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Hague Protection of Adults Convention
Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults
  Party
  Signatory that did not ratify
Signed13 January 2000
LocationThe Hague, The Netherlands
Effective1 January 2009
ConditionRatification by 3 states[1]
Signatories19[2]
Parties15[2]
DepositaryMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)[1]
LanguagesEnglish and French[1]

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.

Parties

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As of March 2023, the convention applies in fifteen states.

State Signature Ratification/accession Entry into force Territorial application
 Austria 10 July 2013 9 October 2013 1 February 2014
 Belgium 6 February 2017 30 September 2020 1 January 2021[3]
 Cyprus 1 April 2009 18 September 2018 1 November 2018
 Czech Republic 1 April 2009 18 April 2012 1 August 2012
 Estonia 13 December 2010 1 March 2011
 Finland 18 September 2008 19 November 2010 1 March 2011
 France 13 July 2001 18 September 2008 1 January 2009
 Germany 22 December 2003 3 April 2007 1 January 2009
 Greece 18 September 2008 28 July 2022 1 November 2022
 Ireland 18 September 2008
 Italy 31 October 2008
 Latvia 15 December 2016 24 November 2017 1 March 2018
 Luxembourg 18 September 2008
 Malta 11 November 2022 8 March 2023 1 July 2023
 Monaco 4 March 2016 4 March 2016 1 December 2016
 Netherlands 13 January 2000
 Poland 18 September 2008
 Portugal 18 September 2008 14 March 2018 1 July 2018
 Scotland 1 April 2003 5 November 2003 1 January 2009 UK ratified on behalf of Scotland
  Switzerland 3 April 2007 27 March 2009 1 July 2009

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "35: Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults". HCCH. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Convention on the international protection of adults, Treaty data". Treaty Database of the Netherlands. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  3. ^ "België erkent Nederlandse levenstestamenten per 1 januari | Koninklijke Notariële Beroepsorganisatie". www.knb.nl. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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