To: Minister of Health
Department of Health
Castle Buildings
Stormont Estate
Belfast
BT4 3SQ
Email: Private.Office@health-ni.gov.uk

CC:
International Criminal Court
Oude Waalsdorperweg 10
2597 AK, The Hague
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)70 515 8515

Fax: +31 (0)70 515 8555

Subject: Formal Claim of Negligence and Request for International Review and ‘Wrongful’ Separation

2024-08-15

Dear DOH Private Office, An ICC, et al

I am writing to express my concern and dissatisfaction regarding the lack of response from your office to my previous correspondence. I have sent a signed-for letter addressed to your office, which I expect to receive an immediate reply under reference number:2024-08-14 Martin Newbold to Northern Ireland Private Office- Re Wrongful Separation Case SF988090524GB

I have sent you clear terms of this case and you are aware the court focuses on strict timelines .

I also expect you to consider as is clear from Looked-after Children: contact with Siblings [1 ] which is described as “Update to ‘The Children Act 1989 guidance and regulations volume 2: care planning, placement and case Review” states in amongst other things under the search term ‘Contact’:

I have already asked very nicely when you interview my daughter say from her father:

Dear Emily

Can we swap photo’s and information after these 13 years where I have tried to make contact ? Could we start with anything you feel safe with ? I can offer photo’s of your gran and others just to give some grounding .. I can tell you a little about our history too ..

When you are ready we are anxious to meet you . Please do reply in some way it has been so extremely painful to have had the situation develop where we were not allowed to know and grow with you …

Regards.. xx

Contact
At 2.80. The wishes and feelings of the child should be ascertained unless in the rare situations it is not possible to do so. Children should be supported to communicate their wishes and feelings through the provision of advocacy services and should be supported to communicate through a range of methods if necessary. So far as

it is reasonably practicable, the wishes and feelings of the parents and the child’s
carers must be ascertained before a decision about contact arrangements is made
[section 22(4)

Out-of-area contact
At 3.45. The requirement to obtain approval of the nominated officer, or the DCS for distant placements, does not apply where the placement out of an area is with a local authority foster carer who is either approved by the responsible authority or who is a connected person

[1] https://fostercareresources.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/looked_after_children_contact_with_siblings.pdf