Committee on Family Matters, Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism recommends that the Parliament adopts as a Basis the Bill of the Law on Amendments to the Article 212 of the Family Code of Ukraine (re the Moratorium on the Adoption of Ukrainian Children by the Foreigners)

25 May 2009, 15:46

The Bill (Reg.№4313) envisages the prohibition of the adoption of Ukrainian children by the foreigners that do not have officially registered marriage in Ukraine, are citizen and constantly live in countries Ukraine do not have bilateral contracts on cooperation on adoption matters.

The Members of the Committee deem that the elaboration of the bill is caused by the lack of the effective mechanism of the state control for the abidance of the rights of Ukrainian children, adopted by foreigners.