Question NW161 to the Minister of Social Development
28 March 2017 - NW161
Masango, Ms B to ask the Minister of Social Development
Whether, with reference to the requests made to the central authority of her department for intercountry adoptions of available children in terms of Article 17 of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, 1993, her department’s policy is based on the principles of placing the best interests of the child first, as contained in the various South African legislation that deal with children; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
Yes, the Department is placing the best interests of the child first as guided by the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 and Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, 1993