Founded in 2002, Clubul de la Cheia Victor Dan Zlătescu is a non-profit organisation, which is renowned, both nationally and internationally, for its research and advanced studies activities in the fields of comparative law, European law, international law and human rights law. For over two decades Clubul de la Cheia Victor Dan Zlătescu has organised the International Summer University of Cheia for legal practitioners and scholars, which addresses the most current topics in various areas of law from a comparative and international perspective.

The purpose of the organisation is to establish a hub for research, development and information in the fields of comparative law, international law, European law, and human rights law, among others. Clubul de la Cheia promotes the debate, the expansion of studies, syntheses and forecasts, as well as the development of education and collaboration programmes with experts from both academia and practice, as well as from organisations and institutions from Romania and abroad. At the same time, Clubul de la Cheia holds various events, such as conferences, symposia, debates, round tables or summer universities and publishes books as well as legal studies in its fields of expertise.