auf Deutsch: http://home.broadpark.no/~wkeim/files/familienrecht.htm

Family Rights

Both governments and embassies have approached Germany for many years because of international child conflicts. Now the European parliament will deal with such questions. Especially foreign parents have had dramatic conflicts with German Jugendamt and courts.

In Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHRFF) family rights are protected. But German judiciary lacks independence (Art. 6 ECHRFF) to protect citizens rights and human rights against the "Jugendamt" and other authorities. Independence of the justice system is considered basic for a democracy and regulated with international law (Appendix D).

Foreigners report not having even heard when decisions were made and of many other forms of unfair treatment. 8 German states are the last states in the civilized world to deny freedom of information i. e. the "Right to Know" or access to public information. While Germans have been subject to these denials for ages (Appendix E), foreigner are used to these civil rights and do not accept human right violations. 

In direct kontact with administration the right to good administration is missing in Germany, i. e.

• the right of every person to be heard
• the right of every person to have access to his or her file
• fair answer and within a reasonable time
• the obligation of the administration to give reasons for its decisions

Letters:

• 20. November 2008: MEP Bogusław Rogalski "Written declaration on discrimination on grounds of origin"

• 2008: MOTION FOR A EU-RESOLUTION: Germany does not respect international law

• 04. March 2008: Answer of the EU Commission about family rights

• 03. March 2008: Videodokumentation recorded on the meeting on the Winter Session of NGO's of Council of Europe in Strassburg 21th. -24th of January 2008

• 16. January 2008: Debate EU Parliament: Violations of human rights by German officials and courts

• 25. December 2007: Right Violations: Why do German Courts not secure Human Rights against the "Jugendamt" falsely called Welfare Office? Suggestion to implement recommendations of Human Rights Commissioner. (Short version). Answer of the EU Commission

• CEED - COMMUNIQUE / december 2007 / Towards a European Strategy on the Rights of the Child ... see : European Parliament - Commission LIBE - 17.-18.12.2007 

• 26. November 2007: European Parliament: President of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe demands to abolish the Jugendamt: Video.

• 14. November 2007: Letter to German Chancellor about Human Right Violations: (Menschenrechtsverletzungen).

• 2. November 2007: President of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe sends Bamberg declaration on human right violations to Commissioner for Human Rights Council of Europe and Chairman of the Committee on Petitions European Parliament (Att.“Bamberg Declaration”).

• 26. October 2007: The general information contained in your communication, including suggestion of legal reforms, was read with attention and may be used by the Commissioner in the exercise of his mandate.

• 21. October 2007:  “Bamberg Declaration”: Within the framework of the child and youth protection in Germany, especially on the part of the youth welfare offices, there are violations of Human Rights, in particular of Article 3, Article 6, Article 8, Article 13 and Article 14 of the European Convention of Human Rights.

• 17. October 2007: Letter to Committee of Petitions of the European Parliament: Why do German Courts not secure Human Rights against the "Jugendamt"  Suggestion to implement recommendations of Human Rights Commissioner: http://home.broadpark.no/~wkeim/files/0710eup-en.htm

• 17. July 2007: Letter to MEP Wieland: Human Right Violations in Germany: The German Youth Department (Jugendamt) falsely called Welfare Office: http://home.broadpark.no/~wkeim/files/0706eup-en.htm

• 13 APRIL 2007: Petition to the Chairman of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament: (Historical analysis) In reference to the German Jugendamt complex of problems

• 12 July 2006 European Parliament: PE 375.840v01-00 Or. PL: Boguslaw Rogalski on the violation of human rights by the German authorities and courts

Internet Publications

Parents are using the Internet to inform.

• 21. October 2007: GERMAN Jugendamt (falsely called JUVENILE CARE OFFICES) AND THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS. International symposium as a reaction to a judicial scandal in Bamberg: “Bamberg Declaration”: Within the framework of the child and youth protection in Germany, especially on the part of the youth welfare offices, there are violations of Human Rights, in particular of Article 3, Article 6, Article 8, Article 13 and Article 14 of the European Convention of Human Rights.

• www.petra-heller.com/: English section

• CEED - Conseil Européen des Enfants du Divorce children and grandparents victims of international and administrative child abductions.

• http://problemamt.de/: Polnischer Verband Eltern gegen Diskriminierung der Kinder in Deutschland e. V.

• Michael Hickman.org: Child Abduction to Germany

• www.rosanajoysugwayson.org: Rosana Joy Sug Wayson was abducted from her native Brazil Dec. 17, 1997, with the help of German officials. Related links.

• October 2006: Testimony of the "absolute power" of the Jugendamt, which is not corrected by other authorities.

Sorry in German only:

• Der Fall Görgülü: Adoption durch staatlichen Kindesraub (Neue Juristischen Wochenzeitschrift NJW 2007 (2744): "Wenn der Rechtsstaat seine Unschuld verliert").

• GEBT MIR MEIN KIND ZURÜCK: Wie leichtfertig einer Mutter das "Münschhausen-by-proxy-Syndrom" unterstellt wird, wenn ihr Kind an Borreliose leidet.

• Elternkummer: Das Jugendamt - "Eine Kinderklaubehörde"? Gesamtredaktion : Autorin und Journalistin Dr. phil. Karin Jäckel

• kinderklau.net - Die Webseite der Familie Haase. Wie die Jugendämter Münster und Steinfurt eine Familie zerstören

• Linkliste von kindesraub.de: enthält viele weitere Beispiele

• Das sind also keine Einzelfälle:

  • Fall Kutzner
  • Fall Sahin
  • Fall Sommerfeld
  • Fall Niederboester
  • Fall Elsholz
  • Fall A. Hofmann
  • Fall Borgartz
  • Fall Neumann
  • Fall Meseke

Appendix:

1. Letter of 15. February 2007 of the German Federal Ministry of Justice to the "Vorsitzenden der Familienministerkonferenz" regarding the JUGENDAMT: http://www.jugendamt-wesel.com/PETITION/Zypries_kommentierter_Brief_mit_Ori_DE.pdf

2. CoE Press Release 499(2007). Report by the Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, on his visit to Germany, 9 – 11 and 15 – 20 October 2006: https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1162763: German Human Rights Institute should monitor, development of national action plan on human rights.

3. RECOMMENDATION No. R (94) 12. OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS TO MEMBER STATES. ON THE INDEPENDENCE, EFFICIENCY AND ROLE OF JUDGES: http://hjpc.ba/dc/pdf/Recommendation%20no%20R%20(94)%2012.pdf

4. Separation of powers in Germany and Europe: http://home.broadpark.no/~wkeim/files/separation_of_powers.htm  

5. RECOMMENDATION No. R (85) 13 OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS TO MEMBER STATES ON THE INSTITUTION OF THE OMBUDSMAN

6. Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) 2003: Recommendation 1615 (2003) The institution of ombudsman

7. Freedom of Information in Germany and the rest of the world: http://home.broadpark.no/~wkeim/foi.htm

8. 17.01.07: Leserbrief: Bürger- und Menschenrechte: Wird die Wilhelmshavener Zeitung vom Saulus zum Paulus?

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