Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹ In re­spect of pro­tec­tion of chil­dren, the jur­is­dic­tion of the Swiss ju­di­cial or ad­min­is­trat­ive au­thor­it­ies, the ap­plic­able law and the re­cog­ni­tion and en­force­ment of for­eign de­cisions or meas­ures are gov­erned by the Hag­ue Con­ven­tion of 19 Oc­to­ber 1996⁵³ on Jur­is­dic­tion, Ap­plic­able Law, Re­cog­ni­tion, En­force­ment and Co-op­er­a­tion in Re­spect of Par­ent­al Re­spons­ib­il­ity and Meas­ures for the Pro­tec­tion of Chil­dren.

² In re­spect of pro­tec­tion of adults, the jur­is­dic­tion of the Swiss ju­di­cial or ad­min­is­trat­ive au­thor­it­ies, the ap­plic­able law and the re­cog­ni­tion and en­force­ment of for­eign de­cisions or meas­ures are gov­erned by the Hag­ue Con­ven­tion of 13 Janu­ary 2000⁵⁴ on the In­ter­na­tion­al Pro­tec­tion of Adults.

³ Moreover, the Swiss ju­di­cial or ad­min­is­trat­ive au­thor­it­ies have jur­is­dic­tion if this is ne­ces­sary for the pro­tec­tion of a per­son or of their prop­erty.

⁴ Meas­ures taken in a State which is not party to the Con­ven­tions re­ferred to in para­graphs 1 and 2 are re­cog­nised if they were taken or are re­cog­nised in the State of ha­bitu­al res­id­ence of the child or the adult.