Rwanda: Children Council Rejects Adoption Age

The National Commission of Children (NCC) has opposed a string of proposals in the draft law on child adoption.

Appearing before Parliament's standing Committee on Political Affairs and Gender debating the Bill governing persons and family, Sylvestre Hitimana, the NCC lawyer, highlighted concerns, especially on Article 280 on minimum age for adoption.

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