Tajnost usvojenja i pravo djeteta na saznanje vlastitog porijekla u bosanskohercegovačkom zakonodavstvu
Confidentiality of Adoption and the Right of the Child to Know His or Her Origin in Bosnian and Herzegovinian Family Legislation

Summary/Abstract: The paper uses a comparative legal analysis of adoption provisions in family legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and relevant international documents, in particular the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Adoption (revised), and takes the necessary critical approach to present the current solutions for the (dis)respect of the right of the adopted child to know his or her parents. Further, a critical look at the provisions of Article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child points to the conclusion that this right of the child is not on par with absolute rights and that the European Convention on Adoption relativizes this right by attempting to “reconcile” the right of biological parents to anonymity with the right of the adopted child to know his or her origin.

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