B-48: INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON CONFLICT OF LAWS CONCERNING THE ADOPTION OF
MINORS
ADOPTED AT: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: THIRD INTER-AMERICAN SPECIALIZED CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE
INTERNATIONAL LAW
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 05/26/88 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 26 OF THE CONVENTION
DEPOSITORY: GENERAL SECRETARIAT, OAS (ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT AND RATIFICATIONS)
TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, NO. 62
UN REGISTRATION: / / No. Vol.
OBSERVATIONS: For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the deposit
of the second instrument of ratification, the Convention shall enter into force
on the thirtieth day after deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification or accession.
GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: B-48
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SIGNATORY COUNTRIES SIGNATURE REF RA/AC/AD REF DEPOSIT INST INFORMA REF
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Belize .............. / / 06/11/97 07/16/97 RA / /
Bolivia ............. 05/24/84 / / / / / /
Brazil .............. 05/24/84 07/03/97 07/08/97 RA / /
Chile ............... 05/24/84 10/26/01 R b 01/17/02 RA / /
Colombia ............ 05/24/84 03/15/88 04/26/88 RA / /
Dominican Republic .. 05/24/84 09/30/11 01/27/12 RA / /
Ecuador ............. 05/24/84 / / / / / /
Haiti ............... 05/24/84 / / / / / /
Honduras ............ / / 07/07/08 R c 09/05/08 AD
Mexico .............. 12/02/86 02/11/87 D a 06/12/87 RA / /
Panama .............. 05/28/98 02/25/99 03/18/99 RA / /
Paraguay ............ 08/07/96 / / / / / /
Uruguay ............. 05/24/84 05/05/09 06/16/09 RA / /
Venezuela ........... 05/24/84 / / / / / /
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REF = REFERENCE INST = TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
D = DECLARATION RA = RATIFICATION
R = RESERVATION AC = ACCEPTANCE
INFORMA = INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE TREATY AD = ACCESSION
*DECLARATIONS/RESERVATIONS/DENUNCIATIONS/WITHDRAWALS
B-48: INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON CONFLICT OF LAWS CONCERNING THE ADOPTION OF
MINORS
a. MEXICO:
(Declaration made at the time of ratification)
Mexico declares that it extends the application of the present Convention to
the various circumstances of adoption referred to in Articles 12 and 20 of
the inter-American instrument.
(Rectification to the declaration made at the time of ratification of the
Convention)
The permanent delegation of Mexico before the OAS, through note No. 01369,
dated the 28th 0f May, 1992, informed the Secretary General, who is serving
as depository for the Inter-American
Convention on Conflicts of Laws Concerning the Adoption of Minors, of the
following rectification to the declaration made at the time of ratification
of the Convention:
"The government of the United Mexican States declared that it would extend the
application of the afore-mentioned Convention to the various circumstances
regarding adoption as they are referred to
in Articles 12 and 20 of said instrument. This is an incorrect reference
statement since the declaration is actually applicable to Article 2 and 20
of the cited Convention, signed in La Paz, Bolivia on the 24th of May,1984."
b. CHILE:
Reservation at the time of the ratification (10/26/01)
"The Republic of Chile declares that it recognizes only full adoption or other
institutions that have similar effects and therefore constitute a filial
relationship that confers to the adoptee the status of child of the adopter
or adopters. Consequently, Chile issues a reservation to the provisions of
Article 2 of the Convention, which it considers inapplicable in its case."
c. HONDURAS:
Reservation at the time of the ratification (07/07/08)
"The Government of the Republic of Honduras declares that it only recognizes
full adoption as the legal institution that establishes equal, permanent,
and complete ties of kinship between the adopting and the adopted parties,
in keeping with the principle of the best interest of the child and
consolidation of the family. Accordingly, it enters its reservation with
respect to Article 2 of the Convention, which it considers inapplicable to
this matter.”