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Sep 4, 20241 min read
New book release: Right to Origins
HRBB is proud to announce the publication of our latest book, "Right to Origins is a Human Right: Dialogues with Adoptees on Their Search...
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May 26, 20223 min read
[INTERVIEW] Defender of inter-country adoptees’ rights
Lee Kyung-eun, director at Human Rights Beyond Borders and author of “The Global Orphan Adoption System,” poses with her book at her...
May 8, 20227 min read
Today’s inter-country adoption system is not fit for purpose
This is presentation by Dr. Cantwell in an international conference held by the Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population...
Apr 17, 20224 min read
Court submission on responsibility to verify acquisition of citizenship of inter-country adoptees (P
This is part of a submission to the Korean court to assist judges in understanding the international norms for the case of Adam Crapser...
Apr 10, 20225 min read
Court submission on the ‘orphan-making’ process (Part 2)
A diagram showing system of “orphan-making” / Courtesy of Lee Kyung-eun The following text is the second piece of the Amicus Brief...
Apr 8, 20225 min read
Submission to court about Korea’s inter-country adoption program (Part 1)
This article is the 32nd in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Some of the articles of this series will dedicate space to parts of...
Jan 28, 20224 min read
Dialogues with Adoptees: Let’s make adoptees’ rights mainstream
This article is the 30th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected that the children they had...
Jan 8, 20225 min read
A pillar of the Hague Adoption Convention: Shared responsibility of receiving countries
This picture was taken right before Korea officially signed the convention on May 24, 2013, Chin Young, then-minister of health and...
Dec 7, 20215 min read
‘Vincenzo’ and adoption myth entrenched in Korean society
This article is the 25th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected that the children it had sent...
Nov 20, 20215 min read
Secrets of birth: Multiple layers of falsehoods in Korea’s birth documents
This article is the 23rd in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected that the children it had sent...
Oct 16, 20215 min read
What does Korean law say about adoptees’ right to information disclosure
This article is the 19th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Adoptees’ rights to access to information on their identity has not...
Oct 9, 20215 min read
Intercountry adoption is about human rights, not charity
In this Feb. 25, 1998, file photo, President Kim Dae-jung, right, puts his hand on his heart during his inauguration ceremony. Kim tried...
Oct 3, 20215 min read
Intercountry adoptions 1985-92: A numbers game for Korea’s national image
Number of children sent overseas for adoption / Courtesy of Lee Kyung-eun This article is the 17th in a series about Koreans adopted...
Sep 25, 20215 min read
The unrestrained expansion of ‘child exports’ during 1980s authoritarian period
The number of children sent overseas for adoption / Courtesy of Lee Kyung-eun This article is the 16th in a series about Koreans adopted...
Sep 9, 20214 min read
The failure of adoption system
This is the 14th article of the series on Korea’s policies on adoption. The history of the politics of adoption permanently affects and...
Aug 31, 20214 min read
Political decisions behind Korea’s adoption curve
This is the 12th article in an adoption series. So far, this series has covered the right to origin of adoptees from Korea. The second...
Aug 29, 20215 min read
The systematization of ‘child exports’ for economic and political aims
This is the 13th article in an adoption series. Some adoptees have echoed the previous article’s question, “What is the real reason this...
Aug 29, 20214 min read
The systematization of ‘child exports’ for economic and political aims
By Lee Kyung-eun If, as the dominant narrative claims, transnational adoption is about rescuing war orphans, then the surge in...
Jul 25, 20215 min read
‘Proxy adoption,’ the IR-4 visa and US citizenship for adoptees from Korea
This article is the ninth in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected that the children it had sent...
Jul 10, 20214 min read
Adoptees’ nationality of state of origin and negligence of duty of protection
This article is the seventh in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected that the children they had...
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