Hague Protection of Adults Convention

Hague Protection of Adults Convention
Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults
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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	9^[2]
Depositary	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)^[1]
Languages	English and French^[1]

The Hague Protection of Adults Convention, formally the Convention on the International Protection of Adults is convention concluded by the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 2000.^[1] The convention entered into force in 2009 and currently applies in nine 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 take protection measures
determines which law is to be applied to the measures to be taken; and to who may represent 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

As of February 2017, the convention applies in 9 states.

State	Signature	Ratification/Accession	Entry into Force	Territorial application
Austria	000000002013-07-10-000010 July 2013	000000002013-10-09-00009 October 2013	000000002014-02-01-00001 February 2014
Belgium	000000002017-02-06-00006 February 2017
Cyprus	000000002009-04-01-00001 April 2009
Czech Republic	000000002009-04-01-00001 April 2009	000000002012-04-18-000018 April 2012	000000002012-08-01-00001 August 2012
Estonia		000000002010-12-13-000013 December 2010	000000002011-03-01-00001 March 2011
Finland	000000002008-09-18-000018 September 2008	000000002010-11-19-000019 November 2010	000000002011-03-01-00001 March 2011
France	000000002001-07-13-000013 July 2001	000000002008-09-18-000018 September 2008	000000002009-01-01-00001 January 2009
Germany	000000002003-12-22-000022 December 2003	000000002007-04-03-00003 April 2007	000000002009-01-01-00001 January 2009
Greece	000000002008-09-18-000018 September 2008
Ireland	000000002008-09-18-000018 September 2008
Italy	000000002008-10-31-000031 October 2008
Latvia	000000002016-12-15-000015 December 2016
Luxembourg	000000002008-09-18-000018 September 2008
Monaco	000000002016-03-04-00004 March 2016	000000002016-03-04-00004 March 2016	000000002016-12-01-00001 December 2016
Netherlands	000000002000-01-13-000013 January 2000
Poland	000000002008-09-18-000018 September 2008
Scotland	000000002003-04-01-00001 April 2003	000000002003-11-05-00005 November 2003	000000002009-01-01-00001 January 2009	UK ratified on behalf of Scotland
Switzerland	000000002007-04-03-00003 April 2007	000000002009-03-27-000027 March 2009	000000002009-07-01-00001 July 2009

References

1 2 3 4 "35: Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults". HCCH. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
1 2 3 "Convention on the international protection of adults, Treaty data". Treaty Database of the Netherlands. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

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