Prospective
Chapter IE+W+S Scope of the Convention
Article 1E+W+S
The objects of the present Convention are—
(a)to establish safeguards to ensure that intercountry adoptions take place in the best interests of the child and with respect for his or her fundamental rights as recognised in international law;
(b)to establish a system of co-operation amongst Contracting States to ensure that those safeguards are respected and thereby prevent the abduction, the sale of, or traffic in children;
(c)to secure the recognition in Contracting States of adoptions made in accordance with the Convention.
Article 2E+W+S
1E+W+SThe Convention shall apply where a child habitually resident in one Contracting State (“the State of origin”) has been, is being, or is to be moved to another Contracting State (“the receiving State”) either after his or her adoption in the State of origin by spouses or a person habitually resident in the receiving State, or for the purposes of such an adoption in the receiving State or in the State of origin.
2E+W+SThe Convention covers only adoptions which create a permanent parent-child relationship.
Article 3E+W+S
The Convention ceases to apply if the agreements mentioned in Article 17, sub-paragraph (c), have not been given before the child attains the age of eighteen years.