What must be done to save Ethiopian children from harvesting and commoditization?
Three things must be done immediately. First, the rule of law must be upheld. The dictatorship must live up to its mandatory and obligatory duties under its constitution, international treaties and its own criminal laws. The dictatorship has at its disposal all of the legal tools necessary to investigate and prosecute individuals and organizations involved in or suspected of child trafficking. Article 597 (1) (2) of the dictatorships Penal Code imposes a prison sentence of 5-20 years against anyone engaging in trafficking in women and children by violence, threat, deceit, fraud, kidnapping or by the giving of money or other advantage to the person having control over a woman or a child Severe criminal liability also attaches to anyone who aids and abets in trafficking in children and women. There is substantial evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the adoption process. Foreign adoptive parents would be willing to come forward and give evidence on the fraudulent practices used to sell chi
