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Government Plans Fresh Changes In Armenian Child Adoption Rules

Sep 222011
 
 September 22, 2011  Posted by at 1:14 am No Responses »

by Emil Danielyan
Reprinted from RFE/RL

 

The Armenian government is planning to make fresh and potentially far-reaching changes in its rules and procedures for international adoptions of children from Armenia following an RFE/RL report suggesting that they may still be riddled with corruption.

Relevant proposals drawn up by Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian’s office aim to increase the transparency of the process and reduce the role of obscure local middlemen working for Western adoption agencies. They are also meant to make it easier for Armenian families to adopt or bring up orphans.

Armenian children in an orphanage

Armenian children in an orphanage (courtesy Photolur)

An April 2011 report by RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am) said that U.S. adoption agencies seem to continue to make thousands of dollars in informal payments to Armenian officials dealing with foreign adoptions. In particular, it cited a sample contract signed by one such agency, Hopscotch Adoptions, with Americans wishing to adopt Armenian and Georgian children.

The contract, offered to a potential client in the United States in 2007, explained that almost $5,000 of more than $30,000 charged by Hopscotch for every adoption would be spent on “gifts to foreign service providers and government functionaries performing ministerial tasks as an offer of thanks for prompt service.” It claimed that such gifts are “customary” in Armenia and Georgia and do not violate U.S. law.

“Gifts and gratuities” were also a separate spending category in a sample agreement that was offered by another U.S. agency, Adopt Abroad, at least until last April.

Officials at the Armenian Ministry of Justice as well as anti-corruption campaigners in Yerevan agreed at the time that such payments amount to bribes and are therefore illegal in Armenia.

Government sources say Prime Minister Sarkisian took the report very seriously, instructing his senior staff to initiate a major revision of existing adoption rules. They were quick to come up with relevant proposals. Those were submitted in June, along with copies of the Hopscotch contract obtained by RFE/RL, to an inter-agency government commission on adoptions headed by Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasian. Continue reading “Government Plans Fresh Changes In Armenian Child Adoption Rules” »

U.S. Adoption Agencies Exposed For Child Trafficking From Armenia

Apr 262011
 
 April 26, 2011  Posted by at 5:20 pm 45 Responses »

 

Integrity of Foreign Adoptions In Armenia Still In Question

by Emil Danielyan
RFE/Radio Liberty
April 26, 2011

Armenia -- Children at an orphana

Armenia -- Children at an orphana

What is an informal payment made to an Armenian government official or civil servant performing their duties? Armenia’s Criminal Code defines it as a bribe that could be punishable by a lengthy prison sentence.

Yet some private U.S. agencies arranging international adoptions of children call it a mere “gift of gratitude” that reflects a long-established local custom and is not illegal. They have for years charged clients in the United States thousands of dollars for such payments which they say are necessary for adopting Armenian orphans. Continue reading “U.S. Adoption Agencies Exposed For Child Trafficking From Armenia” »

Be The Change

Jun 042010
 
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“Be The Change” – this is how Raw Radio titled its Episode 19, which is an interview I gave the online radio station about my activism on June 3. I believe it turned out to be a very informative 1 hour about a wide scope of issues, with which I have been concerned for the past decade, and which have been the principal agendas of my activism. The issues covered during the interview include corruption in Armenia, human trafficking, problems related to the Diaspora presence in Armenia, the mysterious circumstances of death of Armenian national hero Monte Melkonian, the unresolved gruesome murder of Nazareth Berberian, an American-Armenian businessman and philanthropist and many others. Click here to listen to the podcast.