Child with a Name without a law-Issues in Intercountry Adoption

Akash Chatterjee

Akash Chatterjee Student (BA LLB), Department of Law, Amity Law School, Amity University Kolkata, West Bengal, India. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2328-5286

Abstract

Adoption is essentially a practice of awarding a second chance to the child who has a right to be nurtured in the care and protection of a family. Not every child is fortunate enough to be looked after and socialised by his birth parents, and in these cases, their deprivation and suffering can come to close with the system of adoption. While delving into the realm of Inter Country Adoption - ICA , one thing which needs to be kept in mind that a child deserves the protection of a proper legal framework in the very same way that it deserves a name to be identified by. On the other hand adoption works as a miracle for those couples or persons who deserve to get a chance to being parents and cherishing the love of parenting a child. This awarding of a second chance towards a happy and normal life in itself entails many challenges for the child and the respective legal framework where the process is facilitated, hence there are laws, and in case of the international scenario, we find treaties and conventions, but how far do they substantiate in the contemporary world remains a matter of concern and research.

How to cite this article: Chaterjee A. Child with a Name without a law-Issues in Intercountry Adoption. J Adv Res Polit Sci Gov 2021; 5(1): 1-4.

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