TY - JOUR
T1 - The National Adoption System and Child Protection in Guatemala: Looking Back and Examining the Today
AU - Monico, Carmen
AU - Rotabi-Casares, Karen S.
AU - Bunkers, Kelley M.
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - This article discusses the evolution of adoption policy and practices in Guatemala from the 1990s to 2021. The authors synthesized own research and analyzed adoption scholarship and reports and organized that history in three distinct periods: (1) conflict years (1966–1996) when mostly Guatemalan military families and associates adopted stolen children, (2) post-conflict and millennium adoption years (1997-2007) when the commercialization of children and illicit adoptions surged, and (3) reform years (2008 to date) when new adoption regulations and institutions were established. The article concludes that Guatemalan regulations aligned with international conventions improved domestic adoption, but gaps remain within the adoption and child protection system.
AB - This article discusses the evolution of adoption policy and practices in Guatemala from the 1990s to 2021. The authors synthesized own research and analyzed adoption scholarship and reports and organized that history in three distinct periods: (1) conflict years (1966–1996) when mostly Guatemalan military families and associates adopted stolen children, (2) post-conflict and millennium adoption years (1997-2007) when the commercialization of children and illicit adoptions surged, and (3) reform years (2008 to date) when new adoption regulations and institutions were established. The article concludes that Guatemalan regulations aligned with international conventions improved domestic adoption, but gaps remain within the adoption and child protection system.
KW - child-rights conventions
KW - Guatemala
KW - Intercountry adoption
KW - national adoption
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U2 - 10.1080/10926755.2022.2156641
DO - 10.1080/10926755.2022.2156641
M3 - Article
SN - 1092-6755
VL - 26
SP - 340
EP - 358
JO - Adoption Quarterly
JF - Adoption Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -