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Article: Does the Hague Convention on intercountry adoption address the protection of adoptees' cultural identity? And should it?(COMMENTARY)(Report)
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- Social Work
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- October 1, 2008
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On December 12, 2007, the Instrument of U.S. Ratification of the Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption was deposited at The Hague (U.S. Department of State, 2007).This act made the United States a flail member of the Hague Convention, which entered into force for the United States on April 1, 2008. The convention (Hague Conference on Private International Law, n.d.) governs intercountry adoptions between the United States and other members through the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-279). The United States will not engage in adoptions with countries that are not members or are out of compliance. An issue raised ...