INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION innocenti digest United Nations Children's Fund International Child Development Centre Florence - Italy INTRODUCTION 2 Historical overview 2 Statistics and flows 3 THE INTERNATIONAL NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK 4 The United Nations Declaration 4 The Convention on the Rights of the Child 4 The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption 5 ABUSES OF INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION 6 Methods and means 6 Consequences of illegal acts and malpractice for the child 7 Consequences of abuses for children in general 7 HIGH-RISK SITUATIONS 7 Legislation 8 Courts and administrative structures 8 Child and family welfare policy 8 Private adoptions 8 Emergency, conflict and post-conflict situations 9 Socio-political upheaval and abrupt economic change 9 Intercountry foster placement and respite care 9 PROMOTING A FAMILY-FOCUSED APPROACH 10 The ‘abandoned’ birthmother 10 Institutionalization and intercountry adoption 10 Family reintegration 11 Domestic adoption 11 WHEN THE ANSWER IS INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION 11 A synopsis of good practice 11 MAIN ACTORS 15 The Hague Convention protagonists 15 Other potential actors 16 ▼ MAIN ISSUES DISCUSSION SITE ➣ Children and adoption: which rights and whose? LINKS ➣ Central Authorities ➣ Intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations INFORMATION SOURCES ➣ Selected readings ➣ General references CLIPBOARD ➣ Articles 20, 21 and 35 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child ➣ Ordering information ➣ Past issues ➣ Feedback The Innocenti Digest is compiled by the UNICEF International Child Development Centre to provide reliable and easily accessed infor- mation on a critical children’s rights concern. It is designed as a working tool for executive decision-makers, programme managers and other practitioners in child-related fields.
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