The Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters was drafted at the Eleventh Session of The Hague Conference on Private International Law in 1968, and signed on 18 March 1970. It has proved to be one of the most successful of international conventions in the field of civil procedure, a field in which The Hague Conference has great experience. Separate Conventions deal with related matters, the Service of Process Abroad, Legalisation, and International Access to Justice.