Challenging Monohumanism: An Argument for Changing the Way We Think About Intercountry Adoption

Authors

Shani King, University of Florida Levin College of Law

Abstract

In Part I, this Article provides a brief history of ICA. In Part II, using a post-colonialist theoretical framework, the work of legal scholars from the past twenty years on the subject of ICA is explored. This analysis exposes the centrality of MonoHumanism to our discourse on ICA. In Part III, this Article illustrates how our discourse regarding intercountry adoption contributes to our violating the rights of children (and families) as they are defined in the CRC. Lastly, in Part IV, this Article explores how this argument fits into the current and somewhat polarized debate on ICA and how the world might look if we were to dismantle and reject the concept of MonoHumanism.

Recommended Citation

Shani King, Challenging Monohumanism: An Argument for Changing the Way We Think About Intercountry Adoption, 30 Mich. J. Int'l L. 413 (2009).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjil/vol30/iss2/3