Special Commission of July 2022
(Considering the exceptional circumstances associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and its preference for an in-person meeting, CGAP agreed to provisionally reschedule the Special Commission meeting to July 2022.)
Currently, the Permanent Bureau is seeking responses from HCCH Members and Central Authorities to:
- the draft Toolkit for Preventing and Addressing Illicit Practices in Intercountry Adoption (see Prel. Docs Nos 6, 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D and 6E mentioned below);
- the Questionnaire on the impact of COVID-19 on intercountry adoptions under the 1993 Adoption Convention (Prel. Doc. No 5 mentioned below); and
- Country Profile, Statistics and the Table on costs.
Preliminary Documents:
- Prel. Doc. No 1 of July 2019 - Questionnaire on possible topics for the Fifth Meeting of the Special Commission on the practical operation of the Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (the deadline to respond to this Questionnaire has now passed)
- Prel. Doc. No 2 of December 2019 - Analysis of the responses to the 2019 Questionnaire on possible topics and format for the Fifth Meeting of the Special Commission to review the practical operation of the 1993 Adoption Convention
- Prel. Doc. No 3 of February 2020 - Questionnaire on the practical operation of the 1993 Adoption Convention
- Prel. Doc. No 4 of December 2020 - Draft Recommended Model Forms for use under the 1993 Adoption Convention
- Prel. Doc. No 5 of December 2020 - Questionnaire on the impact of COVID-19 on intercountry adoptions under the 1993 Adoption Convention
- Draft Toolkit for Preventing and Addressing Illicit Practices in Intercountry Adoption:
- Prel. Doc. No 6 of March 2021 – Brief Explanatory Note and Next Steps on the Draft Toolkit
- Prel. Doc. No 6A of March 2021 – Part I – Introduction to the Toolkit
- Prel. Doc. No 6B of March 2021 – Part II – Fact Sheets on illicit practices
- Prel. Doc. No 6C of March 2021 – Part III – Checklist to assist decision making by Central Authorities
- Prel. Doc. No 6D of March 2021 – Part IV – Model Procedure to respond to illicit practices
- Prel. Doc. No 6E of March 2021 – Part V – Guidelines on enhancing cooperation and coordination
Information Documents:
- Info. Doc. No 1 of December 2019 - Conclusions and Recommendations from previous meetings of the Special Commission (2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015) to examine the practical operation of the 1993 Adoption Convention
Previous Special Commission meetings: