Convention on the International Protection of Adults
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Title: | Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults |
Short title: | Hague Adult Protection Convention |
Abbreviation: | Adult |
Type: | Federal law / international agreement |
Scope: |
Federal Republic of Germany as well as Estonia, Finland, France, Latvia, Monaco, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Scotland, Czech Republic (as of July 1, 2018) |
Legal matter: | Care law |
Issued on: | March 17, 2007 ( Federal Law Gazette II p. 323 ) |
Entry into force on: | January 1, 2009 |
Please note the note on the applicable legal version. |
The Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults of January 13, 2000 is intended to internationally recognize decisions in the field of the protection of adults (particularly those with impairments who require a legal representative ).
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The Convention has been ratified by Germany and published in the Federal Law Gazette ( BGBl. 2007 II p. 323, 324 ), as has an implementing law ( BGBl. 2007 I p. 314 ).
At the beginning of 2019, the agreement will also apply to the following countries:
Other states that have signed but not yet ratified are Greece , Ireland , Italy , Luxembourg , the Netherlands and Poland .
The responsible central authority under the aforementioned agreement is the Federal Office of Justice in Germany and the Federal Ministry of Justice in Austria .
literature
- Guttenberger: The Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults, ISBN 3769409507 .
- Guttenberger: The Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults; BtPrax 3/2006
- Helms: Reform of international childcare law through the Hague Adult Protection Agreement; FamRZ 2008, 1995.
- Lachwitz: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; BtPrax 2008, 143.
- Schulz: The Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults; Archive for Science and Practice of Social Work, 2007, 48.
- Siehr: The Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults; Rabel's Journal of Foreign and International Private Law, 2000, 715.
- Wagner: The government drafts for the ratification of the Hague Convention of January 13, 2000 for the international protection of adults; Practice of International Private and Procedural Law (IPRax), 2007, 11.
Web links
- Text of the convention in English, French and German ( PDF ; 189 kB)
- Government draft for a law to implement the Hague Convention of January 13, 2000 on the international protection of adults, BT-Drucks. 16/3251 of November 6, 2006 (PDF; 818 kB)
- Explanatory report by Paul Lagarde on the Convention (PDF; 379 kB)
- Current status of the agreement; English
- Press releases from the Federal Ministry of Justice on the Convention
- Swiss federal resolution on the implementation of the convention (PDF; 489 kB)