South Korea’s legacy of orphan adoption and the violation of adoptees’ rights to know their origins

IF 1.6 3区社会学 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Childhood-A Global Journal of Child Research Pub Date : 2022-04-29 DOI:10.1177/09075682221090823

Kyung-eun Lee

引用次数: 1

Abstract

South Korea experienced international scrutiny over its irregular intercountry adoption practices in the 1980s. However, it eventually came to be viewed as a model of transparent and efficient adoptions. This façade disguises an orphan adoption system that has become entrenched over the decades. Today, adoptees continue to lobby for their right to origins. This paper explores South Korea’s laws and policies, which nullified the rights of adoptees, and it calls for receiving countries to assume co-responsibility to restore these rights.

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韩国收养孤儿的传统，以及对被收养者了解自己身世权利的侵犯

20世纪80年代，韩国因其不正常的跨国收养行为而受到国际社会的审查。然而，它最终被视为透明和高效收养的典范。这个外表掩盖了几十年来根深蒂固的孤儿收养制度。今天，被收养者继续为他们的出身权进行游说。本文探讨了韩国废除被收养人权利的法律和政策，并呼吁接受国承担恢复这些权利的共同责任。

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Childhood-A Global Journal of Child Research SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

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3.40

自引率

15.80%

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期刊介绍： Childhood is a major international peer reviewed journal and a forum for research relating to children in global society that spans divisions between geographical regions, disciplines, and social and cultural contexts. Childhood publishes theoretical and empirical articles, reviews and scholarly comments on children"s social relations and culture, with an emphasis on their rights and generational position in society.