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Stealing Children and restoring identities in Argentina |
l'Information Psychiatrique. Volume 86, Number 4, 309-15, avril 2010, Politique et subjectivité
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Author(s) : Susana Elkin |
Summary : Argentina went through a period of bloody dictatorship between 1976-1981 which produced 30,000 missing persons. Newborns of mothers who “disappeared” were assigned to couples related to people who had a place in power, the “apropiadores” or “illegal foster parents” erased any trace of their identity and raised the children as their own. There were 500 children in this situation who are now young adults. The “Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo” are working to find these people based on DNA research. However, recovering the identity of these young individuals, who did not all grow up in the same way, presents problems. Some have refused to supply blood samples as proof of their identity. This raises subjective and complex legal questions. Several cases are presented to illustrate our point. |
Keywords : child, theft, adoption, identity, family origin, DNA, search for origins |
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