12-30-2009, 07:33 PM
That looks fairly solid. I'm not sure whether my own nation's government would support it (partly because of the shortage of other ursine nations amongst the WA's current members, which means that any inter-country adoptions involving our people would probably have to be with humans instead...), but I'll give you some OOC advice anyway.
A/ The clauses about mental competency & signatures should probably be specified as applying only to "all adults" involved, rather than to "everybody involved", because otherwise you'd be ruling out inter-country adoption of babies & toddlers.
B/ The fact that compliance with passed resolutions is mandatory for all member nations (compliance to the letter of resolutions, anyway, although not necessarily to their spirit) means that the clauses about halting adoptions in cases where the other nation involved is suspected of not obeying these rules are probably superfluous.
C/ Should a child who's been adopted into a foreign land & culture have the right to have their original native culture's language & "adequate" information about that culture (& nation) included in their education, so that they can understand these well enough to fit in if they choose to return to that home once they become an adult? Indeed, should such a 'right of return' itself be stipulated?
A/ The clauses about mental competency & signatures should probably be specified as applying only to "all adults" involved, rather than to "everybody involved", because otherwise you'd be ruling out inter-country adoption of babies & toddlers.
B/ The fact that compliance with passed resolutions is mandatory for all member nations (compliance to the letter of resolutions, anyway, although not necessarily to their spirit) means that the clauses about halting adoptions in cases where the other nation involved is suspected of not obeying these rules are probably superfluous.
C/ Should a child who's been adopted into a foreign land & culture have the right to have their original native culture's language & "adequate" information about that culture (& nation) included in their education, so that they can understand these well enough to fit in if they choose to return to that home once they become an adult? Indeed, should such a 'right of return' itself be stipulated?