‘I prefer not to know’: Spain’s management of transnational adoption demand and signs of corruption

Childhood ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 090756822110649
Author(s):  
Beatriz San Román
Keyword(s):  
Hague Convention ◽  
Global South ◽  
Intercountry Adoption ◽  
Transnational Adoption ◽  
Child Trafficking ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Spanish Law

The safeguards and measures to prevent child trafficking mentioned in the 1993 Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption have proven insufficient in curbing the so-called irregular adoptions. An analysis of how Spanish central authorities and intermediary agencies managed the flow of adoption dossiers between 2003 and 2013 presents their inability to react swiftly to the imbalance between adoption demand and supply. The 2015 reforms in the Spanish law introduced measures to bring demand in line with real needs. However, imaginaries that portray adopters and children from the Global South as victims of meaningless bureaucracy continue to hold true even today.

scholarly journals A very long engagement: The Children's Act 38 of 2005 and the 1993 Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Ed Couzens
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Hague Convention ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Dramatic Improvement ◽  
Intercountry Adoption ◽  
Current Regime ◽  
The Hague ◽  
The Hague Convention

This article analyses the intercountry adoptions provisions contained in Chapter 16 of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005, against the standards of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoptions, 1993. After a brief overview of the two leading South African cases on intercountry adoption, which stress the importance of having this institution statutorily regulated, the author proceeds to analyse the most significant clauses pertaining to intercountry adoptions contained in the Act, in order to identify the strengths and weaknesses in this new statutory framework. The author concludes that the Children’s Act is a dramatic improvement on the current regime of intercountry adoptions and that it has the potential to make this institution work in the best interests of children.

Implications of irregular transnational adoptions within international standards: A review of intercountry adoption systems and Guatemalan birthmother perspectives

Childhood ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 090756822110619
Author(s):  
Carmen Monico
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Adopted Children ◽  
Intercountry Adoption ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Child Trafficking ◽  
Child Abduction

With growing global emergencies, child abduction became a concern in countries of origin and reception of transnationally adopted children. Improved regulations and standards to prevent child trafficking exhibit failures to ensure the best interest of children and the principle of subsidiarity. The article reviews relevant literature documents the Guatemalan birthmothers’ experiences and documented child theft, deception by trafficking networks, fraudulent adoptions, and familial coercion. Human rights and child welfare system implications drawn may be relevant to irregular transnational adoptions elsewhere.

scholarly journals Intercountry Adoption in New Zealand - A Child Rights Perspective

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 421 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Couchman
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Hague Convention ◽  
Intercountry Adoption ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
Current Form ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The Hague ◽  
The Hague Convention

In 1996, the Adoption Amendment Bill (No 2) was introduced into Parliament. The aim of the Bill was to implement in New Zealand the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. New Zealand's accession to the Hague Convention would provide significantly improved protection for some children who come to New Zealand as a result of intercountry adoption. This article provides information on intercountry adoption in New Zealand, the background to the Bill, and concludes that the Bill, if passed in its current form, would fail to provide protection for the majority of children who come to New Zealand as a result of intercountry adoption, and would not fulfil New Zealand's obligations concerning adoption under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

scholarly journals NICHE TOURISM IN SOUTH AFRICA: A RENEWED POLICY FOCUS IN THE COVID-19 ENVIRONMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (4 supplement) ◽  
pp. 1379-1387
Author(s):  
Christian M. ROGERSON ◽  
◽  
Jayne M. ROGERSON ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Global South ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Policy Interest

The COVID-19 pandemic is a catalyst for new patterns of demand and supply for the tourism sector. One consequence is a renewed policy interest in the importance of niche tourism products for destination development. This paper investigates the importance of niche tourism and its (re-) emergence on the policy agenda of tourism stakeholders in South Africa. It is argued that with a resurgence of niche tourism as policy focus there is a need for an extended research agenda on niche tourism in South Africa. The analysis represents a contribution to the changing agendas of tourism scholarship in the global South which have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals THE APPLICATION OF THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND CO-OPERATION IN RESPECT OF INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION OF 1993 IN BRAZIL

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 254-275
Author(s):  
Marcos Vinicius Torres Pereira ◽  
Lara Oliveira Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
International Adoption ◽  
Hague Convention ◽  
Intercountry Adoption ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Hague ◽  
The Hague Convention

This article talks about the application of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-Operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption of 1993 in Brazil. Due to socio-economical circumstances, there are many orphans and abandoned children in Brazil that need care, love and attention. Providing these children a new family would give them a chance to build-up a new life in respect to their best interest. This work analyzes Brazilian domestic rules on international adoption, as well as the application of the Convention in Brazil. It criticizes how the Convention is applied in Brazil and the country´s role on the international net of international adoption. 

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