Special Commission of July 2022
4-8 July 2022
The Special Commission on the 1993 Adoption Convention will take place from 4 to 8 July 2022 and will be held online.
Currently, the Permanent Bureau is seeking responses / comments from HCCH Members and Central Authorities to:
- the draft Recommended Model Forms for use under the 1993 Adoption Convention (see Prel. Doc. No 4 REV)
- the draft Toolkit for Preventing and Addressing Illicit Practices in Intercountry Adoption (see Prel. Docs Nos 6 REV, 6A REV, 6B REV, 6C REV, 6D REV and 6E REV mentioned below);
- 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 REV of April 2022 - 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 REV of January 2022 – Brief Explanatory Note and Next Steps on the Draft Toolkit
- Prel. Doc. No 6A REV of January 2022 – Part I – Introduction to the Toolkit
- Prel. Doc. No 6B REV of January 2022 – Part II – Fact Sheets on illicit practices
- Prel. Doc. No 6C REV of January 2022 – Part III – Checklist to assist decision making by Central Authorities
- Prel. Doc. No 6D REV of January 2022 – Part IV – Model Procedure to respond to illicit practices
- Prel. Doc. No 6E REV of January 2022 – Part V – Guidelines on enhancing cooperation and coordination
- Prel. Doc. No 7 of March 2022 - Discussion Paper “The impact of Covid-19 on intercountry adoptions”
- Prel. Doc. No 8 of May 2022 - Discussion Paper “Post-adoption matters”
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: