gave way to an increase in the practice of newborn children from third-world countries being made available to couples in first-world countries. Brazil became an important country… Read More
Mission
Since late 2019, we do not offer Family Tracing Assistance anymore; this page will be updated later. The Mission of the NGO is to provide assistance in family tracing requests in all de facto intercountry adoption cases from… Read More
Vision
The vision of the NGO Brazil Baby Affair consists of abolishment of possible reoccurrence of the deprivation of the human right to identity through false birth registration. To accomplish this vision, the NGO Brazil Baby Affair strives for… Read More
Family Tracing
Many Brazilian families are unable to search for their adopted family member and many Brazilians abroad are in search of their original families without any basic identity-defining knowledge.
It is the mission of the NGO Brazil Baby Affair to provide outcomes for all intercountry adoption cases that took place in Brazil.
The Current Cases section shows tracing cases in Brazil. By displaying these cases here, the original families are able to see if their “lost” family member is searching for them.
Louisa
Louisa grew up in Hamburg in a family with 4 siblings; some of them are adopted as well. She started to think about Brazil when she was about 14 years old. When she was in her twenties, Louisa… Read More