Babies Are Not Commodities
Children have human rights from the moment they are conceived. Therefore, child care or the transfer of child care must uphold children’s human rights.
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YH (27) cradles his son, who he just got back at his home in Probolinggo Regency, East Java, Tuesday (28/3/2023).
Illegal adoption, especially cases that only serve as a guise for child trafficking (Kompas, 11/5/2023), is a form of neglect and a violation of children’s rights, which includes violating the child’s best interests. From infancy, children have the right to their true identity and to know their ancestry. No one wants to be separated from their parents or family, let alone have their identity erased.
The practice of illegal adoption, for whatever reason, is clearly done for the personal interests of those involved and not for the benefit of the child. Reasons such as parents not being ready or able to care for children, as well as the desire of adoptive parents to have children, should not be used to transfer child custody.