Back to the roots
Back to the Roots is an association based in the canton of Lucerne , which is committed to the interests of adult adopters from Sri Lanka in Switzerland . The association was founded by those affected on February 24, 2018.
Illegal adoption practices in Sri Lanka
In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, some 11,000 were Sri Lankan children by European couples adopted , including more than 700 in Switzerland. As early as the 1980s, various media wrote about illegal adoption practices. After the Dutch television program Zembla published its report Adoption Fraud - Part Two about the adoption scandal in Sri Lanka, Swiss media uncovered that many adoptions from Sri Lanka to Switzerland also took place under illegal circumstances and that babies were trafficked.
In March 2018 has the Swiss National Council , the postulate of Rebecca Ana Ruiz ( "bring light into the darkness. In the eighties, children from Sri Lanka in Switzerland illegally adopted") adopted and the Federal Office of Justice commissioned a report on the past adoption practices to be created in Switzerland. The Back to the Roots association is committed to ensuring that those affected are directly involved in the processing of the adoption practice in Switzerland and that the findings of the processing flow into the design of the adoption process.
Sarah Ineichen, President of Back to the Roots , took part in the 63rd session of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on October 15, 2018 , and presented the concerns of Back to the Roots there . The UN has included the concerns of the adoptees from Sri Lanka in its catalog of topics and discussed them with the Swiss delegation in early October 2019. The UN's final report to Switzerland included the recommendation to ensure adequate support, including psychological and financial support, for adoptees from Sri Lanka. The legal and administrative means should be strengthened in order to accompany those affected in their search. Back to the Roots sees this as an important step towards recognizing the needs of Sri Lankan adopters in Switzerland. According to the International Pact on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNO Pact I) of December 16, 1966, knowledge of one's own birth parents is a cornerstone for granting the right to one's own identity.
Areas of responsibility of the association
- Educating the public about the problem of illegal adoption procedures
- Building knowledge among those affected and the authorities about the effects of illegal adoptions
- Networking of adoptees from Sri Lanka in Switzerland
- Support for those affected in finding their origin
- DNA testing for mothers in Sri Lanka looking for their children
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Baby Lie. In: NZZ , February 19, 2019
- ↑ Adoption Fraud - Part Two , TV report from September 20, 2017 on the Dutch TV program Zembla on the BNNVARA broadcaster , accessed on August 9, 2019
- ↑ Sri Lanka confirms widespread adoption fraud. In: NZZ, September 21, 2017
- ↑ View Business. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Adopted children from Sri Lanka - a Swiss scandal , broadcast in the DOK series of Swiss radio and television on March 6, 2019
- ↑ Sarah Ineichen was stolen from her mother: "My adoption is a huge fraud" In: Aargauer Zeitung , October 7, 2018
- ^ CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 63 Pre-Sessional Working Group (15 Oct 2018 - 19 Oct 2018) on the UN website ohchr.org, accessed on 28 October 2019
- ↑ Video Consideration of Switzerland (Cont'd) - 35th Meeting, 66th Session Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights , UN Web TV, see from 44:30 min., Accessed on October 28, 2019
- ↑ Comité des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels: Observations finales concernant le quatrième rapport périodique de la Suisse * (Word file, French), October 18, 2019, accessed on October 28, 2019
- ↑ Recommendations of the UN for the implementation of Pact I by Switzerland , press release of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) of October 22, 2019