Actors involved in the current reforms related to the Bill have requested the opinion of Child Identity Protection (CHIP) on balancing the different rights at stake in the context of confidential hospital births. The legal opinion of CHIP has benefited...

CHIP had the honour of speaking with the committee on the law proposed by Mme Valerie Van Peel establishing an Institute that specifically conserves information about donors, including national registration number. CHIP welcomes the global direction of the law as...

The Danish Committee on Surrogacy was established to consider and make recommendations on measures including legislation to address issues arising from surrogacy. Madame de Boer-Buquicchio was invited to share her views with Committee members in April given her vast experience...

The Uruguayan child protection, care and adoption authority continues to undertake considerable efforts to ensure that its adoption practices are fully compliant with domestic legislation and international standards, including the 1993 Convention on the protection of children and cooperation in...

The Joint Committee on International Surrogacy was established to consider and make recommendations on measures including legislation to address issues arising from international surrogacy. Madame de Boer-Buquicchio was invited to speak on the session relating to Preventing the sale, exploitation...

Actors involved in the current reforms related to the Irish Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 (Bill) have requested an independent legal opinion from Madame Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, President of Child Identity Protection among others,* on the compatibility of the...

Paraguayan authorities continue their political will to align their child protection system to international standards, including with support from the HCCH. To this end, experts from Child Identity Protection were working as independent consultants for the HCCH to provide technical...

13 years after the approval of the country’s adoption legislation and accession to the 1993 Hague Convention as well as the establishment of its Central Authority in adoption matters, Child Identity Protection has been called upon by UNICEF and the...