When a child is to be placed for adoption or kafalah of Islamic law and finally will be adopted or placed in kafalah, it is vitally important that the child is heard. Such a process is also necessary when step-parents or foster families adopt a child, although the child and the adopting parents may have already been living together for some time.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Type de document
General Comment / Recommendation
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Personnes concernées
Children
Families
Année
2009
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
CRC General Comment No. 12, The right of the child to be heard (2009), para. 55.