About:
- Full Name: Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption.
- Objectives:
- To protect children and their families against illegal or ill-prepared Inter-Country adoptions.
- To prevent the abduction, the sale of, or trafficking of children.
- The Convention establishes minimum standards, but does not intend to serve as a uniform law of adoption.
- Background:
- The Convention was developed by the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
- It was concluded in 1993 and entered into force in 1995.
- This Convention gives effect to the Article 21 of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA):
- Functions: CARA is the nodal body for adoption of Indian children. It regulates in-country and inter-country adoptions (in accordance with the Hague Convention which was ratified by Government of India in 2003).
- Status: It is an autonomous body of the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Australia imposed a ban on India 8 years ago, on the reported charges of trafficking of children for Inter-country adoption by some of the recognized Indian placement agencies.
