Bartholet, E.2014-05-142014-05-142013Bartholet, E. (2013). The International Adoption Cliff: Do Child Human Rights Matter?.http://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/10777662/Pepperdine-IA%20Cliff_Draft%206_14_2013.pdf?sequence=1http://hdl.handle.net/11212/1410This revised speech characterizes the dramatic decline in international adoption since 2004 as a major child human rights tragedy, deliberately created by governmental and NGO policy-makers. It contrasts U.S. human rights policy imposing sanctions for the violation of adult human rights, to U.S. failure to act in the face of child human rights violations. It calls for a change in U.S. policy that would: (1) Hold countries accountable for the human rights violations inherent in their shutdowns of international adoption and their institutionalization of children; and (2) Stop enabling UNICEF, through our funding, to eliminate international adoption as an option for children.child abuseInternationaladoptionhuman rightspolicyArticle