Truth and Reconciliation Commission Requests Data from Holt and Others... Investigation into 'Human Rights Violations in Overseas Adoption' Begins in Earnest
The 2nd Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Past Affairs (Truth and Reconciliation Commission) has requested data and investigative cooperation from adoption agencies regarding human rights violations involving past overseas adoptees, where adoptions proceeded without the consent of biological parents and documents were falsified to classify them as orphans.
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On the 21st, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission announced that Standing Commissioner Lee Sang-hoon and the responsible investigators visited four overseas adoption agencies?Holt Children's Services, Dongbang Social Welfare Society, Korea Social Welfare Society, and the Korean Social Welfare Association?from the 13th through that day.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission decided to request from the four agencies permission documents for adoption operations, budget and settlement data, adoption performance records, and agreements with overseas adoption partner organizations from the 1960s to the 1990s. According to the Commission, while the agencies expressed concerns about the potential exposure of personal information, they stated their intention to cooperate with the investigation to the fullest extent possible.
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It is claimed that 375 individuals adopted to 11 countries including Denmark, the United States, and Sweden during the 1960s to 1990s were adopted without the consent of their biological parents and that their documents were falsified to show them as orphans. They applied for truth verification to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from August to December last year. By adoption agency, there are 170 cases for Holt, 154 for Korea Social Welfare Society, 23 for Korean Social Welfare Association, and 17 for Dongbang Social Welfare Society. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission conducted an on-site investigation in Denmark last month with about 20 applicants.
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