Hague Protection of Adults Convention
The Hague Protection of Adults Convention, formally the Convention on the International Protection of Adults, is a convention concluded by the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 2000.[1] The convention entered into force in 2009 and currently applies in ten states.[2] The convention is aimed at the protection of vulnerable adults, persons who are "by reason of an impairment or insufficiency of their personal faculties, are not in a position to protect their interests". The convention
- determines which courts have jurisdiction to take protection measures
- determines which law is to be applied in the circumstances; and who may be a vulnerable person
- establishes a system of central authorities which should cooperate, locate vulnerable adults and give information on the status of vulnerable persons to other authorities.
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Signed | 13 January 2000 |
Location | The Hague, The Netherlands |
Effective | 1 January 2009 |
Condition | Ratification by 3 states[1] |
Signatories | 17[2] |
Parties | 10[2] |
Depositary | Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)[1] |
Languages | English and French[1] |
Parties
As of March 2018, the convention applies in ten states.
State | Signature | Ratification/accession | Entry into force | Territorial application |
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![]() | 10 July 2013 | 9 October 2013 | 1 February 2014 | |
![]() | 6 February 2017 | |||
![]() | 1 April 2009 | |||
![]() | 1 April 2009 | 18 April 2012 | 1 August 2012 | |
![]() | 13 December 2010 | 1 March 2011 | ||
![]() | 18 September 2008 | 19 November 2010 | 1 March 2011 | |
![]() | 13 July 2001 | 18 September 2008 | 1 January 2009 | |
![]() | 22 December 2003 | 3 April 2007 | 1 January 2009 | |
![]() | 18 September 2008 | |||
![]() | 18 September 2008 | |||
![]() | 31 October 2008 | |||
![]() | 15 December 2016 | 24 November 2017 | 1 March 2018 | |
![]() | 18 September 2008 | |||
![]() | 4 March 2016 | 4 March 2016 | 1 December 2016 | |
![]() | 13 January 2000 | |||
![]() | 18 September 2008 | |||
![]() | 1 April 2003 | 5 November 2003 | 1 January 2009 | UK ratified on behalf of Scotland |
![]() | 3 April 2007 | 27 March 2009 | 1 July 2009 |
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References
- "35: Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults". HCCH. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- "Convention on the international protection of adults, Treaty data". Treaty Database of the Netherlands. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
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