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Hague Special Commission

Delegates and observers from more than sixty nations and fourteen NGOs met in The Hague from October 10-17, 2017, to consider the practical operation of two Hague agreements: the 1980 Child Abduction Convention and the 1996 Child Protection Convention.

US Meets with Committee on the Rights of the Child

Based on its ratification of two optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United States makes periodic reports to the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child and meets with the Commmittee in Geneva, most recently in May 2017. The Committee has issued its Concluding Observations with respect to U.S.

Child Abduction Report for 2016

The State Department Annual Report on International Child Abduction (April 2017) presents information on a country-by-country basis for all countries with which the U.S.

US Releases 2016 Intercountry Adoption Report

The U.S.

President Obama Signs Ratification of Child Support Convention

According to this White House Press Release, President Barack Obama signed the instrument of ratification for the Hague Child Support Convention on Tuesday, August 30, 2016. The instrument of ratification must

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