Convention on the Exercise of Liberal Professions of 1939

Convention on the Exercise of Liberal Professions
TypeValidation of foreign degrees treaty
ContextSecond South American Congress of Private International Law
SignedAugust 4, 1939 (1939-08-04)
LocationMontevideo, Uruguay
ConditionFor each signatory country upon deposit of its instrument of ratification in accordance with article 5 of the Convention [1]
Signatories
Ratifiers
DepositaryMinistry of Foreign Relations (Uruguay) [1]
LanguageSpanish

The Convention on the Exercise of Liberal Professions of 1939 (Spanish: Convención sobre el Ejercicio de Profesiones Liberales de 1939) is a treaty signed in the Second South American Congress of Private International Law of 1939 and 1940 in Montevideo, by which allows holders of an academic degree obtained in a public education institution of a state party to validate their degrees in another state party provided that the degree keeps a reasonable equivalence with the corresponding one in the second state. This treaty updates the provisions of the Convention on the Exercise of Liberal Professions of 1889, and binds Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.[2]

Parties

State Signed Approved Deposit Effective
 Argentina 4 August 1939 [1] 26 January 1963 (Decreto-Ley N° 468/1963) [3] 29 March 1963 (ratification) [1] Yes
 Bolivia 4 August 1939 [1] (not approved) - No
 Paraguay 4 August 1939 [1] 19 July 1955 (Ley N° 266/1955) [4] 29 January 1958 (ratification) [1] Yes
 Peru 4 August 1939 [1] (not approved) - No
 Uruguay 4 August 1939 [1] 22 December 1942 (Decreto-Ley N° 10272) [5] 22 December 1942 (ratification) Yes

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "F-12: CONVENTION ON THE PRACTICE OF LEARNED PROFESSIONS". Organization of American States. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Decreto/Ley 468/1963. EJERCICIO DE PROFESIONES LIBERALES - APROBACION DE CONVENIO" (in Spanish). InfoLEG, Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Argentina). Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Ley N° 266/1955. POR LA CUAL SE APRUEBA VARIOS TRATADOS Y CONVENIOS INTERNACIONALES" (PDF). Registro Oficial de Paraguay (in Spanish). Corte Suprema de Justicia (Paraguay). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Decreto Ley N° 10272. ACUERDOS INTERNACIONALES. APROBACIÓN DE TRATADO INTERNACIONAL. ASILO. PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL Y ARTÍSTICA. EJERCICIO DE PROFESIONES LIBERALES. NAVEGACIÓN COMERCIAL INTERNACIONAL. DERECHO PROCESAL INTERNACIONAL. DERECHO CIVIL INTERNACIONAL" (in Spanish). Montevideo: IMPO. Retrieved 28 September 2018.