HAGUE PROTECTION OF ADULTS CONVENTION

Hague Protection of Adults Convention
Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults
	Party Signatory that did not ratify
Signed	13 January 2000
Location	The Hague, The Netherlands
Effective	1 January 2009
Condition	Ratification by 3 states
Signatories	19
Parties	15
Depositary	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)
Languages	English and French

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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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

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

[HCCHtext-1] "35: Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults". HCCH. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

[parties-2] "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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Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults
Party Signatory that did not ratify
Signed	13 January 2000
Location	The Hague, The Netherlands
Effective	1 January 2009
Condition	Ratification by 3 states^[1]
Signatories	19^[2]
Parties	15^[2]
Depositary	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)^[1]
Languages	English and French^[1]