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The Best Interests of the Child in Intercountry Adoption

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  • Nigel Cantwell

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Publications produced by the Office are contributions to a global debate on children and child rights issues and include a wide range of opinions. The views expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect UNICEF policies or approaches. There is universal agreement, embedded in international human rights law, that the best interests of the child should be a primary consideration in any decisions made about a child’s future. In the case of adoption, which represents one of the most far-reaching and definitive decisions that could be made about the future of any child - the selection of their parents - international law qualifies the best interests of the child as the paramount consideration. This study responds, in particular, to one key question: what is it that enables a policy, process, decision or practice to be qualified as either respectful or in violation of the best interests of the child in intercountry adoption?

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  • Nigel Cantwell, 2014. "The Best Interests of the Child in Intercountry Adoption," Papers innins712, Innocenti Insights.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucf:innins:innins712
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    1. Smith Rotabi, K., 2014. "Force, fraud, and coercion : Bridging from knowledge of intercountry adoption to global surrogacy," ISS Working Papers - General Series 77403, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.
    2. Selman, P., 2014. "Intercountry Adoption Agencies and the HCIA," ISS Working Papers - General Series 77404, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.
    3. Högbacka, R., 2014. "Intercountry adoption, countries of origin, and biological families," ISS Working Papers - General Series 77406, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.
    4. Cheney, K.E., 2014. "Executive summary of the International Forum on Intercountry Adoption and Global Surrogacy," ISS Working Papers - General Series 77408, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.

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