Special Commission of July 2022
4-8 July 2022
The Special Commission on the 1993 Adoption Convention will take place from 4 to 8 July 2022 and will be held online.
Preliminary Documents:
- Prel. Doc. No 1 of July 2019 - Questionnaire on possible topics for the Fifth Meeting of the Special Commission on the practical operation of the Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (the deadline to respond to this Questionnaire has now passed)
- Prel. Doc. No 2 of December 2019 - Analysis of the responses to the 2019 Questionnaire on possible topics and format for the Fifth Meeting of the Special Commission to review the practical operation of the 1993 Adoption Convention
- Prel. Doc. No 3 of February 2020 - Questionnaire on the practical operation of the 1993 Adoption Convention
- Prel. Doc. No 4 REV of April 2022 - Draft Recommended Model Forms for use under the 1993 Adoption Convention (Word version)
- Prel. Doc. No 5 of December 2020 - Questionnaire on the impact of COVID-19 on intercountry adoptions under the 1993 Adoption Convention
- Draft Toolkit for Preventing and Addressing Illicit Practices in Intercountry Adoption:
- Prel. Doc. No 6 REV of January 2022 – Brief Explanatory Note and Next Steps on the Draft Toolkit
- Prel. Doc. No 6A REV of January 2022 – Part I – Introduction to the Toolkit (Word version)
- Prel. Doc. No 6B REV of January 2022 – Part II – Fact Sheets on illicit practices (Word version)
- Prel. Doc. No 6C REV of January 2022 – Part III – Checklist to assist decision making by Central Authorities (Word version)
- Prel. Doc. No 6D REV of January 2022 – Part IV – Model Procedure to respond to illicit practices (Word version)
- Prel. Doc. No 6E REV of January 2022 – Part V – Guidelines on enhancing cooperation and coordination (Word version)
- Prel. Doc. No 7 of March 2022 - Discussion Paper “The impact of Covid-19 on intercountry adoptions”
- Prel. Doc. No 8 of May 2022 - Discussion Paper “Post-adoption matters”
- Prel. Doc. No 9 of May 2022 - Discussion Paper “Simple and open Intercountry Adoptions”
- Prel. Doc. No 10 of May 2022 - Discussion Paper “Intrafamily Intercountry Adoptions”
- Prel. Doc. No 11 of June 2022 - Update on the work done by the HCCH regarding the recognition of domestic adoptions
Information Documents:
- Info. Doc. No 1 of December 2019 - Conclusions and Recommendations from previous meetings of the Special Commission (2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015) to examine the practical operation of the 1993 Adoption Convention
- Info. Doc. No 2 of June 2022 - Annulment and Revocation of an Intercountry Adoption
- Info. Doc. No 3 of June 2022 - Nationality and Intercountry Adoption
- Info. Doc. No 4 of June 2022 - Compilation of main extracts of HCCH documents on post-adoption matters, simple and full adoptions, and intrafamily adoptions
- Info. Doc. No 5 of June 2022 - Compilation of responses on the questions relating to illicit practices and contact before matching from the 2020 Questionnaire No 1 (Prel. Doc. No 3)
Previous Special Commission meetings:
- Special Commission of June 2015
- Special Commission of June 2010
- Special Commission of September 2005
- Special Commission of November/December 2000
- Special Commission of October 1994