Adoption of children in the European Union
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16-06-2016
Globally, there have been significant changes in the landscape of adoption over recent years, including fluctuations in the volume of adoptions, the countries involved and who is eligible to adopt. This paper aims to provide an overview of the adoption of children in the European Union (EU), focusing on trends in the number of domestic and intercountry adoptions and a comparison of the current adoption requirements in the individual Member States.
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- child protection
- civil procedure
- comparative law
- data protection
- drafting of EU law
- economic analysis
- economic geography
- ECONOMICS
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EU competence
- EU Member State
- EU statistics
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- family
- GEOGRAPHY
- information and information processing
- information technology and data processing
- international adoption
- international affairs
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- jurisdiction
- justice
- LAW
- organisation of the legal system
- parental responsibility
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- sources and branches of the law
- UN convention
- United Nations
- UNO