CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. b
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[States Parties that recognize and/or permit the system of adoption shall ensure that the best interests of the child shall be the paramount consideration and they shall:] (b) Recognize that inter-country adoption may be considered as an alternative means of child's care, if the child cannot be placed in a foster or an adoptive family or cannot in any suitable manner be cared for in the child's country of origin;
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Movement
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Children
Families
Year
1989
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), Article 21, b.