o force on May 1, 1995. 32 I.L.M. 1134 (1993). For an online text, see the HCCH Web site,
http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=69 (last visited July 27, 2007). See also Hans Van Loon, Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, 3 The International Journal of Children’s Rights 463 (1995), available athttp://www.iss-ssi.org/Resource_Centre/Tronc_CI/thcvloon.pdf.
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- Van Bueren, supra note 3, at 99-100. [Back to Text]
- Van Bueren, supra note 3, at 122, notes that the 1993 Convention’s approach reinforces that taken in the IAC guaranteeing the secrecy of the adoption “where called for.” She also refers to the non-binding 1986 Declaration on Social and Legal Principles Relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally, which states: “[t]he need of a foster or an adopted child to know about his or her background should be recognised by persons responsible for the child’s care unless this is contrary to the child’s best interests.”
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- The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Hague No. 28, was adopted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law on October 25, 1980, and entered into force on December 1, 1983. T.I.A.S. No. 11,670, 1343 U.N.T.S. 89; 19 I.L.M. 1501 (1980). For an online text, see the HCCH Web site, http://hcch.e-vision.nl/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=24 (last visited July 26, 2007) (unofficial source). For an online description of the Convention and links to other sites and information, see the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs Web site,http://travel.state.gov/family/abduction/hague_issues/ hague_issues_578.html (last visited July 26, 2007). For a list of “Party Countries and Effective Dates with U.S.,” see http://travel.state.gov/family/abduction/hague_issues/hague_issues_1487.html (last visited July 26, 2007). See also Gloria Folger DeHart, The Relationship Between the 1980 Child Abduction Convention and the 1996 Protection Convention, 33:1 Journal of International Law and Politics 83 (2000), available at http://www3.law.nyu.edu/journals/jilp/issues/33/pdf/33f.pdf (PDF). The entire JILP issue is on the 1980 Convention. [Back to Text]
- The European Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Concerning the Custody of Children, comprising a Preamble and 30 articles, was concluded in Luxembourg on May 20, 1980. E.T.S. No. 105. For an online text, see the COE Web site, http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Treaties/Html/105.htm (last visited July 30, 2007). [Back to Text]
- Detrick, supra note 7, at 208. [Back to Text]
- This is because children are rarely in a position to initiate legal proceedings in situations of child abduction. Van Bueren, supra note 3, at 90-92.
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- Detrick, supra note 7, at 208-209. [Back to Text]
- The Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, in a Preamble and 16 articles, was adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation on June 17, 1999, and entered into force on November 19, 2000. For an online text, see the OHCHR Web site, http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/childlabour.htm (last visited July 30, 2007). [Back to Text]
News Release, NGO Advisory Council for the UN Study on Violence Against Children, International Call for Action to End Violence Against Children: Establish a Special Representative to the UN Secretary General on Violence Against Children (May 18, 2007), Child Rights Information Network, available at
http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?id=13401; Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly [without Reference to a Main Committee (A/60/L.48)] 60/251, Human Rights Council, the OHCHR Web site,http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/
docs/A.RES.60.251_En.pdf (PDF) (last visited July 27, 2007). [Back to Text]
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