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Various of Madonna's lawyer, Alan Chinula, arriving at high court2. \"Eye of the child\" charity representative arriving3. Cutaway of photographer4.  High court judge, Ivy Kamanga, getting out of car and walking into court5. Wide shot...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Various of Madonna's lawyer, Alan Chinula, arriving at high court\u003cbr/\u003e2. \"Eye of the child\" charity representative arriving\u003cbr/\u003e3. Cutaway of photographer\u003cbr/\u003e4.  High court judge, Ivy Kamanga, getting out of car and walking into court\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide shot of human rights committee lawyer, Titus Mvalo, standing outside of court building\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of Mvalo\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English): Titus Mvalo, human rights committee lawyer:\u003cbr/\u003e(Q: \"Do you see the case failing?\")\u003cbr/\u003e\"No, no, I just thought that there was a high possibility of it being misunderstood by society. Adoption is a good cause for a child. In my view, at the moment it's not even an adoption case yet, it's just custody. The law has to change. As it is now, of course it makes it very difficult for anybody from an outside country to adopt a child in Malawi, even next year.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Exterior shot of high court building \u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English): Alan Chinula, Madonna's lawyer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well what transpired this morning is that the judge, the court proceeded to hear the application by the Malawi Human Rights Conservative Committee, but in making their application they have dropped one application, remember they are applying to be joined in as guardians (inaudible), they have dropped that. So now the court has heard them on the application to be joined in as friends of the court, so that they can address the court purely on matters of law, nothing to do with facts. Now, it also transpired this morning that the Malawi Human Rights Commission also filed their papers on Friday to be joined in as friends of the court as well.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Cutaway of photographer\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English): Alan Chinula, Madonna's lawyer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"But in making their application they have dropped one application, remember they are applying to be joined in as guardians (inaudible), they have dropped that. So now the court has heard them on the application to be joined in as friends of the court, so that they can address the court purely on matters of law, nothing to do with facts.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Chairman of the Human Rights Consultative Committee coalition Justin Dzonzi coming out of court\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English): Justin Dzonzi, Chairman of the Human Rights Consultative Committee coalition:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I wouldn't say illegally, because there is no law which stops them from operating, but they needed a comprehensive law which regulates basic standards with which they have to meet in order to make sure that the rights of children are effectively protected.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. People walking into court\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English): Justin Dzonzi, Chairman of the Human Rights Consultative Committee coalition:\u003cbr/\u003e\"If the court on Monday decides that we become a party in all intents then the next substantive proceedings will probably take place much later, maybe next year, because remember the interim order is for eighteen months and we don't want to disturb that eighteen months. Because everything that we are doing pertains to the actual adoption. So until... when the actual adoption proceedings come to be heard, there will be very little happening in between. But that's really the focus.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Dzonzi leaving\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English): Redsom Kalindu, Human Rights Commission lawyer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"As I say, we are not taking sides at the moment. So we are not necessarily saying that the adoption of David is legal or is not legal. But we are simply bringing to the attention of the court important human rights law principles.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Pan of people standing outside court\u003cbr/\u003eMalawi's High Court said on Monday it will rule in one week's time whether a coalition of Malawian human rights and child advocacy groups should help decide whether pop star Madonna is fit to adopt a motherless Malawian toddler.\u003cbr/\u003eJustice Andrew Nyirenda adjourned the case after hearing arguments from a 67-member coalition that includes the state-run Malawi Human Rights Commission and maintains that the adoption proceedings have been irregular. \u003cbr/\u003eHis ruling was likely to have far-reaching consequences in a country where, largely due to AIDS, an estimated 2 (m) million children have lost one or both parents and hundreds are adopted by foreigners every year.\u003cbr/\u003eMadonna has said she met all the country's requirements. \u003cbr/\u003eAnd David Banda's father, who put the toddler in an orphanage shortly after his wife died of childbirth complications, has said the human rights group's lawsuit threatens his son's future. \u003cbr/\u003eBut child advocacy groups have said the lack of clarity in Malawi when it comes to foreign adoptions could be exploited by child traffickers or paedophiles.\u003cbr/\u003eA High Court judge granted the Grammy Award-winning singer and her British filmmaker husband, Guy Ritchie, interim custody of David on October 12, pending a decision on permanent adoption after an 18-to-24 months assessment period. \u003cbr/\u003eMalawi regulations stipulate that the assessment period be spent in Malawi, but Madonna was allowed to take the boy to her London home soon.\u003cbr/\u003e\"They needed a comprehensive law which regulates basic standards with which they have to meet in order to make sure that the rights of children are effectively protected,\" Justin Dzonzi, chairman of the coalition known as the Human Rights Consultative Committee, told journalists after a 1 1/2-hour closed hearing on Monday.\u003cbr/\u003eThe judge said he would rule November 20 on whether to admit the coalition as a party in the adoption proceedings.\u003cbr/\u003eDzonzi has said his coalition was not trying to block the adoption, but wanted to be a party to the process to make sure Malawian laws were respected. \u003cbr/\u003eHis committee has petitioned the court to make sure no Malawian laws were broken and to allow the committee to help assess Madonna's fitness as a mother.\u003cbr/\u003eThe adoption has sparked debate inside and outside Malawi.\u003cbr/\u003eTitus Mvalo, a lawyer the human rights coalition had hired to challenge the adoption proceedings, withdrew, apparently fearing he would be seen as trying to keep Madonna from adopting David, even though coalition members have repeatedly said that is not their intention.\u003cbr/\u003e\"In my view, at the moment it's not even an adoption case yet, it's just custody,\" he said, adding that Malawian law needed to change in order for adoption to become easier.\u003cbr/\u003eHe told reporters on Monday that he 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