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Hague Convention Countries Adoptions in the UK

Home » Hague Convention Countries Adoptions in the UK

An intercountry adoption is the adoption of a child habitually resident in one country by an individual/s habitually resident in another country.

There are two types of inbound intercountry adoptions: those made under the terms of the Hague Convention and ‘other’. The adoption may be:

a Convention adoption – where the child and the adopters are habitually resident in different countries both of which are contracting States to (that is, the States which have “ratified’’ or “acceded to”) the 1993 Hague Convention and the adoption is effected under the Convention;
“Other” – “Other” are intercountry adoptions not effected under the terms of the Convention.

Which countries are signatories to the Hague Convention?

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Canada

Cape Verde

Chile

China (and Hong Kong)

Colombia

Côte d’Ivoire

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Estonia

Fiji

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guatemala

Guinea

Haiti

Hungary

Iceland

India

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lesotho

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Madagascar

Mali

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Namibia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Rwanda

San Marino

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Thailand

Togo

Turkey

United Kingdom

Uruguay

Venezuela

Vietnam

Zambia

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