A/HRC/34/55 (b) Governments of receiving countries should limit the number of adoption agencies accredited to work with any given country on the basis of a realistic assessment of the number of children who might require adoption abroad, and Governments of countries of origin should deny approval to accredited agencies when their number surpasses the objective needs; (c) Governments should increase awareness of the need to bring the number of approvals of prospective adoptive parents into line with the projected number of adoptees, adopt stricter criteria for approval and provide more complete information, including on mechanisms available to report and denounce illicit practices, and better counselling and compulsory preparation for prospective adoptive parents by receiving countries; (d) In dealing with States not parties to the 1993 Hague Convention, receiving countries that are parties to the Convention should apply as far as practicable the standards and safeguards of the Convention, prevent their nationals and agencies from creating a situation where illegal adoptions are bound to occur and assist authorities in States not parties to the Convention in stemming the flow; (e) Official fees must be sufficient to cover costs and full details must be made available for public consultation; (f) The provision of development or humanitarian aid must not be linked to an authorization to carry out adoptions; (g) Contributions and donations should be clearly separated from adoption; (h) Payments by agencies or prospective adopters to residential care facilities, including “care costs” for children awaiting the issuance of an adoption order, must be prohibited; (i) Annual quotas for adoptions by countries and/or agencies should be eliminated and the “reversal in the flow of files” approach should be adopted by refusing to accept any application that has not been initiated in relation to a child identified as requiring adoption abroad; (j) Governments should ensure that any technical assistance to countries of origin is provided in a coordinated and impartial manner, such as through the good offices of the Intercountry Adoption Technical Assistance Programme of the Hague Conference on Private International Law. 2. At the international level 97. The Special Rapporteur invites the international community and international bodies to: (a) Increase technical cooperation to establish and strengthen effective child protection systems in countries of origin; (b) In responding to illegal intercountry adoptions, enhance cooperation among receiving countries, among countries of origin and between receiving countries and countries of origin, within the framework of the 1993 Hague Convention, the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Cooperation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children; (c) Support the establishment of an international body of experts on transitional justice and illegal adoptions to advise on and promote measures to 23

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