Hague Convention
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
---|---|
Synonymous names: | Intercountry adoption |
METEOR identifier: | 689419 |
Registration status: | Children and Families, Superseded 12/11/2018 |
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. An intercountry adoption is classified as a Hague adoption or non-Hague adoption.
|
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
---|---|
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Hague Convention Children and Families, Superseded 02/12/2019 |
Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Adoptions DSS 2016-17 Children and Families, Superseded 12/11/2018 |
<Title>
<body>
<footer>