Hague Protection of Adults Convention
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Signed13 January 2000
LocationThe Hague, The Netherlands
Effective1 January 2009
ConditionRatification by 3 states[1]
| 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 | 19[2] |
| Parties | 15[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 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.
