New Proposed Cambodian Law Would Resume International Adoption

From the October 2009 issue of Adoption Today magazine:

Cambodia is working to draft new international adoption regulations according to an August article in the Phnom Penh Post. The article, "Council of Ministers approves draft law to legalise, regulate international adoptions," by Vong Sokheng states the new International Adoption Law's objective to "regulate the principles, conditions, and procedures for international adoption, with the goal of guaranteeing the protection of children's rights and interests." The law is high priority according to a Cambodian Secretary of State quoted in the article. Adoptions from Cambodia were suspended in 2001, however Cambodia is a signatory of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption.