UNITED
STATES
Introduction to the legal system
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Acknowledgment and declaration of paternity |
Adoption of minors |
Custody, visitation rights, abduction and return of minors
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Maintenance obligations in favor of minors and other
family members |
Traffic in, sale of, and other
forms of abuse of women and minors, including sexual
abuse
Introduction to the legal system
Description
Introduction to the legal system of United
States
Overview of the regulation of family and minors
in United States
Fundamental texts
The Constitution of American States
The Code of Laws of The Unites States of America
U.S. Law Penal
U.S. Family Law
Inmigration act
Adoption Act
Bilateral treaties
Multilateral
agreements
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication
of Violence against Women ("Convention of Belem do Para")
C138 Minimum Age Convention, 1973
C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Acknowledgment and declaration of paternity
General
Acknowledgment and declaration of paternity in
United States
Legislation
Bilateral treaties
Multilateral
agreements
Jurisprudence
Other documents of
interest
Adoption of minors
General
Regulation of the adoption of minors in United
States
Legislation
Bilateral treaties
Multilateral
agreements
Jurisprudence
Other documents of
interest
Custody, visitation rights, abduction and return of minors
General
Regulation of the custody, visitation rights,
abduction and return of minors in United States
Legislation
Bilateral treaties
Multilateral
agreements
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Inter-American Convention on the Return of Children
Jurisprudence
Other documents of
interest
Maintenance obligations in favor of minors and other family members
General
Regulation of maintenance obligations in favor
of minors and other family members in United
States
Legislation
Bilateral treaties
Multilateral
agreements
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Competent
authorities
Jurisprudence
Other documents of
interest
Traffic in, sale of, and other forms of abuse of women and minors, including sexual abuse
General
Regulation of traffic in, sale of, and other
forms of abuse of women and minors, including
sexual abuse in United States
Legislation
Bilateral treaties
Multilateral
agreements
Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication
of Violence against Women ("Convention of Belem do Para")
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
C138 Minimum Age Convention, 1973
C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999
Competent
authorities
Jurisprudence
Other documents of
interest
