FAMILIES’ EXPERIENCES OF COMPARATIVE LAW IN INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS

Abstract

Reflect on comparative law in international adoptions, laws, decrees and conventions between countries regarding the rights of children and adolescents and observe reports on the difficulties that families are currently facing. This is a qualitative and quantitative study, derived from data from the CNJ, children adopted internationally, by region, both sexes, up to 17 years and 364 days. The data collection instruments will use secondary data from the CNJ. An important aspect for international adoption is that it must guarantee citizenship or nationality to the adopted child, it is a fundamental right that must be preserved. When checking the data in Graph 1, from the period from 2019 to October 16, 2023, where a total of 161 international adoptions were carried out in Brazil, through the CNJ's National Adoption System (SNA), these being children who left Brazilian territory and went to live in another country with their adoptive parents or new parents. On the one hand, we have reduced possibilities of contact with the family of origin, due to the geographical, linguistic, ethical and cultural distance, with this feeling of “dissimilarity” with one’s origin, combined with the discomfort of not knowing the new country, resulting in an emotional imbalance of the child, according to some reports, in the new residence or country.