Description
Contribution of Expert Knowledge to the 2 year, EU-funded International Research Project by CHIP (on behalf of UNICEF's Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia). A project aimed at strengthening Ireland's domestic adoption system, ensuring better outcomes for all parties involved, in particular the child.The review looks to 8-10 countries in order to provide Ireland's government with guidance and analysis of potential promising practices in domestic adoption in other countries, including Northern Ireland (and England and Wales). Based on the latter, recommendations and a roadmap will be developed in 2026. Key stakeholders and experts are invited to engage in informant interviews to supplement the information from secondary sources. https://www.child-identity.org/
| Period | 03 Feb 2026 → 10 Feb 2026 |
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| Work for | Child Identity Protection (CHIP)/UNICEF, Switzerland |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- adoption
- law reform
- Policy implementation
- child rights
- origin deprivation
Documents & Links
Related content
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Research output
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A Law of Blood-ties - The 'Right' to Access Genetic Ancestry
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Absent(ed) mothers in Ireland and elsewhere: erasures of maternity in adoption law, policy, and literature
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Genetic stigma in law and literature: orphanhood, adoption, and the right to reunion
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Maternal relinquishment: reforms, rights, and other myths
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“Peculiar finalities”: blurring the borders between abduction and adoption?
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adoption's need for a "Villainous Other": folklore, fictions, and Northern Ireland's jurisliteratures of redress
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adoption and special guardianship
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Conceptualizing the ‘right’ to avoid origin deprivation: international law and domestic implementation
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Special Issue - Introduction: origin deprivation, adoptee rights, and the need for truth recovery and redressive law reform
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Focus Group: (Local Authorities in England/Wales) on retaining the records of adopted and care-experienced people – additional retention guidance for public bodies
Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
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KESS (Knowledge Exchange, NI Assembly) The child’s right to genetic ancestry as a key element of the best interests principle in adoption, donor and surrogacy contexts: reforming adoption law in Northern Ireland
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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TRUSTEE KINSHIP CARE NI
Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
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KEYNOTE TALK AND SEMINAR 'THE RIGHT TO ORIGIN'
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
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Human rights in adoption law
Activity: Consultancy types › CPD delivery/organisation of courses for externals (in kind)
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Stakeholder Roundtable event for NI Assembly - Consultation re: Draft Redress and Public Inquiry Bill/ Mother and Baby Institutions] Hansard recording
Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
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Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture - Executive Committee (External organisation)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of board
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Adoption UK: Health Intelligence and Adoption
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Avoiding Origin Deprivation and Genetic Identity Losses
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Avoiding Origin Deprivation and Genetic Identity Losses - guest talk for AdoptNI
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Impacts
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Prizes
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FRIF [QUB] funding award for Guest Lecturer visit (on Adoption Law in S America)
Prize: Other distinction
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£10 k Global Research Partnership Development Award
Prize: Other distinction
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Press/Media
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Genetic Stigma in Law & Literature: (2024) Palgrave MacMillan, SocioLegal Series)
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Adoptees On Podcast Episode 284
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities