THE 2008 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON CHILDREN ADOPTION; THE CHANGES IT BROUGHT DIFFERENT FROM THE 1967 CONVENTION
The first European Convention on adoption was signed on April 24, 1967 from 16 countries of the European Union and determined the basic principles in children adoption within the country and abroad, which would become part of the internal law of these countries. As a fundamental principle of this convention we can mention the legal status that it gives to the adopted child, by making him/her equal to the other children of the adopting family. This convention has been signed by 47 states of the European Council. This council has been working for more than 40 years to find balance in between policies, adoption standards and common practices within its member states regarding the filed related to family [1, 11].