Article 21
You have the right to have the best care for you if you are adopted or living in foster care.
When a child or young person is adopted or living in foster care, their best interests should come first. People should listen to what they want, and should take this into account when making decisions about where they live.
If a child or young person becomes adopted, they should be adopted by people who are able to treat them well. Adoption should be properly regulated by the State to make sure all children and young people can live a safe and happy life.
Crossing countries
Children and young people can be adopted by people in a country that is not their own, but this should only happen as a last resort. If this happens, people should make sure they will be treated as well as they would be if they were adopted in their own country.
Related articles
Children and young people shouldn't have to give up any aspects of their identity Article 8 protects when they're put up for adoption.
Children and young people shouldn't be put up for adoption unless this is in their best interests.
Article 20 of the UNCRC is about what happens when a child or young person can no longer live with their parents, so is closely related to this one.
Article 25 of the UNCRC says that children and young people should be checked up on when they're living away from their family.