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(d)
Consider strategies to address the situation of abandoned children with
disabilities and ensure their inclusion primarily in residential schools;
(e)
Provide adequate resources for the effective implementation of the new law
on foster care and undertake measures to regulate kinship fostering in order to ensure that
the best interests of the children concerned are taken into account;
(f)
Strengthen and intensify the programme of de-institutionalization while
taking all the necessary measures to improve living conditions in institutions and ensure
that children living there for the shortest period possible are provided with adequate health
care, education and food;
(g)
Seek technical assistance from UNICEF.
Adoption
38.
The Committee welcomes the accession of the State party to the Hague Convention on
Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption of 1993. However,
it remains concerned that adequate monitoring procedures have not been introduced both with
respect to domestic and intercountry adoptions. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned at the
practice of direct intercountry adoption and the troublesome increase of newborns adopted by
foreigners. Finally, it expresses its concern that legislation on adoption is complex.
39.
The Committee encourages the State party to:
(a)
Expedite the revision of legislation on adoption with a view to adopting a
comprehensive law on domestic and intercountry adoption and ensure that it is in full
compliance with the Convention and other international standards, in particular the Hague
Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry
Adoption of 1993;
(b)
Ensure that sufficient human and other resources are made available for the
effective implementation and monitoring of the legislation;
(c)
Ensure that cases of intercountry adoption are dealt with in full accordance
with the principles and provisions of the Convention, in particular article 21, and the
relevant Hague Convention;
(d)
Explore ways to encourage national adoptions so that intercountry adoptions
can be reduced.
Periodic review of placement
40.
The Committee regrets that a legislative framework applicable to the periodic review of
placement has not yet been developed in Georgia.