The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) is an international organization dedicated to the codification and unification of international relations in the field of private international law, the issues concerning conflict of laws, administrative cooperation, jurisdiction and applicable law, maintenance obligations, civil status, child protection and international adoptions.

The HCCH held its first meeting in 1893, becoming an international organization in 1955.

The Hague Conference has currently 81 Members, 80 Member States and the EU. The HCCH activity is coordinated by its Permanent Bureau in The Hague. As of 2013 the Secretary General of the Hague Conference is Christophe Bernasconi (Switzerland).

The Republic of Moldova is member of the HCCH as of 16 March 2016. The Republic of Moldova is currently a Contracting Party to eight Hague Conventions:

• Convention of 1 March 1954 on civil procedure [02];
• Convention of 5 October 1961 on the Conflicts of Laws Relating to the Form of Testamentary Dispositions [11];
• Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents [12];
• Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters [14];
• Convention of 1 June 1970 on the Recognition of Divorces and Legal Separations [18];
• Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction [28];
• Convention of 22 December 1986 on the Law Applicable to Contracts for the International Sale of Goods [31];
• Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption [33].

HCCH Official Website: http://www.hcch.net/