Adoption Issues

 

Multiethnic Placement Act Enforcement Decisions

International Adoption Policy Positions

International Adoption Policy Statement and Supporting Report:

       Endorsed by 6 organizations to date:             

• The American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, May 2008 http://www.adoptionattorneys.org
  
• Harvard Law School Child Advocacy Program, May 2008
  
• The Center for Adoption Policy, June 2008
  
• National Council For Adoption, April 2009
  NCFA Endorsement and Related Article
  
• University of San Diego Children's Advocacy Institute, May 2009
• University of San Francisco - School of Law Child Advocacy Clinic, May 2009

Endorsed by 132 faculty members and related legal professionals to date:

• Click here to view the full list of individual endorsements.

To Join the Campaign to Endorse the Policy Statement :

• For more about the Campaign, click here.
• If you are a faculty member of a law school (domestic or abroad) or if you represent a law school clinic, program, or independent organization and you would like to endorse the Policy Statement, click here.
  

American Bar Association Recommendation on International Adoption, adopted by House of Delegates August 11, 2008, and Supporting Report

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearing on Unparented Children and Related International Adoption Policies, Nov. 6, 2009, Presentation by HLS CAP and Center for Adoption Policy

 

Adoption News Stories

Elizabeth Bartholet and Paulo Barrozo "Amid Disaster, Haitian Orphans Find Homes," NPR-online, January 21, 2010

Elizabeth Bartholet's NYTimes Editorial "Celebrity Adoption and the Real World" - May 10, 2009

"Save the Children from Save the Children:" Press Release on Madonna's Second Adoption and Related International Adoption Issues, April 2009

CAP Faculty Director Quoted in Calgary Herald Article on International Adopton - Nov. 8, 2008