Film Screening and Debate - International Adoptions: A Global Scandal

Event

This one-night-only of the film screening 'International Adoptions: A Global Scandal' - held in parallel with the 27th session of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances and co-organized by our Geneva Human Rights Platform, the Department of International Law, the Graduate Institute, and the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances, will examine the ongoing unprecedented scandal surrounding international adoption. The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion and a Q&A session.

‘International adoption is currently at the heart of an unprecedented scandal: of the hundreds of thousands of babies adopted since the early 1950s, tens of thousands were stolen. In this documentary, we will join major investigative journalists, activists and researchers in South Korea, Sweden, France, Chile, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. A film by Christine Tournadre and Sonia Gonzalez (France). Produced by Anne Labro, Tangerine Productions, in coproduction with ARTE France, with the support of the CNC,PROCIREP-ANGOA, the Ile-de-France region. Other channels involved : RTS, RTBF, Telewizja Polska, DGP Media, TG4, Tele-Quebec.’

Watch the trailer.

Welcome

• Felix Kirchmeier, Executive Director, Geneva Human Rights Platform

Opening Address

• Olivier de Frouville, Chairperson of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances

Panelists

• Emmanuelle Hébert, Co-founder of 'Réseau des adoptés à l’international en France', (RAIF)
• Celin Sithy Fässler, responsable de communication, 'Back to the Roots'

Moderation

• Vanessa Clairet, Research Collaborator, Geneva Human Rights Platform