Special Commission of June 2015
- Conclusions & Recommendations adopted by the 2015 Special Commission
- Draft Agenda for the Special Commission meeting
- Provisional list of documents for the Special Commission meeting
Documents for the meeting
- Monday 8 June 2015:
- Prel. Doc. No 3 - 20 years of the 1993 Hague Convention - Assessing the impact of the Convention on laws and practices relating to intercountry adoption and the protection of children
- Twenty years of the Hague Convention: a Statistical Review (presentation by Peter Selman)
- Day 1: questions for discussion
- Tuesday 9 June 2015:
- Fact Sheet No 1 - The people at the heart of the adoption
- Prel. Doc. No 5 - Draft Model Forms for Intercountry Adoption
- Info. Doc. No 1 - “New technologies and adoption” (document submitted by the International Social Service)
- Wednesday 10 June 2015:
- Prel. Doc. No 4 - Globalisation and International Mobility
- Info Doc. No 4 - Fact Sheet: Openness in adoption (document submitted by the International Social Service)
- Day 3: questions for discussion
- Thursday 11 June 2015:
- Fact Sheet No 2 - The Financial Aspects of Intercountry Adoption
(link to the Section of the Expert Group on Financial Aspects) - Prel. Doc. No 6 - Draft Survey for Adoptive Parents on the Financial Aspects of Intercountry Adoption
- Fact Sheet No 4 - Agreements and other arrangements between States
- Friday 12 June 2015:
- Fact Sheet No 3 - Preventing and addressing Illicit Practices
(link to the Section of the Working Group on Illicit Practices) - Info Doc. No 2 - Table of Conclusions and Recommendations of previous meetings of the Special Commission on Intercountry Adoption (2000, 2005, 2010)
- Other
- Info Doc. No 3 - Manifesto for ethical intercountry adoption (document submitted by the International Social Service)
- Declaration on the need to develop a harmonised frameworkfor the adoption of children in Africa
Responses to Questionnaires and Country Profiles in preparation for the Special Commission meeting
- Country Profile for receiving States | Country Profile for States of origin
- Prel. Doc. No 1 of July 2014 - Questionnaire No 1 on the impact of the 1993 Convention over the past 20 years
- Prel. Doc. No 2 of October 2014 - Questionnaire No 2 on the practical operation of the 1993 Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention
Preparatory Training (Saturday 6 June 2015)
(Training for new States Parties and those seriously considering ratification of, or accession to, the 1993 Hague Convention)