Source: Council of Europe
CONFERENCE VIDEOS ONLINE:
30 November – 1 December 2009, Strasbourg
The Council of Europe and the European Commission have organised jointly a conference on: “Challenges in Adoption Procedures in Europe: ensuring the best interests of the child”.
This event was held at the Council of Europe Headquarters, in Strasbourg from 30 November to 1 December 2009.
The main themes treated in the Conference are the following:
– the revised European Convention on the Adoption of Children and the best interests of the child;
– the adults in the adoption process;
– the role and responsibility of State Authorities;
– the access to one’s origins: how to find a balance between the different parties involved?
– from National to International Adoptions: The 1993 Hague Convention on Adoption;
– the right to a family: is International Adoption the last resort solution?
– towards a European Adoption Policy?
Programme
Speeches
Council of European documents concerning the adoption of children
Links to Council of Europe activities concerning children