Illegal Adoption in Lebanon: Mechanisms and Consequences

Zeina Allouche - The Legal Agenda

This article from The Legal Agenda provides an overview of illegal adoptions in Lebanon, including the history of adoption, the systems that perpetuate the practice of illegal adoption in Lebanon, and the various forms of illegal adoptions that occur in the country. The article concludes with a discussion of the consequences and implications of illegal adoption in Lebanon and a call for an end to this practice. “It is high time those who profit from illegal adoption are exposed, and an end is put to a practice that has affected thousands of people in Lebanon and continues to be ignored,” says the author.