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Because of the evident profitability and risk of illegal activities aligned with
overseas adoption, an international agreement was established as a safety measure for
international adoption. The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation
in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption, also known as The Hague Adoption
Convention was created under the The Hague Convention on Private International Law
(HCCH). The Hague Adoption Convention was approved by 66 countries in 1993 and
was entered into force in May 1995 (The Adoption History Project).
The purpose of the convention was to establish international guidelines and
standards for intercountry adoption, such as:
• It requires that countries who are party to the Convention establish a Central
Authority to be the authoritative source of information and point of contact in
that country. The Department of State is the U.S. Central Authority for the
Convention.
• It aims to prevent the abduction, sale of, or traffic in children, and it works
to ensure that intercountry adoptions are in the best interests of children.
• It recognizes intercountry adoption as a means of offering the advantage of a
permanent home to a child when a suitable family has not been found in the
child’s country of origin. It enables intercountry adoption to take place when:
o The child has been deemed eligible for adoption by the child’s country
of birth; and
o Proper effort has been given to the child’s adoption in its country of
origin.
o It provides a formal international and intergovernmental recognition of
intercountry adoption, working to ensure that adoptions under the
Convention will generally be recognized and given effect in other
party countries.3
In accordance with the ideals of the convention, “Each State should take, as a matter of
priority, appropriate measures to enable the child to remain in the care of his or her
family of origin”…and that “intercountry adoptions shall be made in the best interests of
3 U.S. Department of State, Intercountry Adoption Overview,
http://adoption.state.gov/hague/overview.html
Object Description
| Title | Babies without borders: exploring perceptions of international adoption |
| Author | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Author email | n.roberts@ymail.com; simplynicolemarie@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Strategic Public Relations |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-31 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-03 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Floto, Jennifer D. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Lynch, Brenda Thorson, Kjerstin |
| Abstract | International adoption is an incredibly complex and hotly debated issue. In an effort to understand the roots of the system, the author delves deep into the history of adoption and the transition to international adoption in the United States while examining the perceptions of the system today.; Using public relations techniques, the author offers communication-based recommendations that will help mitigate any stigma so that international adoptions continue without the negative undertones that are often associated with the idea of adopting from another country. |
| Keyword | adoption; international adoption |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA; Greece; Korea; Vietnam; Guatemala; Romania; USSR; China |
| Coverage date | 1939/2009 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3877 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Roberts-4524 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Roberts-4524.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 41 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 29 Because of the evident profitability and risk of illegal activities aligned with overseas adoption, an international agreement was established as a safety measure for international adoption. The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption, also known as The Hague Adoption Convention was created under the The Hague Convention on Private International Law (HCCH). The Hague Adoption Convention was approved by 66 countries in 1993 and was entered into force in May 1995 (The Adoption History Project). The purpose of the convention was to establish international guidelines and standards for intercountry adoption, such as: • It requires that countries who are party to the Convention establish a Central Authority to be the authoritative source of information and point of contact in that country. The Department of State is the U.S. Central Authority for the Convention. • It aims to prevent the abduction, sale of, or traffic in children, and it works to ensure that intercountry adoptions are in the best interests of children. • It recognizes intercountry adoption as a means of offering the advantage of a permanent home to a child when a suitable family has not been found in the child’s country of origin. It enables intercountry adoption to take place when: o The child has been deemed eligible for adoption by the child’s country of birth; and o Proper effort has been given to the child’s adoption in its country of origin. o It provides a formal international and intergovernmental recognition of intercountry adoption, working to ensure that adoptions under the Convention will generally be recognized and given effect in other party countries.3 In accordance with the ideals of the convention, “Each State should take, as a matter of priority, appropriate measures to enable the child to remain in the care of his or her family of origin”…and that “intercountry adoptions shall be made in the best interests of 3 U.S. Department of State, Intercountry Adoption Overview, http://adoption.state.gov/hague/overview.html |
