International Advocacy & Reform
Adoption reform and legislation is being considered around the world as attitudes change and practices become more universal. Illegal adoptions, open records, aboriginal issues, and the Hague Convention are only a few of the topics covered here.
Guest contributor Albert Wei widens our view to the international scene as he looks back on a year gone by.... [more]
1993 Hague Convention For the protection of children in respect to intercountry adoption. Full text, bibliography, list of signatories, and updates.
A Call to Arms in NSW A call to support a parliamentary inquiry into adoption practices in New South Wales from 1950-1998.
Adoptionireland.com Home of the Adopted Peoples Association, the APA Irish Contact Register, and the Natural Parents Network of Ireland, the site is a wealth of information concerning adoption reform.
Bibliography of Adoption Compiled by the International Resource Centre, a multilingual listing of books, pamphlets, and position papers for the world community.
Casa Alianza Latin American children's rights advocates reports on illegal adoptions.
Grandmothers of May Square Argentinian group searching for the abducted children who disappeared following the military coup of 1976.
Intercountry Adoption Authorities Names, addresses, telephone numbers of country-specific authorities for intercountry adoption, as designated by the 1993 Hague Convention.
IRC for the Protection of Children in Adoption Formed to facilitate implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation re: Intercountry Adoption, the International Resource Centre provides online documents, information of interest, and a library database.
Report on Australia's "Stolen Children" Articles, opinions, and personal stories are included, together with information on how to get the report, from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
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