Good practices
The Implementation and Operation of the 1993 Intercountry Adoption Convention: Guide to Good Practice, Hague Conference on Private International Law, 2008
The Guide is an essential tool to assist States with ‘identifying important matters related to planning, establishing and operating the legal and administrative framework’ in intercountry adoptions. It aims to promote realistic standards and emphasises the shared responsibility of receiving States and States of origin to develop and maintain ethical intercountry adoption practices. The Guide also includes detailed annexes on how States can ratify the Hague Convention in a methodological manner, provides models for developing an implementation plan, practical examples on creating effective procedures and strategies to assist family preservation.
Evaluation of the practical Operation of The Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of inter-country Adoption, ISS/IRC, 2005
ISS Evaluation of the current trends and concerns relating to inter-country adoption, in preparation of The Hague Special Commission of 17-23 September 2005.
Accreditation and authorisation of adoption bodies: a necessary inter-country cooperation focused on the needs of children, ISS/IRC, 2005
ISS Statement for the Day on Accreditation, 17 September 2005, during the Special Commission on the practical Operation of The Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption. The ISS raised issues and recommended action with respect to the limited number of prospective parents for adoptable children with special needs and to making adoption procedures more in line with the needs of the concrete inter-country adoption adoptable children.
Transfert of the child from country of origin to receiving country, ISS/IRC, 2003
At the time of the transfer from the country of origin to the receiving country, is it preferable that the child is accompanied by the (future) adoptive parents or could s/he be escorted by a third party (a member of the approved adoption agency,…)? What arrangements ensure the best interests of the child are respected? An enquiry carried out through the network of ISS/IRC. Also available in French and Spanish