Convention on the Exercise of Liberal Professions of 1889

The Convention on the Exercise of Liberal Professions of 1889 (Spanish: Convención sobre el Ejercicio de Profesiones Liberales de 1889) is a treaty signed in the First South American Congress of Private International Law of 1889 in Montevideo, by which allows holders of an academic degree obtained in a public education institution of a state party to automatically validate their degrees in another state party without any requirement other than displaying the degree and prove that its owner is the one who is asking the validation.[2][3] This treaty binds Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.[1]

Convention on the Exercise of Liberal Professions
TypeValidation of foreign degrees treaty
ContextFirst South American Congress of Private International Law
SignedFebruary 4, 1889 (1889-02-04)
LocationMontevideo, Uruguay
ConditionIts approval had to be communicated to the governments of Argentina and Uruguay and notified by the latter to the other parties to become effective [1]
Signatories
Ratifiers
DepositaryMinistry of Foreign Relations (Uruguay) (original document), Governments of Uruguay and Argentina (ratifications) [1]
LanguageSpanish

Parties edit

State Signed Approved Deposit Effective
  Argentina 4 February 1889 [2] 11 December 1894 (Law No. 3192) [4] 11 December 1894 (ratification) [1] Yes. Without effect in connection with Paraguay and Uruguay due to 1939 Convention.
  Bolivia 4 February 1889 [2] 17 November 1903 (Law from 17 Nov 1903) [5] 17 November 1903 (ratification) [1] Yes
  Brazil (attended the Congress but did not sign) [6] 26 June 1890 (subject to later ratification) (it was not ratified) No
  Colombia (did not attend the Congress) 15 September 1917 (Law No. 5/1917) [7] 19 October 1917 (adhesion) [8] Yes
  Ecuador (did not attend the Congress) 22 May 1928 [1] 16 December 1932 (adhesion) [1] Yes
  Paraguay 4 February 1889 [2] 3 September 1889 (Law from 3 Sep 1889) [1] 3 September 1889 (ratification) [1] Yes. Without effect in connection with Argentina and Uruguay due to 1939 Convention.
  Peru 4 February 1939 [2] 4 November 1889 (Legislative Resolution from 4 Nov 1889) [9] 4 November 1889 (ratification) [1] Yes
  Uruguay 4 February 1889 [2] 3 October 1892 (Law No. 2207) [10] 3 October 1892 (ratification) [1] Yes. Without effect in connection with Argentina and Paraguay due to 1939 Convention.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "F-8: CONVENCION SOBRE EL EJERCICIO DE PROFESIONES LIBERALES" (in Spanish). Organization of American States. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Actas de las sesiones del Congreso Sud-Americano de Derecho Internacional Privado [Proceedings of the South American Congress of Private International Law] (PDF) (in Spanish). Imprenta de Juan A. Alsina. 1889.
  3. ^ Alfonsín, Quintín (1961). Sistema de Derecho Civil Internacional. Curso de derecho privado internacional con especial referencia al derecho uruguayo y los tratados de Montevideo (in Spanish). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Montevideo: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República. pp. 327–337. OCLC 21792271.
  4. ^ "Ley N° 3192. Aprobación de los Tratados de Derecho Civil, Comercial, Penal, Procesal, Propiedad Literaria y Artística, Marcas de Fábrica de Comercio y Patentes de Invención, Convenio referente al Ejercicio de Profesiones Liberales y el Protocolo Adicional. Tratado de Montevideo de 1889" (in Spanish). InfoLEG, Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Argentina). Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Ley de 17 de noviembre de 1903" (in Spanish). Gaceta Oficial de Bolivia. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  6. ^ Romero del Prado, Victor N. (July–August 1938). "El ejercicio de las profesiones liberales ante el tratado suscripto en el Congreso de Derecho Internacional Privado de Montevideo, en 1889". Revista de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (in Spanish). 25 (5–6). Universidad Nacional de Córdoba: 586–619.
  7. ^ "Ley N° 5 de 1917". Sistema Único de Información Normativa (in Spanish). Ministry of Justice and Law (Colombia). Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Resultado de búsqueda: Convención sobre el Ejercicio de Profesiones Liberales". Biblioteca Virtual de Tratados (in Spanish). Dirección de Asuntos Jurídicos Internacionales, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Colombia). Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Resolución legislativa del 4 de noviembre de 1889. Aprobando la Convención celebrada en el Congreso de Montevideo relativa al ejercicio de las profesiones liberales" (PDF). Archivo Digital de la Legislación del Perú (in Spanish). Congreso de la República del Perú. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Ley N° 2207. Acuerdos internacionales. Congreso internacional sudamericano" (in Spanish). Montevideo: IMPO. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

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