Launch of e-Country Profiles project
The Permanent Bureau is pleased to announce the launch of the e-Country Profiles project, a new EU-funded project coordinated by the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH. The project will result in the development or modernisation of online Country Profiles for a number of key HCCH Conventions: 1965 Service Convention 1970 Evidence Convention 1980 Child Abduction Convention 1993 Adoption Convention ...
First Meeting of the Working Group on the Financial Aspects of Intercountry Adoption
From 26 to 28 June 2023, the Working Group on the Financial Aspects of Intercountry Adoption met for the first time. The meeting, held online, was attended by 42 experts in total, representing 16 Member States, three non-Member Contracting Parties, and three Observers. Several staff members of the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH also attended the meeting. The mandate of the Working Group...
Online Event – 30th Anniversary of the 1993 Adoption Convention
On 31 May 2023, the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH hosted an online event on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the 1993 Adoption Convention. The event consisted of three roundtables featuring adoption experts from around the world, as well as persons with lived experiences in intercountry adoption. On this anniversary, it was important to recall the reasons why this Convention was adopted in...
Publication of the Toolkit for Preventing and Addressing Illicit Practices in Intercountry Adoption
The Permanent Bureau is pleased to announce the publication of the Toolkit for Preventing and Addressing Illicit Practices in Intercountry Adoption. The Toolkit is intended to assist Contracting Parties to the 1993 Adoption Convention, as well as all actors and persons involved in adoption, to properly implement and operate the Convention. It does so by providing practical guidelines on what must...
Adoption Convention enters into force for Botswana
Today, 1 March 2023, the Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (1993 Adoption Convention) entered into force for the Republic of Botswana following the deposit of its instrument of accession on 14 November 2022. The 1993 Adoption Convention currently has 105 Contracting Parties. More information on this Convention is...
Botswana accedes to the Child Abduction, Adoption and Child Support Conventions
Today, 14 November 2022, the Republic of Botswana deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Child Abduction Convention), the Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Adoption Convention), and the Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International...
Fifth Meeting of the Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the 1993 Adoption Convention
From 4 to 8 July 2022, the Fifth Meeting of the Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the 1993 Adoption Convention was held online. The meeting was attended by nearly 400 participants, representing HCCH Members, non-Member States, and Observers from intergovernmental and international nongovernmental organisations, as well as by members of the Permanent Bureau. Over the course of five...
Information Note - Children deprived of their family environment due to the armed conflict in Ukraine
The Permanent Bureau of the HCCH, noting the situation currently unfolding in Ukraine, has published today an Information Note on the subject of Children deprived of their family environment due to the armed conflict in Ukraine: Cross-border protection and intercountry adoption. In an international armed conflict, many children become separated from their families, losing the critical protection...
Meeting of the Working Group on Preventing and Addressing Illicit Practices in Intercountry Adoption
On 8 November 2021, the HCCH Working Group on Preventing and Addressing Illicit Practices in Intercountry Adoption met via videoconference. The meeting was attended by 43 participants representing 22 States, four Observers, and members of the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH. The Group has been working on developing a Toolkit aimed at preventing and addressing illicit practices in intercountry...
Meeting of the Working Group on Preventing and Addressing Illicit Practices in Intercountry Adoption
From 28 to 30 September 2021, the Working Group on Preventing and Addressing Illicit Practices in Intercountry Adoption met via videoconference. The meeting was attended by 57 participants representing 25 States, four Observers, and members of the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH. The Group has been working on developing a Toolkit aimed at preventing and addressing illicit practices in intercountry...