UN Committee on the Right of the Child
Adoption
43. The Committee notes the efforts undertaken to protect the rights of the child in the adoption process. However, the Committee is concerned that there are inadequate institutional arrangements for ensuring a smooth process for adoption and that the steps to be undertaken for national and international adoption are unclear.
44. The Committee recommends that the State party continue adapting the legislation on adoption procedure according to art. 21 of the Convention and its principles, and consider ratifying the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption in order to prevent the sale of children for adoption purposes. The Committee further recommends that the State party provide in its combined second and third periodic report more detailed information on the adoption process.