Hague Conventions on Protection of Adults and Children

II - Overview of the Conventions A - Historical Background 1996 Convention on the Protection of Children [4] This Convention originated in the Decision taken on 29 May 1993 by the States represented at the Seventeenth Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law to include in the Agenda of the Eighteenth Session the revision of the Convention of 5 October 1961 concerning the powers. [...] [16] The measures directed to the protection of the person or property of the child may deal in particular with a the attribution, exercise, termination or restriction of parental responsibility, as well as its delegation; b rights of custody, including rights relating to the care of the person of the child and, in particular, the right to determine the child's place of residence, as well as right. [...] that of the State of habitual residence, may transfer their jurisdiction to authorities of other States, namely the State of the child's nationality, the State of the location of the property, the State of the divorce application or the State with which the child has a substantial connection, if they were to be in a better position to assess the best interests of the child. [...] Chapter VII: Final Clauses/ Articles 57 to 63 [48] The last Chapter of the Convention provides for usual treaty rules of a technical nature to deal with the signature and ratification of the Convention, the time for making reservations, the entry into force of the Convention, its denunciation, as well as notifications to the depositary of the Convention. [...] The authorities of the habitual residence can transfer their jurisdiction to the jurisdiction of "persons close to the adult prepared to undertake the protection of the adult".