IMPLICATIONS OF CHILD ABDUCTION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND CHILD WELFARE SYSTEMS: A CONSTRUCTIVIST INQUIRY OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF GUATEMALAN MOTHERS PUBLICALLY REPORTING CHILD ABDUCTION FOR INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION

摘要: IMPLICATIONS OF CHILD ABDUCTION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND WELFARE SYSTEMS: A CONSTRUCTIVIST INQUIRY THE LIVED EXPERIENCE GUATEMALAN MOTHERS PUBLICALLY REPORTING INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION By: Carmen C. Monico, Ph.D. Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree Doctor Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. University, 2013 Director: Humberto Fabelo, Ph.D., L.C. S.W. Associate Dean Academic and Student Affairs Professor School Social Work Abstract The Hague Convention on Protection Children Co-operation Respect Intercountry Adoption was agreed upon 1993 Conference Private International Law to address growing allegations abduction, sale, trafficking children around world. guides countries attend “best interest child” making decisions intercountry adoptions, apply “principle ofThe subsidiarity,” which calls consideration family kinship placement national adoption prior adoption. This dissertation research focused experience Guatemalan mothers reporting abduction their It examines implications human rights child welfare system.