DOS Adoption Notice: The Hague Adoption Convention Enters into Force for Rwanda

Rwanda July 2, 2012 Notice: The Hague Adoption Convention Enters into Force for Rwanda On July 1, 2012 the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-Operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Convention) entered into force for Rwanda.  However, the Government of Rwanda has notified the U.S. Embassy in Kigali that the current suspension on intercountry adoptions will remain in …

DOS Adoption Alert: Rwanda Update

Rwanda Adoption Alert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues September 3, 2010 Effective August 31, 2010, the Rwandan Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF) temporarily suspended all new applications for intercountry adoptions to prepare for accession to the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption (the Convention). U.S. …

DOS: Rwanda Adoption Alert

Rwanda Adoption AlertU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues August 27, 2010 Effective August 31, 2010,the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MGFP) in Rwanda is temporally suspending all new applications for intercountry adoptions so they can prepare for accession to the Hague Convention. MGFP announced that applications from prospective adoption parents already received by Ministry or …

MIGEPROF: Rwanda Temporary Suspension of New International Adoptions

From the Rwanda Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion Temporary suspension of new international adoption from Rwanda As a new signatory country of The Hague Convention on protection of children and cooperation in respect of inter-country adoption, concluded on 29 May 1993. Rwanda is in the process of putting in place the structures, mechanisms, tools and implementation plan. For the …