On the record for adopted people.
SAAM issues public statements to place adoptee evidence, rights concerns and legal analysis on the record — because for decades, adopted people have been talked about far more than they've been listened to.
Putting adoptee evidence on the record
Decisions affecting adopted people are too often made behind closed doors, in systems that exclude them from consultation, scrutiny and remedy. Public statements are one way we correct that — recording adoptee perspectives, naming safeguarding gaps and exclusions, correcting inaccuracies, and making sure survivors aren't erased by silence or delay.
They aren't reactions for attention. They're rights-based interventions grounded in law, lived experience and evidence — sitting alongside our submissions, complaints, FOI requests and engagement with oversight bodies to build a clear evidence trail for future scrutiny.
"Recognition without remedy is not justice." — SAAM, on behalf of Adoptee Rights UK
A rights framework, not a request for goodwill
These statements sit alongside SAAM's Three Rights Framework — Truth, Identity and Justice — and our work across all four UK nations. Read the full framework and campaign on our Campaign page.
Adoptee-led. Evidence-based. Independent.
Silence has never protected adoptees. Public accountability is essential.
Read our public statements
Published in connection with the Adoptee Rights UK campaign — each one links out to the full statement.
Marking the end of 2025 and a shift from reflection to accountability, with a call for UNCRC incorporation into UK adoption law and explicit recognition of adopted people within the Equality Act.
Read the full statementA response to parliamentary debate on child exploitation, examining how adopted survivors have been repeatedly excluded from inquiries, safeguarding frameworks and routes to justice.
Read the full statementOn the gap between Scotland's commitments under The Promise and the decision not to reform the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act.
Read the full statementOn how care-experience reforms across the UK continue to leave adopted people without enforceable rights, despite adoption ending care status in law.
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