Building a Europe for and with children
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Conference on "Challenges in Adoption Procedures in Europe" |
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European Commission have organised jointly a conference on: “Challenges in
Adoption Procedures in Europe: ensuring the best interests of the child”.
This event was held at the Council of Europe Headquarters, in Strasbourg from 30 November to 1 December 2009. The main themes treated in the Conference are the following: - the revised European Convention on the Adoption of Children and the best interests of the child; - the adults in the adoption process; - the role and responsibility of State Authorities; - the access to one's origins: how to find a balance between the different parties involved? - from National to International Adoptions: The 1993 Hague Convention on Adoption; - the right to a family: is International Adoption the last resort solution? - towards a European Adoption Policy?
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