Closing New Loopholes

Protecting Children in Uganda's International Adoption Practices

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3103403
AutoresK E Cheney (0000-0002-4216-7410, Erasmus University Rotterdam, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen28
Número4
Páginas555-569
Fecha de publicación2021-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaChildhood (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/09075682211027226
OpenAlexW3177026503
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas14

Despite closing a legal guardianship loophole that enabled foreign prospective adoptive parents to bypass restrictive Ugandan adoption laws in 2016, corruption in intercountry adoption persisted, with the courts legitimating new end-runs around the requirements. But US sanctions issued in 2020 bring new hope for reform. By highlighting what children's advocates are doing to fight back, I suggest strategies for effective child and family safeguarding practices against adoption corruption as well as efforts to seek justice for affected children and families

Criminology · Economic growth · Economic Justice · Economics · Language change · Legal guardian · Political science · Safeguarding · Sanctions · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Law · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Technologies