#InvestigateAdoptionNow
We encourage people to demand an in-depth study of the adoption system in all Nordic contries. Share the message, use the hashtags, write to your local politician and demand change.
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About TAU
Transnational Adoptees United/TAU is a collective of organisations sharing a critical perspective on transnational adoption.
- We call upon all Nordic countries, who build on the same adoption model to stop the colonial practice of transnational adoptions.
- We call for transparency and full disclosure of falsifications and loss of human rights within transnational adoption.
- We call for the original families rights to be protected and governments to take responsibility for adoptees forced to live without any knowledge of their origin.
Our Goals
- An in-depth independent investigation of transnational adoption in each of the Scandinavian countries with precise placement of responsibility.
- An official apology to all transnational adoptees from the prime minister in each Scandinavian country for failing their responsibility to secure transnational adoption.
- Reconciliation in the forms of reparations to all transnational adoptees for loss of origin, culture and language.
- A paradigm shift in the public perception of transnational adoption.
Memorandum of Understanding¹ between TAU and all new member organisations:
Behaviour towards each other:
- We embrace development of critical thoughts and the effort to resolve conflict in a respectful manner
- We refrain from negative postings or defamatory comments on social media about organisations and individual persons
- We solve critical situations by direct contact in a timely fashion and if needed through a professional / independent mediator
- We both announce our cooperation / partnership
General Standards:
- We share knowledge and information about structural and organisational development
- We back member organisations in public debates with knowledge and advice
- We primarily represent Transnational Adoptees
- We do not participate in networks and collaborations that can be contradictory to TAUs goals and mission
- We are not funded nor collaborate with pro-adoptions organisations nationally or Internationally
Position on Intercountry Adoption for any joining organisations:
- We don’t support intercountry adoptions
- We advocate for the correct implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- We stick to the Subsidiarity principle in line with the UNCRC.
- We don’t distinguish between “illegal / illicit” and prima facie legal adoptions
- We advocate for compensation for the loss of original identities and culture and for a complete and professional Post Adoption Service that include birth search, original language, culture classes and travels, translation of documents aso.
General Vision
- An in-depth independent investigation of transnational adoption in each of the Scandinavian countries with precise placement of responsibility.
- An official apology to all transnational adoptees from the prime minister in each Scandinavian country for failing their responsibility to secure transnational adoption.
- Reconciliation in the forms of reparations to all transnational adoptees for loss of origin, culture and language.
- A paradigm shift in the public perception of transnational adoption.
Contact
Info@tarunited.org
¹An MOU is an expression of agreement to proceed. It indicates that the parties have reached an understanding and are moving forward. Although it is not legally binding, it is a serious declaration that a contract is imminent.