back to questions ] HAGUE CONVENTION What is the Hague Convention?
• The 1993 Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption aims to establish an international system of co-operation that aims to prevent the abduction of, the sale of, and illegal traffic in children. The Convention requires that intercountry adoption happens only when it is in the child’s best interests, that all adopters are assessed and approved as suitable to adopt and that no profit is made from the adoption process. The UK implemented the Convention with effect from 1 June 2003 . • Prospective applicants will wish to note that if the UK has objected to a particular country’s accession to the Hague Convention that the Convention is not then ‘in force’ between the two countries, i.e. adoptions from that country would not be recognized in the UK as Hague Convention adoptions. At the present time the UK has objections lodged to the accession of Cambodia and that of Guatemala. [ back to questions ] Which countries have brought the H
