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On The European Convention On The Adoption Of Children

Original Language Title: Par Eiropas Konvenciju par bērnu adopciju

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: for a European Convention on child adoption article 1. April 24, 1967, the European Convention on the adoption of children (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) with this law is accepted and approved.
  2. article. In accordance with article 26 of the Convention, that requests for the provision of information in the Republic of Latvia shall receive and forward to the Ministry of Justice.
  3. article.  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall notify the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe the address of the Ministry of Justice.
  4. article. The law shall enter into force on the day following its promulgation. With the law put the Convention in English and its translation into Latvian language.
  5. article. The Convention shall enter into force on the 21st for the period specified in article and in order, and shall notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Gazette "journal".
The Parliament adopted the law of 16 March 2000.
The President of the Parliament instead of the President j. stream year 2000 in Riga on March 30, the European Convention on the Adoption of Children (signed in Strasbourg, on 24. IV. 1967) preamble the member States of the Council of Europe, signatory of the heret, Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members for the purpose, among others, of facilitating their social progress;
Considering that, although the institutions of the adoption of children exists in all member countries of the Council of Europe, there are in those countries differing views as to the principles which should govern adoption and difference in the procedure for effecting, and the legal consequences of adoption; and Considering that the acceptance of common principles and practices with respect to the adoption of children would help to reduce the difference to those caused by difficult and at the same time promote the welfare of children who are adopted, have agreed as follows: part I an Undertaking and field of application article 1 Each Contracting Party of the undertak ensur the conformity of its law with the provision of part II of this Convention and to notify the Secretary General of the Council of Europe of the measure-taken for that purpose.
Article 2 Each Contracting Party to give considerations of undertak to the provision set out in part III of this Convention, and if it give the effect, or if, having given effect, it's a cease to give effect to any of these provision, it shall notify the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Article 3 this Convention applies only to legal adoption of a child who, at the time when the adopter to adop a Hima, Apple has not attained the age of 18, is not and has not been married, and is not deemed in law to have come of age.
On the Essential provision of article II 4 An adoption shall be valid only if it is granted by a judicial or administrative authority (hereinafter referred to as the "competent authority").
Article 5 1. Subject to paragraphs 2 to 4 of this article, an adoption shall not be granted unless at least the following consent to the adoption have been given and not withdrawn: (a) the consent of the mother and, where the child is legitimat, the father; or if there is no father nor mother to consent to the ither, the consent of any person or body who may be entitled in their place to exercise their parental rights in that respect;
(b) the consent of the spouse of the adopter.
2. The competent authority shall not: (a) with the consent of dispens of any person mentioned in paragraph 1 of this article, or (b) the overrul the refusal to consent of any person or body mentioned in paragraph 1, the said its one exceptional grounds determined by law.
3. If the father or mother is deprived of his or her parental rights in respect of the child, or at least of the right to consent to an adoption, the law may provide that it shall not be without his or her consent to obtain cessary.
4. A mother's consent to the adoption of her child shall not be accepted unless it is given at such time after the birth of the child, not being less than six weeks, as may be prescribed by law, or, if from such time has been prescribed, at such time as, in the opinion of the competent authority, will have enabled her to recover sufficiently from the effects of giving birth to the child. 5. For the purpose of this article, "father" and "mother" mean the person who according to the law the parents of the child.
Article 6 1. The law shall not permit a child to be adopted by either using two persons married to each other, they simultaneously or successively whethers to adop, or by one person.
2. The law shall not permit a child to be adopted again in one or more of its own of the following: (a) circumstanc where the child is adopted by the spouse of the adopter;
(b) where the former adopter has died;
(c) where the former adoption has been annulled;
(d) where the former adoption has come to an end.
Article 7 1 A child may be adopted only if the adopter has attained the minimum age prescribed for the purpose, this age being 21-ither not less than nor more than 35 years.
2. The law may, however, permit the requirement as to the minimum age to be waived: (a) when the adopter is the child's father or mother, or (b) by reason of exceptional circumstanc.
Article 8 1. The competent authority shall not grant an adoption unless it is satisfied that the adoption will be in the interest of the child.
2. In each case the competent authority shall pay particular attention to the importanc of the adoption providing the child with a stable and harmonio home.
3. As a general rule, the competent authority shall not be satisfied as aforesaid if the difference in age between the adopter and the child is less than the normal difference in age between parents and their children.
Article 9 1. The competent authority shall not grant an adoption until appropriate enquiries have been made concerning the adopter, the child and his family.
2. The enquiries, to the exten to appropriate in each case, shall concern, inter alia, the following matters: (a) the personality, health and means of the adopter, particular of the his home and household and his ability to bring up the child;
(b) why the adopter wishes to adop the child;
(c) where only one of two spouse of the same marriage to adop a child Apple, why the other spouse does not join in the application;
(d) the mutual suitability of the child and the adopter, and the length of time that the child has been in his care and possession;
(e) the personality and health of the child, and subject to any limitations imposed by law, his antecedents;
(f) the views of the child with respect to the proposed adoption;
(g) the religious persuasion, if any, of the adopter and of the child.
3. in these enquiries shall be entrusted to a person or body recognised for that purpose by law or by a judicial or administrative body. They shall, as far as practicabl, be made by social workers who are qualified in this field as a result of either their training or their experience.
4. The provision of this article shall not be affec the power or duty of the competent authority to obtain any information or evidence, whethers or not within the scope of these enquiries, which it will consider likely to be of assistance.
Article 10 1. Adoption confer on the early adopter in respect of the adopted person, the rights and obligations of every kind that (a) the father or mother has in respect of a child born in lawful wedlock.
Adoption confer on the adopted person in respect of the early adopter the rights and obligation of every kind that a child born in lawful wedlock has in respect of his father or mother.
2. When the obligation of their rights and referred in paragraph 1 of this article with the created, any rights and obligations of the same kind existing between the person and his adopted father or mother or any other person or body shall cease to exist. Vertheles not, the law may provide that the spouse of the adopter will retain his rights and obligations in respect of the adopted person if the latter is his, a legitimat illegitimat or adopted child.
In addition the law may preserve the obligation of the parents to maintain (in the sense of l ' obligation d ' entretenir and l ' obligation security) or set up in life or provide a dowry for the adopted person if the adopter does not discharge any such obligation.
3. As a general rule, means shall be provided to enable the adopted person to acquir the surname of the adopter either in substitution for, or in addition to, his own.
4. If the parent of a child born in lawful wedlock has a right to the enjoymen of the a child's property, the adopter's right to the enjoymen of the adopted person's property may, notwithstanding paragraph 1 of this article, be restricted by law.
5. In matters of succession, in so far as the law of succession give a child born in lawful wedlock of a right to share in the estate of his father or mother, an adopted child shall, for the purpose, be treated like as if he were a child of the adopter born in lawful wedlock of the.
Article 11 1. Where the adopted child does not have, in the case of an adoption by one person, the same nationality as the adopter, or, in the case of an adoption by a married couple, their common nationality, the Contracting Party of which the adopter or an early adopter with a national acquisition of it is facilitat IR nationality by the child.
2. (A) loss of nationality which could result from an adoption shall be conditional upon possession or acquisition of another nationality.
Article 12 1. The number of children who may be adopted by an adopter shall not be restricted by law.
2. A person who has, or is able to have a child born in lawful wedlock,, not one that shall be prohibited by law from account "in adopting a child.
3. If the legal position improves adoption of a child, (a) a person shall not be prohibited by law from adopting his own child not born in lawful wedlock.
Article 13

1. Before an adopted person comes of age the adoption may be revoked only by a decision of a judicial or administrative authority on serious grounds, and only if you revocation on the ground is permitted by law.
2. The preceding paragraph shall not be affec the case of: (a) an adoption which is null and void;
(b) an adoption coming to an end where the adopted person become the legitimated child of the adopter.
Article 14 When the enquiries made to articles 8 and pursuan 9 of this Convention relate to a person who lives or has short-lived in the territory of another Contracting Party, that Contracting Party shall, if a request for information is made, promptly endeavour to secure that the information requested is provided. The authorities may communicate directly with each other for this purpose.
Article 15 Provision shall be made to any improper financial advantage be prohibi arising from a child being given up for adoption.
16 Each Contracting Party article shall retain the option of adopting provision more favourabl to the adopted child.
For a Supplementary provision III of article 17 An adoption shall not be granted until the child has been in the care of the adopter for a period long enough to enable a reasonable estimate to be made by the competent authority as to their future relations if the adoption were granted.
Article 18 the public authorities shall ensur the promotion and proper functioning of public or private agencies to which those who wish their adop a child or to cause a child to be adopted may go for help and advice.
Article 19 the social and legal aspects of adoption shall be included in the curriculum for the training of social workers.
Article 20 1 shall be made to the Provision. to enable an adoption to be completed without disclosing it to the child's family, the identity of the adopter.
2. Provision shall be made to require or permit adoption proceedings to take place in camera.
3. The adopter and the adopted person shall be able to obtain a document which contains extract from the public records attesting the fact, date and place of birth of the adopted person, but not expressly revealing the fact of adoption or the identity of his former parents.
4. Public records shall be kep and, in any event, their contents reproduced in such a way as to prevent persons who do not have a legitimat interest from learning the fact that a person has been adopted or, if that is disclosed, the identity of his former parents.
The Final article of the Commission IV 21 1. This Convention shall be open to signature by the member States of the Council of Europe. It shall be subject to ratification or acceptance. The instrument of ratification or acceptance shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
2. This Convention shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit of the third instrument of ratification or acceptance. 3.In respect of a signatory State ratifying or accepting subsequently, the Convention shall come into force three months after the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification or acceptance.
Article 22 1. After the entry into force of this Convention, the Committee of Minister of the Council of Europe may invite any non-member State to accede theret.
2. Such accession shall be effected by depositing with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe an instrument of accession which shall take effect three months after the date of its deposit.
Article 23 1 Any Contracting Party may, the. at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession, specify the territory or territories to which this Convention shall apply.
2. Any Contracting Party may, when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession or at any later date, by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend this Convention to any other territory or territories specified in the declaration and for whose international relations it is responsible or on whose behalf it is authorised to give undertaking.
3. Any declaration ADE in the pursuanc of the preceding paragraph may, in respect of any territory mentioned in such declaration, be withdrawn according to the procedure let down in article 27 of this Convention.
Article 24 1. Any Contracting Party whose law provides more than one form of adoption shall have the right to apply the provision of article 10, paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4, and article 12, paragraphs 2 and 3, of this Convention to one only of such forms.
2. The Contracting Party exercising this right, shall, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession, or when making a declaration in accordanc with paragraph 2 of article 23 of this Convention, notify the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and indicates the way thereof in which it has been exercised.
3. Such Contracting Party may terminate the exercise of this right and shall give notice thereof to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Article 25 1. Any Contracting Party may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession, or when making a declaration in accordanc with paragraph 2 of article 23 of this Convention, make not more than two reservations in respect of the provision of part II of the Convention.
Reservations of a general nature shall not be permitted; each reservation may not be affec more than one provision.
A reservation shall be valid for five years from the entry into force of this Convention for the Contracting Party concerned. It may be for a period of renewed stands out among successive five years by means of a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe before the expiration of each period.
2. Any Contracting Party may wholly or partly withdraw a reservation it has made in accordanc with the foregoing paragraph by means of a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, which shall become effective as from the date of its receipt.
Each Contracting Party shall "article 26 notify the Secretary General of the Council of Europe of the names and addresses of the authorities to which requests under article 14 may be addressed.
Article 27 1. This Convention shall remain in force indefinitely.
2. Any Contracting Party may, in so far as it is concerned, denounc this Convention by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
3. Such denunciation shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by the Secretary General of such notification.
Article 28 the Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council and any State which has acceded to this Convention of: (a) any signature;
(b) any deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession;
(c) any date of entry into force of this Convention in accordanc with article 21 thereof;
(d) any notification received in pursuanc of the provision of article 1;
(e) any notification received in pursuanc of the provision of article 2;
(f) any declaration received in pursuanc of the provision of paragraphs 2 and 3 of article 23;
(g) any information received in the pursuanc of the provision of ragraph 2 and 3 of article 24;
(h) any reservation made in pursuanc of the provision of paragraph 1 of article 25;
(i) the renewal of any reservation carried out in pursuanc of the provision of paragraph 1 of article 25;
(j) the withdrawals of any reservation carried out in pursuanc of the provision of paragraph 2 of article 25;
(k) any notification received in pursuanc of the provision of article 26;
(l) any notification received in pursuanc of the provision of article 27 and the date on which denunciation takes effect.
In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised, have signed theret this Convention.
Done at Strasbourg, this 24th day of April 1967, in English and in French, both texts being equally authoritativ, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified cop to it each of the signatory and acceding States.
 

European Convention on the adoption of children (signed at Strasbourg on 24 April 1967) was the preamble to the Convention signed in Member States of the Council of Europe, considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve greater unity among its Member States, with the aim, inter alia, promoting social progress, believing that, although child adoption Institute exists in all Member States of the Council of Europe, they still have different views on the adoption of the principles, procedures and legal consequences and considering that the principles and practices of the common recognition issues of child adoption will help reduce these differences create difficulties and at the same time contribute to the well-being of the adopted child, have agreed as follows: part I. Obligations and scope of application article 1 each Contracting Party undertakes to ensure compliance with this law the provisions of part II of the Convention and to inform the Secretary General of the Council of Europe about the measures taken to this end.
Article 2 each Contracting Party undertakes to give proper attention to part III of this Convention includes rules and inform the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, if it applies any of these rules or the later terminated their application.
Article 3 this Convention shall apply only to the legal adoption of a child, if the child while adoptive lodges an application for adoption has not reached the age of 18, do not and have not previously entered into a marriage and in accordance with the law is not recognized as an adult.
Part II. Basic article 4 Adoption is valid only if it establishes a judicial or administrative authority (hereinafter referred to as the ' competent authority ').
Article 5

1. the levēroj this article and the provisions of paragraph 4, the adoption is not established, the absence of consent at least of the following persons, or if the consent is revoked: (a) the mother's consent, and, if the child is born in wedlock, the father's consent, or, if neither father nor mother, of whom could get consent, any consent of the person or body that may be right for them to exercise parental rights in this matter;
(b) the adoptive parent's spouse.
2. the competent authority may: (a) the need to refuse to receive any of the persons referred to in paragraph 1 for consent, or (b) does not take into account any person referred to in paragraph 1, or of the refusal to give consent to the authority, except in the specific cases provided for in law.
3. If the father or mother is deprived of parental rights in the child or is at least deprived of the right to reserve approval of an adoption, the law may provide that it is not necessary to obtain his or her consent.
4. the consent of the mother for her child up for adoption must not be accepted if it is not given in the statutory period after childbirth, which shall not be less than six weeks, or, if no such time limit is specified, the time in which, in the opinion of the competent authorities, they have been able to sufficiently recover from childbirth.
5. for the purposes of this article, the words "father" and "mother" means a person who, under the law of the child's parents.
1. Article 6 of the law may not allow the adoption of a child, if you do not take either of two mutually married persons who adopt simultaneously or consecutively one after the other, or one person.
2. The law may not allow the child's adoption, except for repeating one or more of the following cases: (a) if the child is adopted by the spouse of the adoptive parent;
(b) if the former adoptive parent is dead;
(c) if the adoption was declared void;
(d) if the previous adoption was run out.
7. Article 1 of the child may be to adopt only when the adoptive parent is reached for this purpose, the minimum age, which may not be less than 21 and more than 35 years.
2. However, the law may establish conditions that do not need to adhere to minimum age provisions: (a) if the adoptive parent is the child's father or mother, or (b) in special cases.
8. Article 1. the competent authority may not establish adoption, if it is not satisfied that the adoption complies with the interests of the child.
2. In each case the competent authority shall pay particular attention to the task of ensuring the adoption the child stable and harmonious living environment. As a general rule be taken of the fact that the competent authority may not give consent to the above, if the adopting parent and the child's age difference is less than the normal age difference between parents and their children.
1. Article 9 the competent authority may not establish before the adoption of proper information gathering about the adoptive child and his family.
2. information in each case to the extent that is required to be sought, inter alia, on the following issues: (a) adoptive personality, health, and property condition, his housing and household characteristics and the ability to bring up the child;
(b) why the adopter wishes to adopt a child;
(c) if only one of the two spouses shall submit an application for adoption of a child, why the other spouse does not join the application;
(d) the child and the adoptive parent's suitability, and between the time in which the child has been in his care and supervision;
(e) the child's personality and health and, subject to the limits laid down in the law, its predecessors;
(f) the child's views on the possible adoption;
(g) the adoptive parent and child's religious beliefs, if any.
3. the collection of such information is to be entrusted to the law or the judicial or administrative authorities for this purpose, a specified person or body. It must be made possible, social workers who are qualified in this field either their education or experience.
4. This article shall not affect the competent authority's rights or the obligation to obtain any information or evidence that may contain or do not contain this information, if it is deemed useful.
10. Article 1. Adoption the adoptive parent is granted in respect of the adopted all kinds of rights and obligations, which has a father or mother in respect of legitimate children in wedlock.
Adoption confers on the adopted child against adoptive all rights and obligations, which possess a legitimate child born in marriage for his father or mother.
2. When this article is referred to in paragraph 1, the rights and obligations of any of the same type of rights and obligations between the adopted and his mother or father or any other person or authority ends exist. However, the law may provide that the spouse of the adopting parents retain their rights and obligations in relation to the adopted, if it is his marriage or out of wedlock or adopted children born.
In addition, the law can save parents ' obligation to maintain (l ' obligation d ' entretenir and l ' obligation security sense) or provide, or provide for the adopted child gift if adopter does not comply with any of these obligations.
3. As a general rule that must be followed to produce funds to adopt one could either get the adoptive name of your last name, or add it to your last name.
4. If any of the lawful wedlock children are entitled to the use of property of the child, the adoptive parent's right to use the assets, the adopted despite the provisions of paragraph 1, may be limited by law.
5. the heritage law in so far as succession rights to lawful wedlock child rights to inherit their father's or mother's belongings, the adopted child in this regard will be treated as the child who had been born in lawful wedlock adoptive.
Article 11 1. If in the case of adoption the adopted solely for the child does not have the same nationality, what is adoptive, or if adopt wedded couple, the citizenship of the spouses, the Contracting Party, which is to facilitate adoptive parent or adoptive parent of the child to citizenship.
2. loss of nationality should take place as a result of adoption, provided that the child is or he obtains citizenship of another country.
Article 12 1. Law may not restrict the number of children that the adoptive parent is allowed to adopt.
2. The law does not prohibit a person to adopt a child because it is or it is able to create a legitimate child in wedlock.
3. If the adoption of improved legal position of the child, the law does not prohibit a person to adopt the same child who was not born in lawful wedlock.
Article 13 Before reaching age 1, adoption, the adopted child may only be lifted by a court or administrative authority for serious reasons and only if the adoption cancellation the following reason is allowed by law.
2. The preceding paragraph does not affect cases in which: (a) the adoption is not in force;)
(b) adoption shall terminate as) adopted the becomes the legitimate child of the adoptive parent.
Article 14 of this Convention in accordance with articles 8 and 9 of the collection of information of persons who live or have lived in the territory of another Contracting Party, that Contracting Party, if it is filed a request to supply information, you must immediately seek to ensure the provision of information required. To this end, the authorities can communicate with each other directly.
Article 15 rules should be adopted to prohibit any improper financial gain from the adoption of a child.
Article 16 each Contracting Party retains the right to take the child to adopt more favourable provisions.
Part III. Additional provisions article 17 does not establish an adoption until the child is found to be adoptive care long enough to enable the competent authority to judge based on their future relations in the event of the establishment of an adoption.
Article 18 public authorities guarantee their public or private organisations, in which the proper operation of the person wishing to adopt a child or foster child adoptions, could turn to for help and advice.
Article 19 Adoption of the social and legal aspects are to be included in the social worker training programs.
1. Article 20 should adopt rules that give the ability to completely establish adoption, without revealing the child's adoptive family identity.
2. It is necessary to adopt provisions that impose an obligation or allow adoption process take place by secret ballot.
3. the adoptive parent and the adopted child is given the opportunity to receive a document that would extract from the registry of births, deaths and marriages records, attesting to the fact of birth of the adopted person, date and location, but what exactly did not reveal the fact of adoption and adoptive parents in the former personality.
4. entries in the register of births, deaths and marriages are carried and their contents propagating in any case in such a way as to prevent persons who do not have a legitimate interest, to learn about the person's adoption fact or if it is made known, for its former parent identity.
Part IV. Final provisions article 21 1 this Convention shall be open for signature by the Member States of the Council of Europe. It is the ratificējam or acceptable. The instrument of ratification or acceptance have been deposited with the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe.
2. this Convention shall enter into force three months after the third instrument of ratification or acceptance.

3. For a country that signed the Convention, but ratify or adopt it later, this Convention shall enter into force three months after its instrument of ratification or acceptance.
Article 22 1. After the entry into force of this Convention, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may invite any State to join, which is not a Member State of the Council of Europe.
2. such accession shall be effected by depositing with the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe an instrument of accession which shall take effect three months after its submission.
23. Article 1 each Contracting Party when signing this Convention or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession, may specify the territory or territories to which this Convention shall apply.
2. each Contracting Party, be submitted to the Convention's ratification, acceptance or accession, as well as any time later may submit to the European Council a declaration addressed to the Secretary General, in which it noted that expanding the scope of this Convention to another territory or territories specified in the Declaration and for whose international relations that Contracting State is responsible or on whose behalf it is authorized to enter into commitments.
3. any declaration made under the preceding paragraph may, in respect of any territory mentioned in such declaration, be withdrawn, article 27 of the Convention.
24. Article 1. Any Contracting Party whose law provides for more than one kind of adoption may apply this Convention article 10 1, 2, 3 and 4 and of paragraph 2 of article 12 and paragraph 3 in respect of only one of the following ways.
2. the Contracting Party which uses these rights when signing this Convention or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession, or by submitting a declaration in accordance with article 23 of this Convention, to give notice of it to the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe and the way in which they are used.
3. the following Contracting Party may terminate the exercise of these rights by giving notice to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
25. Article 1 each Contracting Party when signing this Convention or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession, or by submitting a declaration in accordance with article 23 of this Convention, may be made two reservations about part II of this Convention. Reservations of a general nature are not allowed, each reservation may not relate to more than one rule.
The reservation will be valid for a period of five years from the time the Convention has entered into force with respect to a particular Contracting Party. It can be renewed for the next five-year deadlines for submitting addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe a declaration before the expiry of each.
2. Any Contracting Party may wholly or partly withdraw pursuant to the preceding paragraph on the reservation, it shall be submitted to the Council of Europe a declaration addressed to the Secretary General, which shall enter into force on the date of its receipt.
Article 26 each Contracting Party must notify the Secretary General of the Council of Europe the names and addresses of the institutions, which is addressed in the request provided for in article 14.
Article 27 1. this Convention was concluded for an indefinite period.
2. Any Contracting Party may denounce this Convention in so far as it relates to this country, by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
3. Such denunciation shall take effect six months after the Secretary-General has received the following statement.
Article 28 the Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the Member States of the Council of Europe and all parties to this Convention, the States of: (a) any signature;
(b) in each case where storage is provided in the instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession;
(c) the date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with article 21;
(d) any notification received in accordance with the provisions of article 1;
(e) any notification received in accordance with the provisions of article 2;
(f) any declaration received in accordance with article 23, paragraph 2 and 3 of the rules;
(g) any information received in accordance with article 24, paragraphs 2 and 3;
(h) any reservation made in accordance with article 25, paragraph 1 of the rules;
(i) the renewal, each reservation made in accordance with article 25, paragraph 1 of the rules;
(j) each withdrawal of reservation made in accordance with paragraph 2 of article 25;
(k) any notification received in accordance with the provisions of article 26;
(1) any notification received in accordance with the provisions of article 27 and the date when the denunciation takes effect.
Above, the Convention has been signed by the duly authorized persons.
Signed in Strasbourg on 24 April 1967, in the English and French languages, both texts have equal legal force, in one copy, which is stored in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary-General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to all the States which have signed this Convention or acceded thereto.