Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws concerning the Adoption of Minors

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The Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws concerning the Adoption of Minors is a regional treaty that harmonizes legal rules among American states to determine jurisdiction, applicable law, and recognition of decisions in cases of international adoption of children.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Inter-American convention ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedUnderAuspicesOf Organization of American States ⓘ
aimsToProtect best interests of the child ⓘ
rights of the child ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Inter-American Adoption Convention ⓘ
Inter-American Convention on the Adoption of Minors ⓘ
appliesTo international adoption proceedings ⓘ
recognition of foreign adoption judgments ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple best interests of the child ⓘ
protection of minors in international adoption ⓘ
beneficiaries minors involved in international adoption within the Americas ⓘ
category OAS human rights and family law instruments ⓘ
containsProvisionsOn competence of authorities in the state of origin and receiving state ⓘ
conditions for recognition of foreign adoptions ⓘ
cooperation between authorities of states parties ⓘ
effects of adoption in the receiving state ⓘ
establishesRulesFor choice of law in adoption of minors ⓘ
jurisdiction of authorities in adoption of minors ⓘ
recognition and effects of foreign adoption decisions ⓘ
focusesOn conflict of laws issues rather than substantive adoption law ⓘ
geopoliticalScope member states of the Organization of American States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalField child law ⓘ
family law ⓘ
private international law ⓘ
legalInstrumentType conflict of laws convention ⓘ
private international law convention ⓘ
legalStatus binding on states that have ratified it ⓘ
purpose to determine applicable law in international adoption of minors ⓘ
to determine jurisdiction in international adoption cases involving minors ⓘ
to harmonize conflict of laws rules on adoption of minors among American states ⓘ
to regulate recognition of adoption decisions issued in other states parties ⓘ
region Americas ⓘ
relatedTo Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption ⓘ
requires recognition of adoption decisions that meet convention conditions by other states parties ⓘ
scope cross-border adoption of minors between states parties in the Americas ⓘ
sponsoredBy Organization of American States ⓘ
subjectMatter adoption of minors ⓘ
applicable law in adoption cases ⓘ
international adoption ⓘ
jurisdiction in adoption cases ⓘ
recognition of foreign adoption decisions ⓘ

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Treaties of the Organization of American States → hasPart → Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws concerning the Adoption of Minors ⓘ
Treaties of the Organization of American States → hasPart → Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Traffic in Minors ⓘ
linked to: Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws concerning the Adoption of Minors
Inter-American Convention on Personality and Capacity of Juridical Persons in Private International Law → relatedInstrument → Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws concerning the Adoption of Minors ⓘ
Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws concerning the Adoption of Minors → alsoKnownAs → Inter-American Adoption Convention ⓘ
linked to: Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws concerning the Adoption of Minors
Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws concerning the Adoption of Minors → alsoKnownAs → Inter-American Convention on the Adoption of Minors ⓘ
linked to: Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws concerning the Adoption of Minors