To commemorate the “World Day Against Child Labor,” Colombia’s Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) underscored statistics that claimed the country has around one million child laborers and called for political reform. According…
Colombia’s inspector general proposed reversing a court order that granted permanent custody of two adopted children to their gay foreign father. According to reports Inspector General Alejandro Ordonez Maldonado proposed reversing…
The head of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF), Diego Molano, claimed gay couples have not been formally granted adoption rights, according to a report from RCN Radio. Molano’s statement…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has granted custody to a gay father who had been separated from his adopted children, essentially legalizing gay adoption in the country. The adopted sons of U.S.…
Child labor prevention is needed in Colombian mines, according to the country’s national family welfare body. The Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) called on Colombian authorities for more surveillance and prevention of…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office said it will monitor the country’s Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) amid accusations that the ICBF is “kidnapping” children for adoption abroad In a press release the…
Colombia’s Family Welfare Institute “kidnaps” Colombian children by giving them up for adoption to foreign families against the will of their biological parents, several reports said. In a program aired…
The head of Colombia’s family welfare department has been called before the senate to account for 700,000 children who are not receiving food aid, reported local media. Delays in delivery…
A judge has ordered Colombia’s family welfare institute (ICBF) to return two Colombian minors to the custody of their adoptive father, Chandler Burr, local media reported Monday night. Upon hearing…