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ECHR rules Bosnia law lacks safeguards to protect data covered by legal professional privilege

JURIST

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that Bosnia violated the European Convention on Human Rights by its insufficient data protection laws with regard to legal professional privilege. The applicant, Sanel Nezirić, faced a criminal investigation on suspicion of criminal association and abuse of office.

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Egypt criminal procedures draft law targets detention reforms and public corruption

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Egypt’s Minister of Justice, Adnan El-Fangary, announced new provisions under the Draft Criminal Procedures Law on Sunday, aimed at overhauling the country’s criminal justice system.

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The Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law is recruiting!

Conflict of Laws

The Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law is currently recruiting new members for its team. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of the Department of European and Comparative Procedural Law led by Prof. Your tasks.

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China adopts foreign national immunity law that allows foreign states to be sued domestically

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On this occasion, legislators decided to adopt the revised Administrative Review Law, amend the Civil Procedure Law and adopt the law on foreign national immunity. The second-instance civil procedural law project enhances provisions related to geographic jurisdiction of cases involving foreigners.

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Amendment of Chinese Civil Procedure Law Concerning Foreign Affairs

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Fourthly, this revision adds the provision of “[i]f the recipient is a foreign legal person or any other organization, and its legal representative or principal person in charge is within the territory of the People’s Republic of China, documents are served on its legal representative or principal person in charge”.

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New Titles on Conflict of Laws in the Latest Issue of the Osaka University Law Review

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72) features some papers that might be of interest to the readers of this blog, as well as researchers and practitioners of private international law. These papers highlight important legal developments in China, particularly in the areas of international civil procedure and sovereign immunity. That said, the latest volume (No.

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Overview of the 2023 Amendments to Chinese Civil Procedure Law

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Background China’s Civil Procedure Law was enacted in April 1991 by the Fourth Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress. The latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Law in 2023, referred to as the new CPL, involve 26 amendments, including 14 modified articles and 15 new additions.