Subjects:

Looseleaf Works, Family Law

Contents:

Background

present situation

international instruments

presentation and analysis of adoption laws - a readers' guide

in-depth analysis

guiding principles

process of the analysis

the publication

outline of each country section - sources of law,internal adoption, intercountry adoption, texts of law

country sections - Belguim, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Venezuela

international instruments.

This collection of papers deals with internal and intercountry adoption legislation in 60 countries. It presents a standardized country-by-country overview, drawn up by experts in family law or children's rights from each jurisdiction, and reflecting the results of the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the 1993 Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption.

This collection is intended as a tool for all those involved in international adoption proceedings, and will be supplemented and updated annually.