Latvia Adoption Closes

Unfortunately, Latvian adoption to the United States has closed. Latvia made it a rule to only approve international adoption to countries who have signed the Hague convention on international adoption and also the United Nations' Convention of the Rights of the Child. The United States is part of the Hague agreement, but has not signed the UN's convention. The United States should sign the agreement, as it is about children's rights. So far, the United States is the only UN countries that have not signed the agreement. I do hope the USA will sign that soon. For more information: https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-rights-child