Hague Protection of Adults Convention explained

Hague Protection of Adults Convention
Long Name:	Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults
Date Signed:	13 January 2000
Location Signed:	The Hague, The Netherlands
Date Effective:	1 January 2009
Condition Effective:	Ratification by 3 states
Signatories:	19
Parties:	15
Depositor:	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.

Parties

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

State	Signature	Ratification/accession	Entry into force	Territorial application
			^[3]
				UK ratified on behalf of Scotland

Notes and References

1. Web site: 35: Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults. 8 February 2017. HCCH.
2. Web site: Convention on the international protection of adults, Treaty data. 8 February 2017. Treaty Database of the Netherlands.
3. Web site: België erkent Nederlandse levenstestamenten per 1 januari Koninklijke Notariële Beroepsorganisatie. 2021-01-05. www.knb.nl. en.