Hague Conference: The Hague Conference is a global inter-governmental organization, currently having 72 Members (71 States and the European Union) representing all continents. Its purpose is “to work for the progressive unification of the rules of private international law. As such it has developed and currently services international conventions which respond to global needs in the following areas: (1) International protection of children, family and property relations; (2) International legal co-operation and litigation; and (3) International commercial and finance law. Currently there are 39 Hague Conventions. The most widely ratified Conventions deal with: