We just spelled out reasons for hope from Europe in the main body of the petition: https://www.change.org/p/eu-parliament-abolish-adoptions-without-parental-consent And now there is this new handbook! We hope that every Local Authority and every judge in the UK will take note and ADHERE to the law!!! For even UK law is ok, but everybody ignores it! Do forward them the link which is http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2015/handbook-european-law-child-rights?_cldee=bGVpZi5iZXJnQGVjaHIuY29lLmludA%3d%3d&urlid=0 for the announcement and summary. The actual 260-page handbook can be downloaded from http://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-ecthr-2015-handbook-european-law-rights-of-the-child_en.pdf For "children are full-fledged holders of rights." They are NOT 'minors' to be abused!!! But this article explains a lot about British attitudes to children and the Boarding School system to British Elitism and the Entitlement Illusion: http://victims-unite.net/2015/11/18/from-the-british-attitude-to-children-and-the-boarding-school-system-to-woundedleaders/ Hoping for more and more good news, Belinda and Sabine