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E/CN.4/1983/32/Add.3

Protection of the rights of children and parents in cases of removal or retention of children : report / by the Secretary-General.

UN Document Symbol E/CN.4/1983/32/Add.3
Convention Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Document Type Report of the Secretary-General
Session 39th
Type Document
Description

2 p.

Subjects Rights of The Child, Children, Parent-Child Relations

Extracted Text

Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/1983/32/Add,3 18 February 1983 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN BIGHTS Thirty-ninth session Agenda item 13 QUESTION OF A CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD Protection of the rights of children and parents in cases of removal or retention of children Report by the Secretary-General Addendum SUMMARIES OF REPLIES RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENTS UNDER ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1982/39 1/ Page Additional reply received from Thailand 27 2 XI The full text of the communications are available for consultation in the files of the United Nations Secretariat. 2/ The first reply was reproduced in E/CN.4/1983/32. GE.83-11164 E/CN.4/1983/32/Add.3 page 2 THAILAND [Original: English] [14 February 1983] The Government states that eases of unauthorized removal and retention of children in Thailand are not only the result of conflicts arising between couples of different nationalities, but also of an increasing demand for children for adoption abroad. It is the Government's view that national legislative measures are not sufficient to control infringements of the rights and benefits of such children. It therefore suggests that the Commission on Human Rights should take up this problem when drafting the convention on the rights of the child. At the same time, the public should be made aware that a child given for adoption should be provided with the facilities to develop in conditions of freedom and dignity.