Convention Record [Foreign Relations] Law and Legal Definition
Pursuant to 22 CFR 98.1 (b) [Title 22 Foreign Relations; Chapter I Department of State; Subchapter J Legal and Related Services; Part 98 Intercountry Adoption Convention Record Preservation], Convention Record means any item, collection, or grouping of information contained in an electronic or physical document, an electronic collection of data (including the information contained in the Case Registry), a photograph, an audio or video tape, or any other information storage medium of any type whatever that contains information about a specific past, current, or prospective adoption covered by the Convention (regardless of whether the adoption was made final) that has been generated or received by the Secretary or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Convention record includes a record, generated or received by the Secretary or DHS, about a specific adoption case involving two Convention countries other than the United States in connection with which the Secretary or DHS performs a Central Authority function.
Legal Definition list
- Convention Record [Foreign Relations]
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives
- Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collision at Sea 1972 [COLREGS]
- Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- Convention Refugee
- Convention Relating to the Regulation of Aerial Navigation
- Convention Waters
- Conventional Forces
- Conventional Heir
- Conventional Law
Related Legal Terms
- Abstract of Driving Record
- Administrative Record
- Admissibility of Confessions Recorded by Electronic Means
- Adoption Record [Foreign Relations]
- Adoption Service [Foreign Relations]
- Affect Interstate And Foreign Commerce
- Agency or Instrumentality of a Foreign State
- Agency Records [Aeronautics and Space]
- Agency Records [Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board]
- Agency Relationship
