Activities
G.O.A.'L is also running a Dual Citizenship Campaign for adoptees which may become an important signal also for all other international adoptees. It is also advocating adoptees' rights within Korea. The Korean Nationality Law revision which allows Korean adoptees to obtain dual citizenship was passed by the Korean National Assembly on 22nd April 2010 and officially announced on 4th May 2010. The revised law went into effect on January 1, 2011. G.O.A.'L also submitted a law revision of the Military Service Act to the Korean National Assembly in order to get Korean adoptees exempt from military service.
On April 19, 2011, 13 adoptees' reinstated their Korean citizenship during a special ceremony held at the Ministry of Justice facility in Gwacheon, South Korea.
Read more about this topic: Global Overseas Adoptees' Link
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