Switzerland plans to ban international adoptions after past scandals. Is this about child welfare or politics?

As an adoptive father of a Chinese daughter, my heart sank when I heard that China had terminated its international adoption program. The decision leaves countless orphaned children without the ...

This led to some people looking to adopt from abroad. From the 1960s onwards, there was a wave of adoptions from Asian countries, and later from South America and Africa. From 1989, there was an ...

The Hague Convention, which governs international adoption, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's government said on Wednesday it planned to ban international adoptions due to concerns about abuses in the practice. Based on the findings of an independent group ...

Bern, 29.01.2025 - In Switzerland, it will no longer be possible to adopt children from abroad in the future. The Federal Council has instructed the Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) to ...

WHEN SHAKIR MOHAMED and his male partner wanted to start a family in London, they looked to adopt a child. But faced with a laborious process and long waiting times, they instead turned to surrogacy.