---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 96.1"
title: "22"
number: "96.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/96.1"
---

# §96.1. Purpose.


This part provides for the accreditation and approval of agencies and persons pursuant to the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 ([42 U.S.C. 14901-14954](/usc/42/14901-14954.md), Pub. L. 106-279), which implements the 1993 Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, U.S. Senate Treaty Doc. 105-51, Multilateral Treaties in Force as of January 1, 2016, p. 9; and the Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012 ([42 U.S.C. 14925](/usc/42/14925.md), Pub. L. 112-276).


## Notes

### Source

Source: 89 FR 57259, July 12, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: The Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (done at the Hague, May 29, 1993), S. Treaty Doc. 105-51 (1998), 1870 U.N.T.S. 167 (Reg. No. 31922 (1993)); The Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. 14901-14954; The Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012, Pub. L. 112-276, 42 U.S.C. 14925.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 8131, Feb. 15, 2006, unless otherwise noted.