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Toward a More Ethical Adoption Process in Korea: The Special Adoption Law and the Signing of the Hague.
Heit, Shannon.
Journal Article
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Published: October 2013
Adoption Today
Vol. 16, No. 2
, p. 16-18
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The Special Adoption Law revisions, along with Korea's subsequent signing of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption on May 24, 2013, bring Korea's adoption program closer to meeting international human rights standards and helps to prevent many of the violations that have plagued Korean adoption from being repeated in the future.
Keywords:
intercountry adoption; adoption reform movement; adoption process; ethics; adoption laws; human rights; Hague Convention