Articles for March 2016

Civil Union Law Encted in Italy

Recognition of civil unions came to the top of the legislative agenda in Italy after the European Court of Human Rights held in Oliari and Others v.

Senate Investigates Trafficking of Refugee Children

Following labor trafficking indictments in federal court brought against individuals who forced young refugees to work on egg farms in Ohio, the U.S.

Commercial Surrogacy to be Banned in India

News media have reported that the Indian government took steps at the end of October 2015 to ban commercial surrogacy, notifying clinics to stop embryo transfers for non-Indian passport holders.

Special Commission Meeting on the Adoption Convention

Delegates from 74 countries and 18 international organizations met in The Hague to review the practical operation of the Hague Adoption Convention in June 2015.

New State Department Reports on Child Abduction

Under the new reporting requirements of the 2014 Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act (ICAPRA), the Office of Children's Issues (OCI) generated two reports for 2015.

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