violations of overseas adoptees and whether human rights violations occurred during the overseas adoption process.331) Many media reported on the difficulties and human rights issues that Korean adoptees experienced while growing up after being adopted overseas.332) In Dec. 2022, the National Assembly passed the ‘Act on International Adoption,’333) which implements the ‘Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption’ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Hague Convention’) and regulates the standards and procedures for overseas adoptions. The main provisions of this bill is to prescribe the matters concerning the requirements and procedures for overseas adoption in response to an assertion that a separate regulation for overseas adoption is necessary. In 2013, Korea signed the Hague Convention, which strengthens state responsibility in the adoption process for the protection of overseas adoptees, but it has not yet been ratified by the National Assembly. As such, the NHRCK recommended on Apr. 11, 2005 to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs to join the Hague Convention and implement the Convention. B) Problems with the Past Overseas Adoption Practices The Korean government had actively encouraged the overseas adoption as a measure for the war orphans in the past, and the adoption process was led by private organizations without state intervention. As a result, a number of child rights problems occurred during the overseas adoption process, and the main causes are the following practices.334) The following characteristics have become known as adoption practices for decades, and continued until the full revision of the ‘Act on Special Cases Concerning Adoption’ in 2011. 331) Women News, Took 68 Years to Investigate on Human Rights Violations in Overseas Adoption ... “A Historical Decision,”, Dec. 11, 2022. 332) Sisa In, Lives of overseas adoptees ... Drifting without directions, Dec. 23, 2022. 333) Co-Sponsored by 14 representatives, including Rep. Kim, Mi-ae, Bill No. 2115361, Apr. 21, 2022. 334) NHRCK, Study on the Human Rights Protection Measures Through Survey on the Human Rights Status of Overseas Adoptees, Dec. 2022. 140