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

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Inter-American convention international treaty multilateral treaty

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Traffic in Minors	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Inter-American convention ⓘ international treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedUnderAuspicesOf	Organization of American States NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsToProtect	best interests of the child ⓘ rights of the child ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Inter-American Adoption Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ Inter-American Convention on the Adoption of Minors NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	adoption of minors ⓘ applicable law in adoption cases ⓘ international adoption ⓘ jurisdiction in adoption cases ⓘ recognition of foreign adoption decisions ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Treaties of the Organization of American States → hasPart → Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws concerning the Adoption of Minors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Traffic in Minors