Interstate adoption under martial law is impossible , and the dissemination of contrary information contains signs of fraud and a violation of children's rights. This was reported in the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine .
The department notes that due to the risks to the life and health of children as a result of Russia’s war against Ukraine, children and families with children are being evacuated to safe zones within Ukraine, as well as outside Ukraine to other states, in particular member states of the European Union. Union.
The adoption policy of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is that children evacuated to other states as a result of an emergency, including children who have been granted refugee status in other states, cannot be adopted, since most of them are not are orphans or there is no official reliable confirmation of this, the message says.
The Ministry of Social Policy recalled that for the adoption of a child-citizen of Ukraine by foreigners or citizens of Ukraine living outside it, the consent of the National Social Service Service is required . And because of the active hostilities, its work was suspended.
When the situation allows restoring a high-quality check of documents of foreigners – candidates for adoptive parents and carrying out the preliminary work necessary in the process of interstate adoption, the Government of Ukraine will immediately inform the public and the competent authorities of foreign states about the conditions and features of restoring interstate adoption.
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Former Commissioner for Children's Rights Mykola Kuleba told whether it is possible to adopt a child during martial law on the territory of Ukraine.
He noted that now the Ministry of Social Policy is trying to regulate the legislation in order to simplify the adoption procedure.
