Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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METEOR identifier: | 749098 |
Registration status: | Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 |
Definition: | A convention—specifically, the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption—that establishes standards and procedures for adoptions between countries. The Hague Convention includes legally binding safeguards and a system of supervision, and establishes channels of communication between countries. It came into force in Australia on 1 December 1998. |
Context: | Adoptions |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Hague Convention Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 |
Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Adoption type code N Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoptions DSS 2020-21 Children and Families, Superseded 05/06/2023 Adoptions DSS 2021-22 Children and Families, Superseded 04/04/2024 Adoptions DSS 2022-23 Children and Families, Standard 04/04/2024 Hague adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Non-Hague adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 |